Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2022/23) – 20.04.2023
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
- Date: 20.04.2023
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
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 | Philipp Hofmann, Bochum, 30, FW | 166 |
| 2 | Niclas Füllkrug, Werder Bremen, 30, FW | 146 |
| 3 | Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca, 28, FW | 140 |
| 4 | Joselu, Espanyol, 33, FW | 138 |
| 5 | Michael Gregoritsch, Freiburg, 28, AM(CR),FW | 124 |
| 6 | Milan Djuric, Verona, 32, FW | 124 |
| 7 | Kevin Behrens, Union Berlin, 32, FW | 119 |
| 8 | Enes Ünal, Getafe, 25, FW | 114 |
| 9 | Marc Oliver Kempf, Hertha Berlin, 28, D(C) | 104 |
| 10 | Ben Mee, Brentford, 33, D(CL) | 102 |
| 11 | Habib Diallo, Strasbourg, 27, AM(R),FW | 102 |
| 12 | Ivan Toney, Brentford, 27, FW | 100 |
| 13 | Mounaïm El Idrissy, AC Ajaccio, 24, FW | 100 |
| 14 | Matthias Ginter, Freiburg, 29, D(CR),DMC | 97 |
| 15 | Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fulham, 28, FW | 93 |
| 16 | Ivan Ordets, Bochum, 30, D(C) | 92 |
| 17 | James Tarkowski, Everton, 30, D(C) | 92 |
| 18 | Jordan Siebatcheu, Union Berlin, 26, FW | 91 |
| 19 | Willi Orbán, RB Leipzig, 30, D(C) | 91 |
| 20 | Rasmus Nicolaisen, Toulouse, 26, D(C) | 90 |
| 21 | Steve Mounié, Brest, 28, FW | 87 |
| 22 | Olivier Giroud, AC Milan, 36, FW | 86 |
| 23 | Tomás Soucek, West Ham, 28, DMC | 84 |
| 24 | Ethan Pinnock, Brentford, 29, D(C) | 83 |
| 25 | Mikel Merino, Real Sociedad, 26, M(C) | 83 |
| 26 | Kim Min-Jae, Napoli, 26, D(C) | 83 |
| 27 | Robin Koch, Leeds, 26, D(C),DMC | 82 |
| 28 | Axel Disasi, Monaco, 25, D(C) | 81 |
| 29 | Lucas Tousart, Hertha Berlin, 25, DMC | 80 |
| 30 | Kevin Danso, Lens, 24, D(C) | 79 |
| 31 | Antonio Raíllo, Mallorca, 31, D(C) | 78 |
| 32 | Fabian Schär, Newcastle, 31, D(C) | 78 |
| 33 | Stefan Bell, Mainz 05, 31, D(CR) | 78 |
| 34 | Maya Yoshida, Schalke 04, 34, D(CR) | 77 |
| 35 | Robin Le Normand, Real Sociedad, 26, D(C) | 77 |
| 36 | Benjamin André, Lille, 32, D(R),M(CLR) | 76 |
| 37 | Anthony Rouault, Toulouse, 21, D(C) | 75 |
| 38 | Alexander Djiku, Strasbourg, 28, D(CR),DMC | 73 |
| 39 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lazio, 28, AM(C) | 73 |
| 40 | Christopher Jullien, Montpellier, 30, D(C) | 72 |
| 41 | Eric Dier, Tottenham, 29, D(CR),DMC | 72 |
| 42 | Konstantinos Mavropanos, VfB Stuttgart, 25, D(CR) | 72 |
| 43 | Ozan Kabak, Hoffenheim, 23, D(C) | 72 |
| 44 | Federico Baschirotto, Lecce, 26, D(C) | 71 |
| 45 | Ante Budimir, Osasuna, 31, FW | 70 |
| 46 | Yunis Abdelhamid, Reims, 35, D(C) | 70 |
| 47 | Gabriel Magalhães, Arsenal, 25, D(C) | 69 |
| 48 | Kai Havertz, Chelsea, 23, M(CR),FW | 69 |
| 49 | Dan Burn, Newcastle, 30, D(CL),M(L) | 68 |
| 50 | Evan Ndicka, Eintracht Frankfurt, 23, D(CL) | 68 |
ADW = Aerial Duels Won
* A list of the top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won 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.
