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

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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!

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

Player	Aerial Duels Won
1. Milan Djuric, Monza	133
2. Philipp Hofmann, Bochum	101
3. Lucas Torró, Osasuna	93
4. Ante Budimir, Osasuna	90
5. Tim Kleindienst, Borussia M.Gladbach	88
6. Dan Burn, Newcastle	87
7. Morten Thorsby, Genoa	87
8. Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca	87
9. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton	84
10. Diego Coppola, Verona	82
11. Ludovic Ajorque, Brest	82
12. Willi Orbán, RB Leipzig	81
13. Amir Rrahmani, Napoli	80
14. Antonio Raíllo, Mallorca	78
15. Dara O’Shea, Ipswich	77
16. Nathan Collins, Brentford	77
17. Yerry Mina, Cagliari	77
18. James Tarkowski, Everton	75
19. Benjamin André, Lille	72
20. Thierno Barry, Villarreal	71
21. Marc Kempf, Como	70
22. Tomás Soucek, West Ham	70
23. Kike García, Deportivo Alaves	69
24. Roberto Piccoli, Cagliari	69
25. Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool	69
26. Patrick Mainka, FC Heidenheim	68
27. Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund	68
28. Ardian Ismajli, Empoli	67
29. Maximilian Kilman, West Ham	67
30. Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest	65
31. Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest	65
32. Stefan Bell, Mainz 05	65
33. Christantus Uche, Getafe	64
34. Jackson Irvine, St. Pauli	64
35. Jaka Bijol, Udinese	64
36. Kai Havertz, Arsenal	64
37. Bertug Yildirim, Getafe	63
38. Min-Jae Kim, Bayern Munich	63
39. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin	62
40. Nikola Krstovic, Lecce	62
41. Omar Alderete, Getafe	62
42. Sepp van den Berg, Brentford	62
43. Charlie Cresswell, Toulouse	61
44. Paul Onuachu, Southampton	60
45. Kialonda Gaspar, Lecce	59
46. Sam Beukema, Bologna	59
47. Valentín Castellanos, Lazio	59
48. Alberto Dossena, Como	58
49. Jonas Wind, Wolfsburg	58
50. Marc Guéhi, Crystal Palace	58

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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