Serie B Player Defending Stats 2026/2027

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

Updated 20 September 2026, after the last game

Serie B Player Defending Stats Questions

Which Serie B player has made the most interceptions this season?

Mattia Alborghetti of Virtus Entella, Steven Nador of Modena and Jonathan Silva of Mantova have made the most interceptions in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 12 each. Matias Antonini, Samuele Righetti and Alessandro Dellavalle are next on 11.

Which Serie B player has made the most clearances this season?

Matteo Lovato of Calcio Padova has made the most clearances in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 44 from four appearances, an average of 11.0 a game. Jacopo Gelli is next on 38.

Which Serie B player has blocked the most shots this season?

Riccardo Stivanello of Südtirol has blocked the most shots in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 8 from five appearances, an average of 1.6 a game. Fabio Andrea Ruggeri is next on 7.

Which Serie B player has won the most aerial duels this season?

Amine Chakir of Ascoli has won the most aerial duels in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 19 from four appearances, an average of 4.8 a game. Jacopo Gelli is next on 18.

Which Serie B player has won the most ground duels this season?

Christian Pierobon of Juve Stabia has won the most ground duels in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 39 from five appearances, an average of 7.8 a game. Raffaele Russo is next on 30.

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

Jonathan Silva of Mantova has the most tackles and interceptions combined in the Serie B in 2026/2027, with 27 from five appearances: 15 tackles and 12 interceptions. Matteo Bianchetti and Steven Nador are next on 23.

Serie B Tackles leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Tackles
1	Matteo Bianchetti	Cremonese	16
2	Christian Pastina	Calcio Padova	16
3	Gerard Yepes	Empoli	15
4	Brando Moruzzi	Avellino	15
5	Jonathan Silva	Mantova	15
6	Pietro Fusi	Calcio Padova	14
7	Niccolò Squizzato	Virtus Entella	14
8	Luca Magnino	Empoli	13
9	Filippo Ranocchia	Palermo	13
10	Simone Tronchin	Südtirol	13

Serie B Interceptions leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Mattia Alborghetti	Virtus Entella	12
2	Steven Nador	Modena	12
3	Jonathan Silva	Mantova	12
4	Matias Antonini	Catanzaro	11
5	Samuele Righetti	Arezzo	11
6	Alessandro Dellavalle	Calcio Padova	11
7	Lorenco Simic	Avellino	10
8	Cristian Căuz	Empoli	10
9	Stefan Gartenmann	Sampdoria	9
10	Mattia Bani	Palermo	9

Serie B Tackles + Interceptions leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Tackles + Interceptions
1	Jonathan Silva	Mantova	27
2	Matteo Bianchetti	Cremonese	23
3	Steven Nador	Modena	23
4	Alessandro Dellavalle	Calcio Padova	22
5	Mattia Alborghetti	Virtus Entella	21
6	Cristian Căuz	Empoli	20
7	Christian Pastina	Calcio Padova	19
8	Samuele Righetti	Arezzo	19
9	Fabio Andrea Ruggeri	Carrarese	19
10	Stefan Gartenmann	Sampdoria	18

Serie B Clearances leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Clearances
1	Matteo Lovato	Calcio Padova	44
2	Jacopo Gelli	Cesena	38
3	Filippo Oliana	Carrarese	35
4	Christian Pastina	Calcio Padova	31
5	Mihajlo Ilić	Cesena	30
6	Matias Antonini	Catanzaro	29
7	Bryant Nieling	Modena	29
8	Fabio Andrea Ruggeri	Carrarese	29
9	Matteo Bianchetti	Cremonese	28
10	Marcos Curado	Ascoli	28

Serie B Blocked Shots leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Blocked Shots
1	Riccardo Stivanello	Südtirol	8
2	Fabio Andrea Ruggeri	Carrarese	7
3	Dimitri Bisoli	Cesena	6
4	Matias Antonini	Catanzaro	6
5	Nicholas Rizzo	Ascoli	6
6	Filippo Oliana	Carrarese	6
7	Andrea Giorgini	Südtirol	6
8	Lorenco Simic	Avellino	5
9	Mattia Bani	Palermo	5
10	Stefano Scognamillo	Benevento	5

Serie B Dribbled Past leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Dribbled Past
1	Lorenzo Carissoni	Calcio Padova	10
2	Emanuele Zuelli	Calcio Padova	8
3	Manuel Cicconi	Sampdoria	7
4	Christian Pierobon	Juve Stabia	7
5	Matteo Bianchetti	Cremonese	6
6	Nicolás Schiavi	Carrarese	6
7	Marco Pompetti	Calcio Padova	6
8	Liam Henderson	Sampdoria	6
9	Raffaele Russo	Avellino	6
10	Pietro Fusi	Calcio Padova	6

Serie B Total Duels leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Total Duels
1	Raffaele Russo	Avellino	74
2	Christian Pierobon	Juve Stabia	69
3	Fabio Abiuso	Carrarese	65
4	Alessandro Bianco	Modena	59
5	Gabriele Parlanti	Carrarese	58
6	Abdoul Guiebre	Ascoli	54
7	Bernat Guiu	Virtus Entella	53
8	Silvio Merkaj	Vicenza	53
9	Pietro Fusi	Calcio Padova	52
10	Giuseppe Ambrosino	Modena	52

Serie B Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Duels Won
1	Christian Pierobon	Juve Stabia	43
2	Raffaele Russo	Avellino	40
3	Fabio Abiuso	Carrarese	33
4	Lorenzo Ignacchiti	Mantova	32
5	Amine Chakir	Ascoli	30
6	Bernat Guiu	Virtus Entella	30
7	Steven Nador	Modena	30
8	Matteo Bianchetti	Cremonese	29
9	Simone D'Uffizi	Ascoli	29
10	Gabriele Alesi	Catanzaro	29

Serie B Ground Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Ground Duels Won
1	Christian Pierobon	Juve Stabia	39
2	Raffaele Russo	Avellino	30
3	Bernat Guiu	Virtus Entella	29
4	Simone D'Uffizi	Ascoli	28
5	Gabriele Alesi	Catanzaro	26
6	Gabriele Parlanti	Carrarese	24
7	Gerard Yepes	Empoli	23
8	Mattia Sala	Arezzo	23
9	Jonathan Silva	Mantova	23
10	Mattia Maita	Benevento	22

Serie B Aerial Duels Won leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Aerial Duels Won
1	Amine Chakir	Ascoli	19
2	Jacopo Gelli	Cesena	18
3	Marco Bellich	Juve Stabia	16
4	Matias Antonini	Catanzaro	15
5	Andrias Edmundsson	Hellas Verona	15
6	Filippo Oliana	Carrarese	14
7	Fabio Abiuso	Carrarese	14
8	Mihajlo Ilić	Cesena	14
9	Stefan Gartenmann	Sampdoria	13
10	Oliver Abildgaard	Sampdoria	13

Serie B player stats in past seasons

Serie B player stats 2025/2026