Top 5 Arsenal Players With The Most Tackles In 2018/19

Top 5 Arsenal Players With The Most Tackles in 2018/19

Who are the Arsenal players with the most tackles? Which Arsenal players have made the most tackles? Which Arsenal players made the most tackles per-game? Best Arsenal tacklers? Well, we are going to take a look at the stats and bring you the top five Arsenal players with the most tackles per-game in 2018/19.

We have already prepared a list of Arsenal Player With The Most Red Cards and Arsenal Games With The Most Yellow Cards! You can check out those pages to find out who has been the most aggressive Gunner this season.

But to clear out some doubt, the most amount of tackles does not indicate the best defensive performance one the pitch. Astute defenders like John Terry and Paolo Maldini always used to rely on their positioning and marking to stop opposition numbers. Even Sergio Busquets, for that matter, who is regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world is hardly ever seen lunging for wild challenges. The Spaniard is sharp enough to notice the oppositions ball movement and only strikes for an interception when needed.

Arsenal Players With The Most Tackles 2018/19

Arsenal have undergone a rough defensive season this past year and their record of 51 conceded goals in the Premier League will tell you why.

The Gunners defence line is in tatters through poor performances from players also due to the lack of an efficient system. Unai Emery’s biggest task this summer would be to improve the backline.

So, we will look at the best Arsenal tacklers in 2018/19. Players like Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Laurent Koscielny and Lucas Torreira have all been involved in major defensive responsibilities which indicates doing some of the dirty work for the team. But who among the Arsenal players has made the most tackles? Read on to find out.

Best Arsenal Players Who Made The Most Tackles In 2018/19

Here is a list showing the Arsenal players who made was the most aggressive on the defensive end. All the statistics of tackles, interceptions, fouls, clearances, dribbles and blocks are calculated on a per match basis. This particular sheet has been taken from Whoscored.com.

Rank	Player	Apps	Mins	Tackles	Inter	Fouls	Clear	Drb	Blocks
1	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	11(5)	986	2.1	1.2	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3
2	Shkodran Mustafi	31	2617	2	1.9	1.4	5.2	0.3	0.5
3	Lucas Torreira	24(10)	2381	1.9	1.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.2
4	Granit Xhaka	29	2502	1.8	1.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	0.3
5	Sokratis	25	2199	1.7	1	1.5	4.3	0.5	0.7
6	Mohamed Elneny	5(3)	381	1.6	0.3	0.1	1	0.1	0.5
7	Nacho Monreal	21(1)	1861	1.6	1.4	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.5
8	Sead Kolasinac	22(2)	1891	1.4	0.8	0.9	1	0.6	0.1
9	Matteo Guendouzi	23(10)	2144	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.2
10	Aaron Ramsey	14(14)	1331	1.2	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.6	–
11	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	19(6)	1645	1.1	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.1
12	Laurent Koscielny	13(4)	1330	1.1	1.8	0.5	4.1	0.4	0.9
13	Rob Holding	9(1)	807	1.1	1.2	0.6	3.7	0.6	0.7
14	Stephan Lichtsteiner	10(4)	941	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.5	0.3
15	Alexandre Lacazette	27(8)	2507	1	0.4	1.5	0.8	0.7	–
16	Carl Jenkinson	2(1)	167	1	–	0.3	0.7	0.3	1
17	Alex Iwobi	22(13)	1976	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	–
18	Héctor Bellerín	18(1)	1535	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.3
19	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	30(6)	2733	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.6	–
20	Joe Willock	1(1)	64	0.5	0.5	–	–	–	–
21	Mesut Özil	20(4)	1742	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.1
22	Danny Welbeck	1(7)	148	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	–	–
23	Denis Suárez	0(4)	67	0.3	0.3	–	–	1.3	–
24	Konstantinos Mavropanos	3(1)	150	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	–	0.3
25	Eddie Nketiah	0(5)	63	0.2	–	0.2	0.2	–	–
26	Petr Cech	7	588	0.1	–	–	1	–	–
27	Bernd Leno	31(1)	2833	–	0.1	–	1	0.1	–
28	Bukayo Saka	0(1)	7	–	–	–	–	–	–

Most Tackles By Arsenal Players In Premier League 2018/19

Rank	Player	Nationality	Tackles
1	Lucas Torreira	Uruguay	65
2	Shkodran Mustafi	Germany	62
3	Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	52
4	Matteo Guendouzi	France	44
5	Sokratis	Greece	42
6	Alexandre Lacazette	France	35
6	Nacho Monreal	Spain	35
8	Sead Kolasinac	Bosnia And Herzegovina	34
8	Aaron Ramsey	Wales	34
10	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	England	33
11	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	28
11	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	28
13	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	21
14	Laurent Koscielny	France	19
15	Héctor Bellerín	Spain	15
15	Stephan Lichtsteiner	Switzerland	15
17	Mohamed Elneny	Egypt	13
18	Mesut Özil	Germany	12
19	Rob Holding	England	11
20	Carl Jenkinson	England	3

Arsenal Players With The Most Tackles In 2018/19

5. Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Sokratis is arguably Arsenal’s best defender and the responsibility he shoulders for this team is ridiculous. However, he made only 42 tackles in the Premier League in 2018/19 which is not a lot when compared to other teams. The Greek international has fully adapted to the English game and we can only hope to see him get better with a more able defensive partner.

4. Matteo Guendouzi

Guendouzi has been a revelation for Arsenal this past season. There was a reason why Unai Emery chose to shell out £7m for the teenage midfielder who had only played Ligue 2 football with Lorient before.

Guendouzi’s ceiling is boundless and he really has all the tools to become one of the top deep-lying playmakers in the Premier League. He is still a bit raw on the defensive end but he is also only 20 years old and already a starter for Arsenal.

3. Granit Xhaka

Xhaka is not particularly the most efficient when it comes to defending. The Swiss number ten is more comfortable playing off of an enforcer next to him.

He has been at Arsenal 3 years now and has shown hardly any signs of improvement. The 26-year-old’s game is still riddled with inconsistencies and lapses of judgement, which would include rash challenges when it’s completely unnecessary.

2. Shkodran Mustafi

Mustafi has been shockingly poor for Arsenal in 2018/19, almost singlehandedly pulling Arsenal’s top four chances down in the Crystal Palace game in April. The German might be shown the exit door after the season.

1. Lucas Torreira

Almost everyone might have expected this from the Uruguayan, who has become a star at the Emirates in his first full season with Arsenal. The midfielder is a defensive genius in the middle of the park.

He knows how to anticipate opposition attacks and makes timely challenges to clear out potential dangers. Torreira’s impact has been massive for the Gunners and the fans can also expect to see him get better for them over the years.

Most Fouls Committed By Arsenal Players In Premier League 2018/19

Rank	Player	Nationality	Fouls
1	Alexandre Lacazette	France	51
2	Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	45
3	Shkodran Mustafi	Germany	42
4	Lucas Torreira	Uruguay	38
5	Sokratis	Greece	37
6	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	27
7	Matteo Guendouzi	France	24
8	Sead Kolasinac	Bosnia And Herzegovina	21
8	Aaron Ramsey	Wales	21
10	Nacho Monreal	Spain	17
11	Héctor Bellerín	Spain	16
12	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	13
13	Stephan Lichtsteiner	Switzerland	11
14	Mesut Özil	Germany	10
15	Laurent Koscielny	France	9
16	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	8
16	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	England	8
18	Rob Holding	England	6
19	Danny Welbeck	England	3
20	Konstantinos Mavropanos	Greece	2

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