Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2020/21) – 24.10.2020
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)
- Date: 24.10.2020
- 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 | Raúl García Athletic Bilbao, 34, M(CLR),FW | 53 |
| 2 | David García Osasuna, 26, D(C) | 39 |
| 3 | Steve Mounie Brest, 26, FW | 37 |
| 4 | Joselu Deportivo Alaves, 30, FW | 36 |
| 5 | Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi Monaco, 19, D(C) | 35 |
| 6 | Gaetan Laborde Montpellier, 26, AM(C),FW | 34 |
| 7 | Oliver McBurnie Sheffield United, 24, AM(CL),FW | 33 |
| 8 | Kike García Eibar, 30, FW | 32 |
| 9 | Bas Dost Eintracht Frankfurt, 31, FW | 31 |
| 10 | Marcelo Lyon, 33, D(C) | 31 |
| 11 | Mikel Merino Real Sociedad, 24, M(C) | 31 |
| 12 | Sven Botman Lille, 20, D(C) | 30 |
| 13 | Andy Delort Montpellier, 29, AM(R),FW | 29 |
| 14 | Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg, 26, FW | 29 |
| 15 | Sebastian Andersson FC Koln, 29, FW | 29 |
| 16 | Tomas Soucek West Ham, 25, DMC | 29 |
| 17 | Nayef Aguerd Rennes, 24, D(C) | 28 |
| 18 | Florian Sotoca Lens, 29, Forward | 27 |
| 19 | Benjamin André Lille, 30, D(R),M(CLR) | 26 |
| 20 | Loic Bade Lens, 20, D(C) | 25 |
| 21 | Maxi Gómez Valencia, 24, FW | 25 |
| 22 | Álvaro Negredo Cadiz, 35, FW | 23 |
| 23 | Jean-Kevin Duverne Brest, 23, D(C) | 23 |
| 24 | Andy Carroll Newcastle United, 31, FW | 22 |
| 25 | Bruno Ecuele Manga Dijon, 32, D(CR) | 22 |
| 26 | Zinedine Ferhat Nimes, 27, AM(R) | 22 |
| 27 | Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham, 26, FW | 21 |
| 28 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin Everton, 23, AM(L),FW | 21 |
| 29 | Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld, 32, FW | 21 |
| 30 | Dimitrios Siovas SD Huesca, 32, D(C) | 20 |
| 31 | Ibrahima Niane Metz, 21, AM(L),FW | 20 |
| 32 | Íñigo Martínez Athletic Bilbao, 29, D(C) | 20 |
| 33 | José Fonte Lille, 36, D(C) | 20 |
| 34 | Paulo Oliveira Eibar, 28, D(C) | 20 |
| 35 | Casemiro Real Madrid, 28, DMC | 19 |
| 36 | Duje Caleta-Car Marseille, 24, D(C) | 19 |
| 37 | Nicolas Pallois Nantes, 33, D(C) | 19 |
| 38 | Robin Le Normand Real Sociedad, 23, D(C) | 19 |
| 39 | Willy Boly Wolverhampton Wanderers, 29, D(C) | 19 |
| 40 | Yangel Herrera Granada, 22, M(C) | 19 |
| 41 | Fabio Nantes, 30, D(LR),M(R) | 18 |
| 42 | Marcus Coco Nantes, 24, AM(LR),FW | 18 |
| 43 | Morten Thorsby Sampdoria, 24, M(CLR) | 18 |
| 44 | Ruben Aguilar Monaco, 27, D(R),M(R) | 18 |
| 45 | Aritz Elustondo Real Sociedad, 26, D(CR) | 17 |
| 46 | Dante Nice, 37, D(C) | 17 |
| 47 | Enric Gallego Osasuna, 34, FW | 17 |
| 48 | Jorge Pulido SD Huesca, 29, D(C) | 17 |
| 49 | Laurent Koscielny Bordeaux, 35, D(C) | 17 |
| 50 | Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen, 27, FW | 17 |
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.
