Most Tackles, Fouls & Cards - UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

UEFA Nations League Defending leaders

Grigoris Kastanos leads the UEFA Nations League for Tackles in 2026/2027 with 16. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.

Most tackles in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Tackles
1	Grigoris Kastanos	Cyprus	16
2	Trai Hume	Northern Ireland	16
3	Wiktor Nowak	Poland	15
4	Abdulakh Khaybulayev	Azerbaijan	14
5	Joakim Maehle	Denmark	12
6	Oleg Ocheretko	Ukraine	12
7	Shea Emmanuel Charles	Northern Ireland	12
8	Andreas Schjelderup	Norway	12
9	Zeki Çelik	Turkey	11
10	Andrei Rațiu	Romania	11
11	Neco Williams	Wales	11
12	İsmail Yüksek	Turkey	11
13	Andrija Bulatovic	Montenegro	11
14	Dimitar Velkovski	Bulgaria	10
15	Jóannes Bjartalid	Faroe Islands	10

Most interceptions in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Márk Csinger	Hungary	9
2	Andrei Coubiș	Romania	9
3	Dirk Carlson	Luxembourg	8
4	Przemyslaw Frankowski	Poland	8
5	João Cancelo	Portugal	8
6	Vladislav Kalinin	Belarus	8
7	Ilir Krasniqi	Kosovo	8
8	Nuno Mendes	Portugal	8
9	Shea Emmanuel Charles	Northern Ireland	8
10	Mërgim Vojvoda	Kosovo	7
11	Sander Berge	Norway	7
12	Ardian Ismajli	Albania	7
13	Bernardo Lopes	Gibraltar	7
14	Conor Coventry	Republic of Ireland	7
15	Eduardo Camavinga	France	7

Most tackles + Interceptions in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Tackles + Interceptions
1	Trai Hume	Northern Ireland	21
2	Shea Emmanuel Charles	Northern Ireland	20
3	Grigoris Kastanos	Cyprus	19
4	Márk Csinger	Hungary	19
5	Wiktor Nowak	Poland	18
6	Zeki Çelik	Turkey	17
7	Andrei Rațiu	Romania	17
8	İsmail Yüksek	Turkey	17
9	Vladislav Kalinin	Belarus	17
10	Ilir Krasniqi	Kosovo	17
11	Abdulakh Khaybulayev	Azerbaijan	16
12	Neco Williams	Wales	16
13	Dimitar Velkovski	Bulgaria	16
14	João Cancelo	Portugal	16
15	Joakim Maehle	Denmark	15

Most clearances in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Clearances
1	Tarik Muharemović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32
2	Ruairi McConville	Northern Ireland	28
3	Gunnar Vatnhamar	Faroe Islands	27
4	Iurie Iovu	Moldova	27
5	Nikita Stoinov	Israel	27
6	Anes Meljichi	North Macedonia	26
7	Virgil van Dijk	Netherlands	25
8	Konstantinos Mavropanos	Greece	24
9	Andrias Edmundsson	Faroe Islands	24
10	Jaka Bijol	Slovenia	24
11	Ilir Krasniqi	Kosovo	24
12	Jonas Weissenhofer	Liechtenstein	24
13	Willi Orbán	Hungary	23
14	Nikola Katic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22
15	Renato Veiga	Portugal	22

Most blocked Shots in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Blocked Shots
1	Nikola Katic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7
2	Konstantinos Mavropanos	Greece	7
3	Strahinja Erakovic	Serbia	7
4	Ben Davies	Wales	6
5	Lasha Dvali	Georgia	6
6	Brandon Mechele	Belgium	6
7	Gunnar Vatnhamar	Faroe Islands	6
8	Nemanja Gudelj	Serbia	5
9	Raz Shlomo	Israel	5
10	Rúben Dias	Portugal	5
11	Kurt Shaw	Malta	5
12	Dara O'Shea	Republic of Ireland	5
13	Jaka Bijol	Slovenia	5
14	Marc Guéhi	England	5
15	Vladyslav Baboglo	Moldova	5

Most dribbled Past in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Dribbled Past
1	Sander Berge	Norway	8
2	Franjo Ivanović	Croatia	8
3	Oscar Gloukh	Israel	8
4	Hans Vanaken	Belgium	7
5	Alexander Bernhardsson	Sweden	7
6	Christos Zafeiris	Greece	7
7	Ethan Ampadu	Wales	6
8	Konrad Laimer	Austria	6
9	Xaver Schlager	Austria	6
10	Youri Tielemans	Belgium	6
11	Rasmus Kristensen	Denmark	6
12	Joakim Maehle	Denmark	6
13	Odmar Færø	Faroe Islands	6
14	Hanus Sørensen	Faroe Islands	6
15	İsmail Yüksek	Turkey	6

Most total Duels in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Total Duels
1	Ilyas Chouaref	Malta	55
2	Patrick Wimmer	Austria	52
3	Shea Emmanuel Charles	Northern Ireland	52
4	Sasa Kalajdzic	Austria	51
5	Nuno Mendes	Portugal	50
6	Antonio Nusa	Norway	50
7	Edon Zhegrova	Kosovo	49
8	Grigoris Kastanos	Cyprus	46
9	Arda Güler	Turkey	46
10	Marko Jankovic	Montenegro	45
11	Troy Parrott	Republic of Ireland	45
12	Armandas Kucys	Lithuania	45
13	Adrian Justinussen	Faroe Islands	44
14	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Georgia	44
15	Trai Hume	Northern Ireland	44

Most duels Won in the UEFA Nations League 2026/2027

#	Player	Team	Duels Won
1	Shea Emmanuel Charles	Northern Ireland	36
2	Grigoris Kastanos	Cyprus	34
3	Ilyas Chouaref	Malta	34
4	Wiktor Nowak	Poland	32
5	Edon Zhegrova	Kosovo	31
6	Arda Güler	Turkey	28
7	Marko Jankovic	Montenegro	27
8	Dion Gallapeni	Kosovo	27
9	Troy Parrott	Republic of Ireland	26
10	Nuno Mendes	Portugal	26
11	Antonio Nusa	Norway	26
12	Jan Bednarek	Poland	24
13	Sasa Kalajdzic	Austria	24
14	Nuraly Alip	Kazakhstan	24
15	Trai Hume	Northern Ireland	24

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