Players with most minutes played across Europe’s top five leagues shows Chelsea, Man United and Tottenham stars feature highly

Players with most minutes played across Europe’s top five leagues shows Chelsea, Man United and Tottenham stars feature highly
Footballs iron men, the players who keep going whatever the weather and continuously push themselves to the limit – they are invaluable.A study by the CIES Football Observatory shows the top 20 outfield players to have completed the most minutes in Europes top five leagues (Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Ligue 1) during the last five seasons.

Azpilicueta is a constant fixture in the Chelsea defence, but where does he rank among the other ever present players in Europe’s big five leagues?

It shows Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta, one of six Premier League players to feature, is a machine, but, focusing only on out field players between 01/01/2014 and 28/01/2019, which other players never seem to suffer from fatigue and stay injury free?

20. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea, Manchester United)

Matches played since January 2014: 177 / Minutes played: 14,491

19. Leonardo Bonucci ( AC Milan, Juventus)

Matches played: 167 / Minutes played: 14,510

18. Luis Suarez (Liverpool, Barcelona)

Matches played: 169 / Minutes played: 14,515

17. Jeremy Sorbon (Guingamp)

Matches played: 166 / Minutes played: 14,559

16. Christophe Kerbrat (Guingamp)

Matches played: 170 / Minutes played: 14,646

15. Idrissa Gueye (Lille, Aston Villa, Everton)

Matches played: 172 / Minutes played: 14.655

14. Marco Parolo (Parma, Lazio)

Matches played: 171 / Minutes played: 14,691

13. Koke (Atletico Madrid)

Matches played: 176 / Minutes played: 14,696

12. Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo, Lazio)

Matches played: 164 / Minutes played: 14,738

11. Romelu Lukaku (Everton, Manchester United)

Matches played: 180 / Minutes played: 14,741

10. Vitorino Hilton (Montpellier)

Matches played: 166 / Minutes played: 14,751

9. Jonny Castro (Celta Vigo, Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Matches played: 178 / Minutes played: 14,823

8. Mario Gaspar (Villarreal)

Matches played: 171 / Minutes played: 14,901

7. Jose Callejon (Napoli)

Matches played: 189 / Minutes played: 15,129

6. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)

Matches played: 181 / Minutes played: 15,174

5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Matches played: 180 / Minutes played: 15,197

4. Daniel Parejo (Valencia)

Matches played: 176 / Minutes played: 15,217

3. Danilo Larangeira (Udinese, Bologna)

Matches played: 177 / Minutes played: 15,613

2. Kamil Glik (Torino, Monaco)

Matches played: 176 / Minutes played: 15,754

1. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)

Matches played: 182 / Minutes played: 16,099

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