Top 50 footballers ranked by most clearances in European football leagues (Season 2021/22) – 08.07.2022
Top 50 footballers ranked by most clearances
in European football leagues (Season 2021/22)
- Date: 08.07.2022
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 footballers ranked by most clearances in European football leagues (Season 2021/22)
Who finished the season as the top footballer ranked by most clearances in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count clearances, but who are really the best footballers in this category? Who makes the most impact on their team?
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 clearances in European football leagues. Who has made the most clearances? And how many? Let’s see.
| R | Player | C |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leandro Cabrera Espanyol, 30, D(CL) | 215 |
| 2 | Boubakar Kouyaté Metz, 25, D(C) | 211 |
| 3 | Pontus Jansson Brentford, 31, D(C) | 186 |
| 4 | James Tarkowski Burnley, 29, D(C) | 183 |
| 5 | Grant Hanley Norwich, 30, D(C) | 173 |
| 6 | Julien Laporte Lorient, 28, D(C) | 172 |
| 7 | Martin Valjent Mallorca, 26, D(C) | 171 |
| 8 | Reece Oxford Augsburg, 23, D(C),DMC | 168 |
| 9 | Wout Faes Reims, 24, D(C) | 167 |
| 10 | David García Osasuna, 28, D(C) | 166 |
| 11 | Konstantinos Mavropanos VfB Stuttgart, 24, D(C) | 166 |
| 12 | Alejandro Catena Rayo Vallecano, 27, D(C) | 165 |
| 13 | Philipp Lienhart Freiburg, 25, D(C) | 158 |
| 14 | José Fonte Lille, 38, D(C) | 157 |
| 15 | Jonathan Tah Bayer Leverkusen, 26, D(C) | 154 |
| 16 | Florian Lejeune Deportivo Alaves, 31, D(C) | 153 |
| 17 | Mohammed Salisu Southampton, 23, D(CL) | 150 |
| 18 | Omar Alderete Valencia, 25, D(C) | 150 |
| 19 | Tyrone Mings Aston Villa, 29, D(CL) | 150 |
| 20 | Romain Saïss Wolverhampton, 32, D(C),DMC | 149 |
| 21 | Ethan Pinnock Brentford, 28, D(C) | 148 |
| 22 | Jorge Cuenca Getafe, 22, D(C) | 146 |
| 23 | Nico Schlotterbeck Freiburg, 22, D(C) | 146 |
| 24 | Robin Knoche Union Berlin, 30, D(C) | 146 |
| 25 | Víctor Laguardia Deportivo Alaves, 32, D(C) | 145 |
| 26 | Mattia Caldara Venezia, 28, D(C) | 142 |
| 27 | Eric Dier Tottenham, 28, D(CR),DMC | 141 |
| 28 | Pietro Ceccaroni Venezia, 26, D(C) | 141 |
| 29 | Andrei Girotto Nantes, 30, D(C),DMC | 140 |
| 30 | Brendan Chardonnet Brest, 27, D(C) | 140 |
| 31 | Maxence Lacroix Wolfsburg, 22, D(C) | 140 |
| 32 | Conor Coady Wolverhampton, 29, D(CR),DMC | 139 |
| 33 | Jan Bednarek Southampton, 26, D(C) | 139 |
| 34 | Craig Dawson West Ham, 32, D(CR) | 138 |
| 35 | Ben Gibson Norwich, 29, D(CL) | 137 |
| 36 | Íñigo Martínez Athletic Bilbao, 31, D(C) | 137 |
| 37 | Germán Sánchez Granada, 35, D(C) | 136 |
| 38 | Joakim Nilsson Arminia Bielefeld, 28, D(C) | 135 |
| 39 | Dedryck Boyata Hertha Berlin, 31, D(C) | 133 |
| 40 | Omar Colley Sampdoria, 29, D(C) | 133 |
| 41 | Kurt Zouma West Ham, 27, D(CR) | 132 |
| 42 | Obite Evan Ndicka Eintracht Frankfurt, 22, D(CL) | 132 |
| 43 | Amos Pieper Arminia Bielefeld, 24, D(C) | 131 |
| 44 | Bremer Torino, 25, D(C) | 131 |
| 45 | Craig Cathcart Watford, 33, D(CR) | 129 |
| 46 | Sebastiano Luperto Empoli, 25, D(C) | 129 |
| 47 | Dimitrios Nikolaou Spezia, 23, D(C) | 128 |
| 48 | Jean-Clair Todibo Nice, 22, D(C) | 128 |
| 49 | Mamadou Sakho Montpellier, 32, D(C) | 128 |
| 50 | Michael Keane Everton, 29, D(CR) | 128 |
C = Clearances
* A list of the top 50 footballers ranked by most clearances in European football leagues (Season 2021/22).
TOP FOOTBALL TRANSFERS
Credits (SL Bilten 21/20, p.7)
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.
