The 2020 calendar year is drawing to a close and CIES Football Observatory – the International Center for Sport Studies – has analyzed the playing times of field players in professional leagues around the world. The result: With David Alaba only one star of FC Bayern lands in the top 15. In international comparison, Harry Maguire from Manchester United leads.
With a total of 4,745 minutes of play in 2020, central defender Harry Maguire has the most minutes of play internationally under his feet. The Manchester United professional ends up ahead of Ruben Dias (4,344 minutes) from Manchester City and Lionel Messi (4,292 minutes) from FC Barcelona. David Alaba from FC Bayern ranks twelfth. Interesting: Christian Eriksen from Inter Milan has played the most games with 54 competitive games, but is not even among the first 1,000 players considering the minutes he played.
The top 15 at a glance:
1. 4.745 Spielminuten: Harry Maguire (Manchester United)
2. 4,344 minutes of play: Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
3. 4,293 minutes of play Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
4. 4,164 minutes of play: Bruno Fernandes Manchester United
5. 4,162 Minutes: Bruno Pacheco (Ceara SC)
6.4.144 minutes of play: Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
7.142 minutes: Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United)
8.4.123 minutes of play: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)
9.110 minutes of play: Jesus Navas (Sevilla FC)
10. 4.106 Spielminuten: Callum McGregor (Celtic FC)
11. 4,082 Spielminuten: Gustavo Gomez (SE Palmeiras)
12. 4,075 minutes: David Alaba (FC Bayern)
13. 4.049 Spielminuten: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool FC)
14. 4,015 Spielminuten: Gil Nascimento (SC Corinthians)
15.4013 minutes: Reinaldo da Silva (Sao Paulo FC)
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