Manchester United's Harry Maguire has played more football than any player in the world in 2020 - in pictures

Defender tops a top 20 list including Lionel Messi and Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United's Harry Maguire has played 4,745 minutes of football in 2020, more than any other professional player in the world. Getty

Ruben Dias of Manchester City, 4,344 minutes. Getty

Barcelona star Lionel Messi, 4,293 minutes. Getty

Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United, 4,164 minutes. Getty

Bruno Pacheco of Ceara, 4,162 minutes. Getty

Romelu Lukaku of Inter Milan, 4,144 minutes. Getty

Victor Lindelof of Manchester United, 4,142 minutes. Getty

Raphael Varane of Real Madrid, 4,123 minutes. Getty

Jesus Navas of Sevilla, 4,110 minutes. Getty

Celtic's Callum McGregor, 4,106 minutes. Getty

Gustavo Gomez of Palmeiras, 4,082 minutes. Getty

David Alaba of Bayern Munich, 4,075 minutes. Getty

Liverpool's Andy Robertson, 4,049 minutes. Getty

Gil of Corinthians, 4,015 minutes. Getty

Reinaldo da Silva of Sao Paulo, 4,013 minutes. Getty

Sverrir Ingi Ingason of PAOK, 3,991 minutes. Getty

Mikel Merino of Real Sociedad, 3,991 minutes. Getty

Reading's Michael Morrison, 3,976 minutes. Getty

Felipe Jonatan of Santos, 3,976 minutes. Getty

Victor Cuesta of Internacional, 3,990 minutes. Getty

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has played more minutes than any other professional footballer in 2020, according to new data.

The England international played 4,745 minutes up to December 17, the CIES Football Observatory has found.

That put him 401 minutes ahead of Manchester City defender Ruben Dias among outfield players.

Player workload is in the spotlight more than ever before amid a compressed 2020-21 calendar, following the suspension of competition in almost all leagues around the world in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is third in the rankings for outfield players, having played 4,293 minutes, with Maguire's United team-mate Bruno Fernandes fourth on 4,164.

Swedish centre-back Victor Lindelof is in seventh place, to make it three Red Devils in the top 10.

The presence of four Premier League-based players so high in the rankings for outfield players comes after a third unsuccessful vote to reintroduce the option of using five substitutes per match.

Every other major European league, plus UEFA's main club competitions and the EFL have adopted the measure to help managers rest players, but 10 Premier League clubs voted against it at a shareholders' meeting last week.

Liverpool's Scottish full-back Andrew Robertson sits in 12th in the standings on 4,049 minutes with two Championship players - Reading's Michael Morrison and Brentford's Ethan Pinnock - rounding out the top 20 on 3,976 and 3,968 minutes respectively.