Most common football injuries

The injuries our players have suffered most often, with average and total days missed.

50 injury types tracked.

#	Injury	Cases	Total days missed	Avg days per case
51	Dead leg	506	13,655	27.0
52	Fever	496	3,296	6.6
53	Ligament injury	484	31,699	65.5
54	Stomach flu	467	3,151	6.7
55	Meniscus tear	451	45,390	100.6
56	Hip problems	441	19,818	44.9
57	surgery	402	36,882	91.7
58	Torn ankle ligaments	401	22,188	55.3
59	Calf strain	394	11,704	29.7
60	Torn thigh muscle	393	22,416	57.0
61	Torn lateral knee ligament	377	55,257	146.6
62	Broken fibula	357	46,881	131.3
63	Inner ligament injury	357	20,553	57.6
64	Broken nose bone	353	6,874	19.5
65	Cruciate ligament surgery	350	83,678	239.1
66	infection	346	5,866	17.0
67	Inflammation of pubic bone	324	30,846	95.2
68	Broken collarbone	323	21,333	66.0
69	Muscle tear	322	17,354	53.9
70	Toe injury	321	12,621	39.3
71	Ankle surgery	313	41,702	133.2
72	Foot bruise	311	6,215	20.0
73	Broken foot	309	30,464	98.6
74	Calf muscle tear	299	12,190	40.8
75	Meniscus damage	293	30,510	104.1
76	Groin surgery	289	22,453	77.7
77	Broken toe	285	12,269	43.0
78	Bruised ribs	279	5,120	18.4
79	Knee bruise	278	6,353	22.9
80	Rib fracture	275	10,579	38.5
81	Torn lateral ankle ligament	272	11,557	42.5
82	Torn knee ligaments	267	48,339	181.0
83	Broken hand	266	12,505	47.0
84	Virus	263	6,513	24.8
85	Hand injury	261	10,279	39.4
86	Pubalgia	261	18,436	70.6
87	Groin strain	259	7,299	28.2
88	Ligament stretching	253	6,746	26.7
89	Knee medial ligament tear	253	20,946	82.8
90	Syndesmotic ligament tear	253	22,850	90.3
91	Inner knee ligament tear	232	12,600	54.3
92	Elbow injury	227	11,395	50.2
93	Inner ligament stretch of the knee	221	7,653	34.6
94	Cartilage damage	221	51,331	232.3
95	Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area	207	7,458	36.0
96	Broken tibia	206	36,275	176.1
97	muscle stiffness	205	3,426	16.7
98	Lumbago	200	3,703	18.5
99	Inguinal hernia	200	15,696	78.5
100	Muscle fiber tear	200	6,640	33.2

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