Players Unsuccessful aerial duels 1 Lewandowski Forward Poland 17 Unsuccessful aerial duels 2 Michael Estrada Forward Ecuador 15 Perisic Midfielder Croatia 15 Issam Jebali Forward Tunisia 15 3 Otamendi Defender Argentina 14 En-Nesyri Forward Morocco 14 4 Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder Argentina 13 Kane Forward England 13 Giroud Forward France 13 Mitrovic Forward Serbia 13 Ayew Forward Ghana 13 Petkovic Forward Croatia 13 5 Aké Defender Netherlands 12 Hwang Ui-Jo Forward Korea Republic 12 Jo Gyu-Seong Forward Korea Republic 12 Mitchell Duke Forward Australia 12 6 Hirving Lozano Forward Mexico 10 Denzel Dumfries Defender Netherlands 10 Darwin Núñez Forward Uruguay 10 Montassar Talbi Defender Tunisia 10 Leckie Forward Australia 10 7 Julián Álvarez Forward Argentina 9 Joakim Maehle Defender Denmark 9 Jude Bellingham Midfielder England 9 Shaw Defender England 9 Selim Amallah Midfielder Morocco 9 Asano Forward Japan 9 Moez Ali Forward Qatar 9 Virgil Van Dijk Defender Netherlands 9 Mohammed Kanno Midfielder Saudi Arabia 9 Bruno Fernandes Midfielder Portugal 9 Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder Cameroon 9 Marcus Thuram Forward France 9 8 Cornelius Forward Denmark 8 Joachim Andersen Defender Denmark 8 Enner Valencia Forward Ecuador 8 Richarlison Forward Brazil 8 Rabiot Midfielder France 8 Héctor Moreno Defender Mexico 8 Daley Blind Defender Netherlands 8 Achraf Hakimi Defender Morocco 8 Koundé Defender France 8 Embolo Forward Switzerland 8 Ismaila Sarr Forward Senegal 8 Ahmadou Bamba Dieng Forward Senegal 8 Wataru Endo Midfielder Japan 8 Cristian Romero Defender Argentina 8 Bale Forward Wales 8 Mohammed Salisu Defender Ghana 8 Hiroki Sakai Defender Japan 8 Tim Ream Defender USA 8 9 Messi Forward Argentina 7 Pasalic Midfielder Croatia 7 Mehdi Taremi Forward IR Iran 7 Müller Forward Germany 7 Hidemasa Morita Midfielder Japan 7 Yahia Attiyat allah Defender Morocco 7 Karim Boudiaf Midfielder Qatar 7 Maya Yoshida Defender Japan 7 Sofiane Boufal Forward Morocco 7 Saleh Forward Saudi Arabia 7 Boulaye Dia Forward Senegal 7 Boualem Khoukhi Defender Qatar 7 Firas Al Breikan Forward Saudi Arabia 7 Haji Wright Forward USA 7 Marcos Acuña Defender Argentina 7 Irvine Midfielder Australia 7 Dayotchanculle Upamecano Defender France 7 Harry Souttar Defender Australia 7 Abderazak Hamdallah Forward Morocco 7 10 Pezzella Defender Argentina 6 Nahuel Molina Defender Argentina 6 Lovren Defender Croatia 6 Fabinho Midfielder Brazil 6 Gonzalo Plata Midfielder Ecuador 6 Nikola Vlasic Midfielder Croatia 6 Choupo-Moting Forward Cameroon 6 Morteza Pouraliganji Defender IR Iran 6 Krzysztof Piatek Forward Poland 6 Depay Forward Netherlands 6 Junya Ito Forward Japan 6 Saud Abdulhamid Defender Saudi Arabia 6 Youssef Msakni Forward Tunisia 6 Abdou Diallo Defender Senegal 6 Ruben Vargas Midfielder Switzerland 6 Pellistri Midfielder Uruguay 6 Lautaro Martínez Forward Argentina 6 Raphinha Forward Brazil 6 Daizen Maeda Forward Japan 6 Rodon Defender Wales 6 Kieffer Moore Forward Wales 6 Campbell Forward Costa Rica 6 Anthony Contreras Forward Costa Rica 6 Ramin Rezaian Defender IR Iran 6 John Sargent Forward USA 6 Goncalo Ramos Forward Portugal 6 Hakim Ziyech Midfielder Morocco 6 Yassine Meriah Defender Tunisia 6 11 Gvardiol Defender Croatia 5 Eder Militao Defender Brazil 5 Updated at 10:45h ET - Tuesday, 14/11/2023