Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2022-23 – 25.01.23

Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2022-23

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Who will finish the season as the top footballer ranked by most aerial duels won in European football? Who has won the most aerial duels so far this season? And how many? Let’s find out!

Statistics are used for a variety of different reasons within professional football today. Stats refer to football player or football team’s accomplishments throughout any given game. For instance, during games, statisticians keep track of goals, saves, tackles, interceptions, passes, dribbles, shots, aerial duels won, blocked shots, fouls, key passes, assists, offsides, clearances, yellow cards, red cards, pass success percentages, possessions, etc., to create stats sheets to follow the players’ or team’s progress. Individual or team statistics can have a great bearing on playing time, game outcome, team selections and rankings, and more.

Based on the most recent football statistics and records, we have compiled a comprehensive post listing the top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football.

Loads of football players can be good in this statistical category, however only the footballers with the biggest number of aerial duels won have made it onto our list.

This statistical article brings you top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football of the season so far. Let’s see!

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Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2022-23

# Player Aerial Duels Won
1 Joselu Espanyol, 32, FW 105
2 Milan Djuric Verona, 32, FW 103
3 Vedat Muriqi Mallorca, 28, FW 85
4 Philipp Hofmann Bochum, 29, FW 80
5 Enes Ünal Getafe, 25, FW 78
6 Michael Gregoritsch Freiburg, 28, AM(CR),FW 77
7 Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham, 28, FW 74
8 Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen, 29, FW 73
9 Rasmus Nicolaisen Toulouse, 25, D(C) 71
10 Ben Mee Brentford, 33, D(CL) 70
11 Marc Oliver Kempf Hertha Berlin, 27, D(C) 63
12 Martin Terrier Rennes, 25, AM(CL),FW 63
13 Ivan Ordets Bochum, 30, D(C) 61
14 Kevin Behrens Union Berlin, 31, FW 61
15 Emil Holm Spezia, 22, M(R) 60
16 Olivier Giroud AC Milan, 36, FW 59
17 Jordan Siebatcheu Union Berlin, 26, FW 58
18 Benjamin André Lille, 32, D(R),M(CLR) 56
19 Ivan Toney Brentford, 26, FW 55
20 James Tarkowski Everton, 30, D(C) 55
21 Kieffer Moore Bournemouth, 30, FW 55
22 Anthony Rouault Toulouse, 21, D(C) 53
23 Willi Orbán RB Leipzig, 30, D(C) 53
24 Alexander Djiku Strasbourg, 28, D(CR),DMC 52
25 Brendan Chardonnet Brest, 28, D(C) 52
26 Habib Diallo Strasbourg, 27, AM(R),FW 52
27 Matthias Ginter Freiburg, 29, D(CR),DMC 52
28 Ozan Kabak Hoffenheim, 22, D(C) 52
29 Mikel Merino Real Sociedad, 26, M(C) 51
30 Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg, 28, FW 50

A list of the top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football.

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Aerial Duels Won – Aerial Duels Won is where two football players challenge in the air against each other. The football player that wins the ball is deemed to have won the duel.

The success of a football team depends a lot on the individual players making up that team. However, not all positions on a team are the same and there are significant differences in the style of game being played in different leagues. It is therefore important to take into account both the position and the league when evaluating individual football players.

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Ottawa-born expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of Canadian football. Lucas Blanc has written for various French football portals and now he writes for World Football Rumours. He is a professional sports writer. Lucas has lived in three continents – North America, Australia and Europe. The languages that he knows are French, English, German, Italian and Spanish.

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