Most Tackles, Fouls & Cards - 1. HNL 2026/2027

1. HNL Defending leaders

Branko Pavic leads the 1. HNL for Tackles in 2026/2027 with 25. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.

Most tackles in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Tackles
1	Branko Pavic	Rijeka	25
2	Noa Skoko	Rudeš	23
3	Frane Maglica	Varaždin	19
4	Ivan Cubelic	Rijeka	18
5	Ivan Cvijanovic	Gorica	18
6	Mario Marina	Varaždin	17
7	Bruno Unusic	Rudeš	17
8	Novak Tepsic	Varaždin	17
9	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	17
10	A. Adeshina	Slaven Koprivnica	17
11	Dominik Kovacic	Slaven Koprivnica	16
12	Domagoj Bukvic	Osijek	15
13	R. Hrvatin	Istra 1961	15
14	J. Frigan	Gorica	15
15	Bruno Bogojevic	Gorica	14

Most interceptions in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	20
2	Samuli Miettinen	Istra 1961	19
3	Mario Marina	Varaždin	18
4	Niko Šepić	Istra 1961	18
5	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	17
6	Marko Stolnik	Rudeš	14
7	Mohamed Nasraoui	Istra 1961	14
8	Branko Pavic	Rijeka	14
9	Frane Maglica	Varaždin	13
10	Daouda Doumbia	Istra 1961	13
11	J. Frigan	Gorica	12
12	Alberto del Moral	Hajduk Split	11
13	Novak Tepsic	Varaždin	11
14	Toni Fruk	Rijeka	10
15	Tomislav Bozic	Slaven Koprivnica	9

Most tackles + Interceptions in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Tackles + Interceptions
1	Branko Pavic	Rijeka	39
2	Mario Marina	Varaždin	35
3	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	34
4	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	33
5	Frane Maglica	Varaždin	32
6	Niko Šepić	Istra 1961	32
7	Noa Skoko	Rudeš	30
8	Novak Tepsic	Varaždin	28
9	Samuli Miettinen	Istra 1961	28
10	J. Frigan	Gorica	27
11	Daouda Doumbia	Istra 1961	25
12	Ivan Cvijanovic	Gorica	23
13	Bruno Unusic	Rudeš	23
14	A. Adeshina	Slaven Koprivnica	23
15	Dominik Kovacic	Slaven Koprivnica	23

Most clearances in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Clearances
1	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	57
2	Mario Mladenovski	Varaždin	44
3	Jakov Filipovic	Gorica	40
4	Samuli Miettinen	Istra 1961	40
5	Marko Stolnik	Rudeš	37
6	Dominik Kovacic	Slaven Koprivnica	36
7	D. Stevanović	Gorica	34
8	Novak Tepsic	Varaždin	34
9	Vedran Celjak	Rudeš	31
10	Ivano Kolarik	Osijek	31
11	Ivan Cvijanovic	Gorica	30
12	Luka Jelenic	Osijek	27
13	Raul Kumar	Istra 1961	27
14	Mohamed Nasraoui	Istra 1961	26
15	Tino Jukic	Lokomotiva Zagreb	24

Most blocked Shots in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Blocked Shots
1	Marko Stolnik	Rudeš	15
2	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	14
3	Ivan Cvetko	Slaven Koprivnica	12
4	Raul Kumar	Istra 1961	9
5	Stefan Peric	Gorica	8
6	Luka Jelenic	Osijek	8
7	Ivano Kolarik	Osijek	8
8	Dominik Kovacic	Slaven Koprivnica	7
9	Mario Mladenovski	Varaždin	6
10	Novak Tepsic	Varaždin	6
11	Vedran Celjak	Rudeš	5
12	Armando León	Osijek	5
13	Samuli Miettinen	Istra 1961	5
14	Teodor Kralevski	Lokomotiva Zagreb	5
15	Scott McKenna	Dinamo Zagreb	4

Most dribbled Past in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Dribbled Past
1	Bruno Unusic	Rudeš	13
2	Xavi	Rudeš	9
3	R. Hrvatin	Istra 1961	9
4	Ivan Cvijanovic	Gorica	8
5	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	8
6	Branko Pavic	Rijeka	8
7	Nik Skafar Zuzic	Istra 1961	8
8	Mario Marina	Varaždin	7
9	Bruno Bogojevic	Gorica	7
10	Josip Mitrovic	Slaven Koprivnica	7
11	J. Poldrugač	Rudeš	7
12	Ivan Cubelic	Rijeka	7
13	Dalisson de Almeida	Hajduk Split	7
14	Iuri Tavares	Varaždin	7
15	Mathieu Acapandié	Hajduk Split	7

Most total Duels in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Total Duels
1	Hamza Jaganjac	Istra 1961	98
2	Iuri Tavares	Varaždin	97
3	Ilija Nestorovski	Slaven Koprivnica	90
4	Dušan Vuković	Lokomotiva Zagreb	87
5	Patrik Mijic	Gorica	85
6	Armando León	Osijek	84
7	Luka Mamic	Varaždin	83
8	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	82
9	Josip Mitrovic	Slaven Koprivnica	81
10	Domagoj Bukvic	Osijek	80
11	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	78
12	Bruno Bogojevic	Gorica	73
13	Aleksa Latkovic	Varaždin	72
14	Nik Skafar Zuzic	Istra 1961	72
15	Domagoj Pavicic	Gorica	70

Most duels Won in the 1. HNL 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Duels Won
1	Luka Vrbancic	Osijek	52
2	Ilija Nestorovski	Slaven Koprivnica	49
3	Iuri Tavares	Varaždin	48
4	Josip Mitrovic	Slaven Koprivnica	46
5	Athanasios Triantafyllou	Lokomotiva Zagreb	42
6	Ivan Canjuga	Varaždin	41
7	Domagoj Bukvic	Osijek	40
8	Nik Skafar Zuzic	Istra 1961	40
9	Frane Maglica	Varaždin	39
10	Dion Beljo	Dinamo Zagreb	38
11	Patrik Mijic	Gorica	38
12	Ivan Cvijanovic	Gorica	38
13	Luka Mamic	Varaždin	38
14	Hamza Jaganjac	Istra 1961	38
15	Branko Pavic	Rijeka	38

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