Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2024/25) – 10.08.2025
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
- Date: 10.08.2025
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
Who finished 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, 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. Who has won the most aerial duels? And how many? Let’s see.
| Player | ADW |
|---|---|
| 1. Philipp Hofmann, Bochum | 165 |
| 2. Lucas Torró, Osasuna | 161 |
| 3. Tim Kleindienst, Borussia M.Gladbach | 150 |
| 4. Dan Burn, Newcastle | 148 |
| 5. Ante Budimir, Osasuna | 137 |
| 6. Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca | 136 |
| 7. Diego Coppola, Verona | 133 |
| 8. Ludovic Ajorque, Brest | 133 |
| 9. Milan Djuric, Monza | 133 |
| 10. Antonio Raíllo, Mallorca | 131 |
| 11. Amir Rrahmani, Napoli | 128 |
| 12. Nathan Collins, Brentford | 119 |
| 13. Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool | 119 |
| 14. Dara O’Shea, Ipswich | 117 |
| 15. Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund | 114 |
| 16. Maximilian Kilman, West Ham | 113 |
| 17. Kike García, Deportivo Alaves | 112 |
| 18. Jaka Bijol, Udinese | 110 |
| 19. Roberto Piccoli, Cagliari | 110 |
| 20. Marc Kempf, Como | 109 |
| 21. Patrick Mainka, FC Heidenheim | 109 |
| 22. Morten Thorsby, Genoa | 107 |
| 23. Robin Koch, Eintracht Frankfurt | 107 |
| 24. Álvaro Rodríguez, Getafe | 105 |
| 25. Federico Baschirotto, Lecce | 105 |
| 26. Willi Orbán, RB Leipzig | 104 |
| 27. James Tarkowski, Everton | 103 |
| 28. Omar Alderete, Getafe | 102 |
| 29. Thierno Barry, Villarreal | 102 |
| 30. Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest | 101 |
| 31. Tomás Soucek, West Ham | 101 |
| 32. Jonas Wind, Wolfsburg | 100 |
| 33. Charlie Cresswell, Toulouse | 99 |
| 34. Beto, Everton | 99 |
| 35. Alexander Sørloth, Atletico Madrid | 98 |
| 36. Matthias Ginter, Freiburg | 98 |
| 37. Sam Beukema, Bologna | 98 |
| 38. Benjamin André, Lille | 97 |
| 39. Yerry Mina, Cagliari | 97 |
| 40. Juanmi Latasa, Real Valladolid | 96 |
| 41. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin | 95 |
| 42. Kialonda Gaspar, Lecce | 95 |
| 43. Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest | 94 |
| 44. Johan Vásquez, Genoa | 94 |
| 45. Nikola Krstovic, Lecce | 94 |
| 46. Sepp van den Berg, Brentford | 94 |
| 47. Florian Lejeune, Rayo Vallecano | 93 |
| 48. Paul Onuachu, Southampton | 93 |
| 49. Christantus Uche, Getafe | 92 |
| 50. Raúl Jiménez, Fulham | 92 |
ADW = Aerial Duels Won
* A list of the top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2024/25).
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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.
