Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2024/25) – 15.02.2025
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
- Date: 15.02.2025
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
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.
| Player | ADW |
|---|---|
| 1. Milan Djuric, Monza | 133 |
| 2. Philipp Hofmann, Bochum | 101 |
| 3. Lucas Torró, Osasuna | 93 |
| 4. Ante Budimir, Osasuna | 90 |
| 5. Tim Kleindienst, Borussia M.Gladbach | 88 |
| 6. Dan Burn, Newcastle | 87 |
| 7. Morten Thorsby, Genoa | 87 |
| 8. Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca | 87 |
| 9. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton | 84 |
| 10. Diego Coppola, Verona | 82 |
| 11. Ludovic Ajorque, Brest | 82 |
| 12. Willi Orbán, RB Leipzig | 81 |
| 13. Amir Rrahmani, Napoli | 80 |
| 14. Antonio Raíllo, Mallorca | 78 |
| 15. Dara O’Shea, Ipswich | 77 |
| 16. Nathan Collins, Brentford | 77 |
| 17. Yerry Mina, Cagliari | 77 |
| 18. James Tarkowski, Everton | 75 |
| 19. Benjamin André, Lille | 72 |
| 20. Thierno Barry, Villarreal | 71 |
| 21. Marc Kempf, Como | 70 |
| 22. Tomás Soucek, West Ham | 70 |
| 23. Kike García, Deportivo Alaves | 69 |
| 24. Roberto Piccoli, Cagliari | 69 |
| 25. Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool | 69 |
| 26. Patrick Mainka, FC Heidenheim | 68 |
| 27. Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund | 68 |
| 28. Ardian Ismajli, Empoli | 67 |
| 29. Maximilian Kilman, West Ham | 67 |
| 30. Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest | 65 |
| 31. Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest | 65 |
| 32. Stefan Bell, Mainz 05 | 65 |
| 33. Christantus Uche, Getafe | 64 |
| 34. Jackson Irvine, St. Pauli | 64 |
| 35. Jaka Bijol, Udinese | 64 |
| 36. Kai Havertz, Arsenal | 64 |
| 37. Bertug Yildirim, Getafe | 63 |
| 38. Min-Jae Kim, Bayern Munich | 63 |
| 39. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin | 62 |
| 40. Nikola Krstovic, Lecce | 62 |
| 41. Omar Alderete, Getafe | 62 |
| 42. Sepp van den Berg, Brentford | 62 |
| 43. Charlie Cresswell, Toulouse | 61 |
| 44. Paul Onuachu, Southampton | 60 |
| 45. Kialonda Gaspar, Lecce | 59 |
| 46. Sam Beukema, Bologna | 59 |
| 47. Valentín Castellanos, Lazio | 59 |
| 48. Alberto Dossena, Como | 58 |
| 49. Jonas Wind, Wolfsburg | 58 |
| 50. Marc Guéhi, Crystal Palace | 58 |
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.