Top 50 best teams ranked by most interceptions in European football leagues (Season 2022/23) – 04.03.2023
Top 50 best teams ranked by most interceptions
in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
- Date: 04.03.2023
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best teams ranked by most interceptions in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
Which team will finish the season as the top ranked by most interceptions in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count interceptions, but which teams are really the best in this category?
Intercepting is a lost art form in football, but these teams 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 teams ranked by most interceptions in European football leagues of the season so far. Which team have made the most interceptions so far this season? And how many? Let’s see.
| Team | I |
|---|---|
| 1. Brest | 329 |
| 2. Lyon | 325 |
| 3. Auxerre | 318 |
| 4. Mainz 05 | 300 |
| 5. Reims | 300 |
| 6. Toulouse | 295 |
| 7. Marseille | 291 |
| 8. Nantes | 291 |
| 9. Clermont Foot | 284 |
| 10. Monaco | 283 |
| 11. Strasbourg | 282 |
| 12. Troyes | 277 |
| 13. AC Ajaccio | 277 |
| 14. Atalanta | 266 |
| 15. Nice | 264 |
| 16. Southampton | 263 |
| 17. Lecce | 260 |
| 18. Montpellier | 251 |
| 19. West Ham | 249 |
| 20. Lorient | 249 |
| 21. Angers | 246 |
| 22. Hertha Berlin | 242 |
| 23. Leeds | 238 |
| 24. Crystal Palace | 237 |
| 25. Everton | 236 |
| 26. Werder Bremen | 236 |
| 27. Roma | 235 |
| 28. Rennes | 234 |
| 29. Cremonese | 233 |
| 30. Real Valladolid | 232 |
| 31. Lens | 232 |
| 32. Leicester | 231 |
| 33. Manchester United | 231 |
| 34. Chelsea | 228 |
| 35. Aston Villa | 227 |
| 36. Tottenham | 227 |
| 37. Fulham | 227 |
| 38. FC Koln | 223 |
| 39. Celta Vigo | 220 |
| 40. Schalke 04 | 218 |
| 41. Bologna | 218 |
| 42. Bochum | 216 |
| 43. Espanyol | 215 |
| 44. Real Betis | 213 |
| 45. Nottingham Forest | 213 |
| 46. Brentford | 212 |
| 47. Monza | 211 |
| 48. Spezia | 211 |
| 49. Borussia Dortmund | 210 |
| 50. Almeria | 207 |
I = Interceptions
* A list of the top 50 best teams ranked by most interceptions in European football leagues (Season 2022/23).
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Credits (SL Bilten 21/22, p.11)
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.
