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Chelsea's Kurt Zouma has won the MOST defensive aerial duels in Europe this season with incredible 96 per cent success rate... while Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire sits third ahead of Raphael Varane

Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has proved colossus in the air for Chelsea since the beginning of the 2020-21 campaign, winning an almost perfect 96.3% of his defensive aerial duels.

Frank Lampard's side have tightened up at the back significantly since the beginning of the new season, and the Frenchman has played an integral part in Chelsea's change in defensive fortunes.

CIES Football Observatory have compiled a list of the 100 top players across Europe's leagues who have won the highest percentage of defensive headers since the start of the campaign.

Kurt Zouma has won an incredible 96.3% of his defensive aerial duels so far this season
Atalanta defenderu00a0Berat Djimsiti (left) has come out on top in 95.7% of his aerial duels

Atalanta defender Berat Djimsiti (left) has come out on top in 95.