Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2024-25

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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 2024-25. Let’s see!

Top footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football 2024-25

Player	Aerial Duels Won
1. Philipp Hofmann, Bochum	165
2. Lucas Torró, Osasuna	161
3. Tim Kleindienst, Borussia M.Gladbach	150
4. Dan Burn, Newcastle	148
5. Ante Budimir, Osasuna	137
6. Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca	136
7. Diego Coppola, Verona	133
8. Ludovic Ajorque, Brest	133
9. Milan Djuric, Monza	133
10. Antonio Raíllo, Mallorca	131
11. Amir Rrahmani, Napoli	128
12. Nathan Collins, Brentford	119
13. Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool	119
14. Dara O’Shea, Ipswich	117
15. Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund	114
16. Maximilian Kilman, West Ham	113
17. Kike García, Deportivo Alaves	112
18. Jaka Bijol, Udinese	110
19. Roberto Piccoli, Cagliari	110
20. Marc Kempf, Como	109
21. Patrick Mainka, FC Heidenheim	109
22. Morten Thorsby, Genoa	107
23. Robin Koch, Eintracht Frankfurt	107
24. Álvaro Rodríguez, Getafe	105
25. Federico Baschirotto, Lecce	105
26. Willi Orbán, RB Leipzig	104
27. James Tarkowski, Everton	103
28. Omar Alderete, Getafe	102
29. Thierno Barry, Villarreal	102
30. Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest	101
31. Tomás Soucek, West Ham	101
32. Jonas Wind, Wolfsburg	100
33. Charlie Cresswell, Toulouse	99
34. Beto, Everton	99
35. Alexander Sørloth, Atletico Madrid	98
36. Matthias Ginter, Freiburg	98
37. Sam Beukema, Bologna	98
38. Benjamin André, Lille	97
39. Yerry Mina, Cagliari	97
40. Juanmi Latasa, Real Valladolid	96
41. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin	95
42. Kialonda Gaspar, Lecce	95
43. Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest	94
44. Johan Vásquez, Genoa	94
45. Nikola Krstovic, Lecce	94
46. Sepp van den Berg, Brentford	94
47. Florian Lejeune, Rayo Vallecano	93
48. Paul Onuachu, Southampton	93
49. Christantus Uche, Getafe	92
50. Raúl Jiménez, Fulham	92

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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