Eredivisie Player Defending Stats 2026/2027

Who is leading the way on tackles, interceptions, clearances, duels won and much more.

Updated 8 November 2026, after the last game

Eredivisie Player Defending Stats Questions

Which Eredivisie player has made the most interceptions this season?

Pascal Mulder of ADO Den Haag has made the most interceptions in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 31 from twelve appearances, an average of 2.6 a game. Rick Meissen and Ismaël Baouf are next on 30.

Which Eredivisie player has made the most clearances this season?

Finn Stam of Willem II has made the most clearances in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 86 from twelve appearances, an average of 7.2 a game. Justin Hubner is next on 82.

Which Eredivisie player has blocked the most shots this season?

Simon Graves of PEC Zwolle has blocked the most shots in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 17 from eleven appearances, an average of 1.5 a game. Ismaël Baouf is next on 16.

Which Eredivisie player has won the most aerial duels this season?

Milan Zonneveld of Sparta Rotterdam has won the most aerial duels in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 55 from twelve appearances, an average of 4.6 a game. D. de Wit is next on 53.

Which Eredivisie player has won the most ground duels this season?

Ro-Zangelo Daal of AZ has won the most ground duels in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 67 from twelve appearances, an average of 5.6 a game. Givairo Read is next on 66.

Which Eredivisie player has the most tackles and interceptions combined this season?

Rick Meissen of Excelsior and Pascal Mulder of ADO Den Haag have the most tackles and interceptions combined in the Eredivisie in 2026/2027, with 57 each. Ryan Thomas is next on 55.

Eredivisie Tackles leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Tackles
1	Lushendry Edward Martes	Sparta	39
2	Olivier Aertssen	PEC Zwolle	33
3	Givairo Read	Feyenoord	33
4	Jorg Schreuders	FC Groningen	33
5	Peer Koopmeiners	AZ	32
6	Mateo Chávez	AZ	31
7	Ryan Thomas	PEC Zwolle	30
8	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Willem II	30
9	Juho Kilo	ADO Den Haag	28
10	Rick Meissen	Excelsior	27

Eredivisie Interceptions leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	31
2	Rick Meissen	Excelsior	30
3	Ismaël Baouf	SC Cambuur	30
4	Mika Mármol	Feyenoord	29
5	Ryan Thomas	PEC Zwolle	25
6	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Willem II	24
7	Tika de Jonge	FC Groningen	23
8	Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	22
9	Olivier Aertssen	PEC Zwolle	21
10	T. Sommer	PEC Zwolle	20

Eredivisie Tackles and Interceptions leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Tackles and Interceptions
1	Rick Meissen	Excelsior	57
2	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	57
3	Ryan Thomas	PEC Zwolle	55
4	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Willem II	54
5	Olivier Aertssen	PEC Zwolle	54
6	Lushendry Edward Martes	Sparta	50
7	Mika Mármol	Feyenoord	48
8	Givairo Read	Feyenoord	47
9	Ismaël Baouf	SC Cambuur	44
10	Peer Koopmeiners	AZ	43

Eredivisie Clearances leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Clearances
1	Finn Stam	Willem II	86
2	Justin Hubner	Fortuna	82
3	Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	81
4	Casper Widell	Excelsior	81
5	Rodrigo Guth	Fortuna	78
6	Matisse Didden	FC Utrecht	78
7	Joris Kramer	GA Eagles	74
8	Simon Graves	PEC Zwolle	72
9	Thijmen Blokzijl	FC Groningen	72
10	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	69

Eredivisie Blocked Shots leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Blocked Shots
1	Simon Graves	PEC Zwolle	17
2	Ismaël Baouf	SC Cambuur	16
3	Nick Viergever	PEC Zwolle	15
4	Joris Kramer	GA Eagles	14
5	Finn Stam	Willem II	14
6	N. Verschuren	Sparta	14
7	Sam Kersten	Heerenveen	13
8	Casper Widell	Excelsior	12
9	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	12
10	Lewis Schouten	AZ	11

Eredivisie Dribbled Past leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Dribbled Past
1	Lushendry Edward Martes	Sparta	19
2	Rick Meissen	Excelsior	16
3	Jorthy Mokio	Ajax	15
4	Darko Nejašmić	NEC Nijmegen	14
5	Peer Koopmeiners	AZ	14
6	Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	13
7	Bart van Rooij	FC Twente	12
8	Gabriel Brás	NEC Nijmegen	12
9	Lennard Hartjes	Excelsior	12
10	Casper Terho	Sparta	11

Eredivisie Total Duels leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Total Duels
1	Thom van Bergen	FC Groningen	167
2	D. de Wit	FC Utrecht	153
3	Milan Zonneveld	Sparta	142
4	Wout Weghorst	FC Twente	134
5	Rafik el Arguioui	SC Cambuur	134
6	Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	134
7	Lequincio Zeefuik	Fortuna	133
8	Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	132
9	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	132
10	Anis Hadj Moussa	Feyenoord	132

Eredivisie Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Duels Won
1	Thom van Bergen	FC Groningen	79
2	Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	78
3	D. de Wit	FC Utrecht	77
4	Ryan Thomas	PEC Zwolle	74
5	Milan Zonneveld	Sparta	72
6	Lushendry Edward Martes	Sparta	72
7	Marvin Peersman	Telstar	70
8	Ro-Zangelo Daal	AZ	70
9	Pascal Mulder	ADO Den Haag	68
10	Melle Meulensteen	GA Eagles	66

Eredivisie Ground Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Ground Duels Won
1	Ro-Zangelo Daal	AZ	67
2	Givairo Read	Feyenoord	66
3	Thom van Bergen	FC Groningen	65
4	Ilyes Hamache	SC Cambuur	56
5	Oscar Gloukh	Ajax	56
6	Sergiño Dest	PSV	55
7	Anis Hadj Moussa	Feyenoord	55
8	Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	54
9	Ryan Thomas	PEC Zwolle	53
10	Lushendry Edward Martes	Sparta	53

Eredivisie Aerial Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Aerial Duels Won
1	Milan Zonneveld	Sparta	55
2	D. de Wit	FC Utrecht	53
3	Casper Widell	Excelsior	44
4	D. Haen	Willem II	41
5	Simon Graves	PEC Zwolle	40
6	Matisse Didden	FC Utrecht	40
7	Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	39
8	Joris Kramer	GA Eagles	38
9	Robin Pröpper	FC Twente	35
10	Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson	GA Eagles	33

Eredivisie player stats in past seasons

Eredivisie player stats 2025/2026