Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2023-24

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Who finished the season as the top footballer ranked by most aerial duels won in European football? Who has won the most aerial duels? 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 for the season 2023-24. Let’s see!

Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2023-24

#	Player	Aerial Duels Won
1	Tim Kleindienst FC Heidenheim, 28, FW	180
2	Chris Ramos Cadiz, 27, FW	173
3	Sepp van den Berg Mainz 05, 22, D(CR),M(R)	173
4	Mikel Merino Real Sociedad, 28, M(C)	168
5	Ante Budimir Osasuna, 32, FW	163
6	Bernardo Bochum, 29, D(CLR),M(L)	147
7	Juanmi Latasa Getafe, 23, FW	147
8	Vedat Muriqi Mallorca, 30, FW	146
9	James Tarkowski Everton, 31, D(C)	145
10	Dominic Calvert-Lewin Everton, 27, AM(L),FW	141
11	Virgil van Dijk Liverpool, 32, D(C)	140
12	Steve Mounié Brest, 29, FW	138
13	Ivan Ordets Bochum, 31, D(C)	136
14	Milan Djuric Verona, 34, FW	135
15	Carlton Morris Luton, 28, AM(CL),FW	134
16	Duván Zapata Torino, 33, FW	130
17	Dara O’Shea Burnley, 25, D(CR)	127
18	Antonio Raíllo Mallorca, 32, D(C)	123
19	Alberto Dossena Cagliari, 25, D(C)	122
20	Patrick Mainka FC Heidenheim, 29, D(C)	121
21	Keven Schlotterbeck Bochum, 27, D(C)	115
22	Ethan Pinnock Brentford, 31, D(C)	114
23	Oliver McBurnie Sheffield United, 28, AM(CL),FW	114
24	Felix Uduokhai Augsburg, 26, D(C)	112
25	Nikola Milenkovic Fiorentina, 26, D(CR)	112
26	Robin Le Normand Real Sociedad, 27, D(C)	112
27	Philipp Hofmann Bochum, 31, FW	111
28	Rasmus Nicolaisen Toulouse, 27, D(C)	110
29	Tomás Soucek West Ham, 29, M(C)	108
30	Phillip Tietz Augsburg, 26, FW	107
31	Jeff Chabot FC Koln, 26, D(C)	105
32	Kai Havertz Arsenal, 25, M(CR),FW	105
33	Dan Burn Newcastle, 32, D(CL),M(L)	103
34	Bremer Juventus, 27, D(C)	102
35	Timo Hübers FC Koln, 27, D(C)	101
36	Dominic Solanke Bournemouth, 26, FW	98
37	Lorenzo Lucca Udinese, 23, FW	98
38	Simone Romagnoli Frosinone, 34, D(C)	98
39	Jarrad Branthwaite Everton, 21, D(C)	95
40	David García Osasuna, 30, D(C)	94

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

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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