Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2020/21) – 15.03.2021
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)
- Date: 15.03.2021
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)
Who will finish the season as the top footballer ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count aerial duels, but who are really the best footballers in this category? Who makes the most impact on their team?
Aerial duels winning 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 footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues of the season so far. Who has won the most aerial duels so far this season? And how many? Let’s see.
| R | Player | ADW |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Mounie Brest, 26, FW | 185 |
| 2 | Joselu Deportivo Alaves, 30, FW | 183 |
| 3 | Tomas Soucek West Ham, 26, DMC | 155 |
| 4 | Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld, 33, FW | 147 |
| 5 | Oliver McBurnie Sheffield United, 24, AM(CL),FW | 131 |
| 6 | David García Osasuna, 27, D(C) | 128 |
| 7 | Kike García Eibar, 31, FW | 122 |
| 8 | James Tarkowski Burnley, 28, D(C) | 118 |
| 9 | Christian Benteke Crystal Palace, 30, FW | 116 |
| 10 | Harry Maguire Manchester United, 28, D(C) | 114 |
| 11 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin Everton, 23, AM(L),FW | 112 |
| 12 | Chris Wood Burnley, 29, FW | 107 |
| 13 | Bruno Ecuele Manga Dijon, 32, D(CR) | 105 |
| 14 | Ollie Watkins Aston Villa, 25, AM(LR),FW | 105 |
| 15 | Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg, 27, FW | 103 |
| 16 | Morten Thorsby Sampdoria, 24, M(CLR) | 102 |
| 17 | Gaetan Laborde Montpellier, 26, AM(CR),FW | 100 |
| 18 | Raúl García Athletic Bilbao, 34, M(CLR),FW | 100 |
| 19 | Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund, 32, D(C) | 99 |
| 20 | Maxi Gómez Valencia, 24, FW | 99 |
| 21 | Sven Botman Lille, 21, D(C) | 97 |
| 22 | Yangel Herrera Granada, 23, M(C) | 96 |
| 23 | Álvaro Negredo Cadiz, 35, FW | 95 |
| 24 | Nayef Aguerd Rennes, 24, D(C) | 93 |
| 25 | Andreas Cornelius Parma Calcio 1913, 27, FW | 91 |
| 26 | Darnell Furlong West Bromwich Albion, 25, D(CR),M(R) | 89 |
| 27 | Benoit Badiashile Monaco, 19, D(C) | 88 |
| 28 | Loic Bade Lens, 20, D(C) | 86 |
| 29 | Martin Hinteregger Eintracht Frankfurt, 28, D(C) | 85 |
| 30 | Ante Budimir Osasuna, 29, FW | 84 |
| 31 | Florian Sotoca Lens, 30, FW | 84 |
| 32 | Dimitrios Siovas SD Huesca, 32, D(C) | 83 |
| 33 | Liam Cooper Leeds, 29, D(C) | 83 |
| 34 | Nikola Milenkovic Fiorentina, 23, D(CR) | 83 |
| 35 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio, 26, AM(C) | 83 |
| 36 | Andy Delort Montpellier, 29, AM(R),FW | 82 |
| 37 | Felix Uduokhai Augsburg, 23, D(C) | 81 |
| 38 | Jonathan Calleri Osasuna, 27, FW | 81 |
| 39 | Willi Orban RB Leipzig, 28, D(C) | 79 |
| 40 | Ben Mee Burnley, 31, D(CL) | 78 |
| 41 | Benjamin André Lille, 30, D(R),M(CLR) | 78 |
| 42 | Joachim Andersen Fulham, 24, D(C) | 77 |
| 43 | Marcelo Lyon, 33, D(C) | 77 |
| 44 | Takehiro Tomiyasu Bologna, 22, D(CR) | 77 |
| 45 | Robin Le Normand Real Sociedad, 24, D(C) | 76 |
| 46 | Romain Thomas Angers, 32, D(C) | 76 |
| 47 | Andrei Girotto Nantes, 29, D(C),DMC | 75 |
| 48 | Casemiro Real Madrid, 29, DMC | 73 |
| 49 | Jan Bednarek Southampton, 24, D(C) | 73 |
| 50 | Mikel Merino Real Sociedad, 24, M(C) | 73 |
ADW = Aerial Duels Won
* A list of the top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2020/21).
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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.
