Crunch time: the players making most tackles in Premier League in 2021/22 - in pictures

We take look at who tops the challenge chart in the English top-flight for this season and last

MOST TACKLES IN 2021/22 PREMIER LEAGUE: =9) Max Kilman (Wolves) 20 tackles in seven games. Getty

=9) Sergi Canos (Brentford) 20 tackles in seven games. Getty

=6) Oriol Romeu (Southampton) 21 tackles in seven games. Getty

=6) Allan (Everton) 21 tackles in seven games. Reuters

=6) Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) 21 tackles in seven games. Getty

=4) Joe Willock (Newcastle United) 22 tackles in six games. PA

=4) Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) 22 tackles in seven games. Getty

=2) Marcal (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 23 tackles in seven games. Getty

=2) Ozan Tufan (Watford) 23 tackles in six games. PA

1) Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) 24 tackles in seven games. Getty

MOST TACKLES IN 2021/22 PREMIER LEAGUE: =9) Matt Targett (Aston Villa) 83 tackles in 38 games. PA

=9) Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) 83 tackles in 30 games. Getty

8) Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 85 tackles in 34 games. Getty

=6) Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) 86 tackles in 38 games. Getty

=6) Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 86 tackles in 36 games. Reuters

5) Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) 88 tackles in 34 games.

4) Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) 96 tackles in 26 games. Getty

3) Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) 98 tackles in 38 games. Getty

2) Yves Bissouma (Brighton) 104 tackles in 36 games. Getty

1) Luke Ayling (Leeds United) 108 tackles in 38 games. Getty

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira was never shy of making a crunching challenge during in his playing days, so he will be delighted to see one of his players top the Premier League tackles chart this season.

Eagles defender Tyrick Mitchell currently leads the way going into the October international break. Interestingly, none of the players who finished last season's list of the top tacklers are threatening the charts this time around.

In the all-time Premier League chart, the top three is made up of Pablo Zabletta (953 tackles in 303 games), Lucas Leiva (978 challenges in 247 matches) and - top of the pile - Gareth Barry, who made 1,028 tackles in his 653 appearances.

In the gallery above, we take a look at which players are this campaign's top tacklers so far — and see who finished at the top of the list last season.