Top 50 best blockers ranked by most blocked shots in European football leagues (Season 2022/23) – 21.04.2023
Top 50 best blockers ranked by most blocked shots
in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
- Date: 21.04.2023
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best blockers ranked by most blocked shots in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
Who will finish the season as the top blocker ranked by most blocked shots in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count blocked shots, but who are really the best blockers? Who makes the most impact on their team?
Shot blocking is a lost art form in football, but these players on the list try to keep the tradition going.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season so far, and some would argue that the most important statistic is the one that tells us who’s at the top of the league.
But today we are looking at the top 50 blockers ranked by most blocked shots in European football leagues of the season so far. Who has made the most blocked shots so far this season? And how many? Let’s see.
| R | Player | BS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Tarkowski Everton, 30, D(C) | 68 |
| 2 | Maximilian Kilman Wolverhampton, 25, D(C) | 37 |
| 3 | Rasmus Nicolaisen Toulouse, 26, D(C) | 36 |
| 4 | Chris Smalling Roma, 33, D(CR) | 33 |
| 5 | Ben Mee Brentford, 33, D(CL) | 32 |
| 6 | Marc Oliver Kempf Hertha Berlin, 28, D(C) | 32 |
| 7 | Sebastiano Luperto Empoli, 26, D(C) | 32 |
| 8 | Wout Faes Leicester, 25, D(C) | 30 |
| 9 | Éder Militão Real Madrid, 25, D(CR) | 28 |
| 10 | Jubal Auxerre, 29, D(C) | 28 |
| 11 | Ardian Ismajli Empoli, 26, D(C) | 27 |
| 12 | Dante Nice, 39, D(C) | 27 |
| 13 | Kevin Danso Lens, 24, D(C) | 27 |
| 14 | Lisandro Martínez Manchester United, 25, D(CL),DMC | 27 |
| 15 | Lorenzo Pirola Salernitana, 21, D(C) | 27 |
| 16 | Maya Yoshida Schalke 04, 34, D(CR) | 27 |
| 17 | Antonio Raíllo Mallorca, 31, D(C) | 26 |
| 18 | Chris Mepham Bournemouth, 25, D(C) | 26 |
| 19 | Leonardo Balerdi Marseille, 24, D(C) | 26 |
| 20 | Axel Disasi Monaco, 25, D(C) | 25 |
| 21 | Gabriel Magalhães Arsenal, 25, D(C) | 25 |
| 22 | Julien Laporte Lorient, 29, D(C) | 25 |
| 23 | Kim Min-Jae Napoli, 26, D(C) | 25 |
| 24 | Mohammed Salisu Southampton, 24, D(CL) | 25 |
| 25 | Nemanja Gudelj Sevilla, 31, D(C),M(C) | 25 |
| 26 | Guillermo Maripán Monaco, 28, D(C) | 24 |
| 27 | Montassar Talbi Lorient, 24, D(C) | 24 |
| 28 | Rodrigo Ely Almeria, 29, D(C) | 24 |
| 29 | Dimitrios Nikolaou Spezia, 24, D(CL) | 23 |
| 30 | Ethan Pinnock Brentford, 29, D(C) | 23 |
| 31 | Federico Baschirotto Lecce, 26, D(C) | 23 |
| 32 | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Augsburg, 31, D(C) | 23 |
| 33 | Jhon Lucumí Bologna, 24, D(C) | 23 |
| 34 | Marc Guéhi Crystal Palace, 22, D(C) | 23 |
| 35 | Yunis Abdelhamid Reims, 35, D(C) | 23 |
| 36 | Anthony Rouault Toulouse, 21, D(C) | 22 |
| 37 | Erik Palmer-Brown Troyes, 25, D(C) | 22 |
| 38 | Marquinhos Paris Saint-Germain, 28, D(CR),DMC | 22 |
| 39 | Mateusz Wieteska Clermont Foot, 26, D(C) | 22 |
| 40 | Micky van de Ven Wolfsburg, 21, D(CL) | 22 |
| 41 | Pau Torres Villarreal, 26, D(C) | 22 |
| 42 | Thiago Silva Chelsea, 38, D(C) | 22 |
| 43 | Willi Orbán RB Leipzig, 30, D(C) | 22 |
| 44 | Alessio Romagnoli Lazio, 28, D(CL) | 21 |
| 45 | Cédric Hountondji Angers, 29, D(C) | 21 |
| 46 | Eric Dier Tottenham, 29, D(CR),DMC | 21 |
| 47 | Bremer Juventus, 26, D(C) | 21 |
| 48 | Ko Itakura Borussia M.Gladbach, 26, D(C),DMC | 21 |
| 49 | Leandro Cabrera Espanyol, 31, D(CL) | 21 |
| 50 | Luiz Felipe Real Betis, 26, D(C) | 21 |
BS = Blocked Shots
* A list of the top 50 best blockers ranked by most blocked shots in European football leagues (Season 2022/23).
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Site expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of all European football. Nikola Horvat has written for various Italian football portals and now he writes for Euro Football Rumours. He is a sports and travel aficionado and has lived in three continents – North America, South America and Europe. The languages that Nikola knows are Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Italian, English, and Spanish.
