Most-injured footballers ever

Career totals: days missed and games sat out across all recorded injuries.

#	Player	Position	Citizenship	Club	Total days	Games missed	Injury spells
51	Ousmane Diakité	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Mali	West Bromwich Albion	2,364	274	7
52	Isaac Cuenca	Attack - Left Winger	Spain	Retired	2,349	83	8
53	Cas Faber	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Netherlands	Retired	2,331	131	4
54	Karol Karlik	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Slovakia	Retired	2,313	30	2
55	David Jansen	Attack - Centre-Forward	Germany	Retired	2,214	49	8
56	Erdin Demir	Defender - Left-Back	Sweden North Macedonia	Retired	2,193	63	1
57	Björn Engels	Defender - Centre-Back	Belgium	Royal Antwerp FC	2,186	316	13
58	Cristian Bertani	Attack - Centre-Forward	Italy	ACD Briga Novarese	2,170	13	3
59	Timo Plattel	Goalkeeper	Netherlands	Retired	2,138	18	2
60	Callum Morris	Defender - Centre-Back	Northern Ireland Ireland	Without Club	2,087	95	12
61	Steeven Willems	Defender - Centre-Back	France	Retired	2,086	90	3
62	Michael Vitzthum	Defender - Centre-Back	Germany	Retired	2,070	98	14
63	Marcus Solberg	Attack - Centre-Forward	Denmark	Retired	2,040	23	3
64	Michael Zullo	Defender - Left-Back	Australia Italy	Retired	2,038	107	4
65	Karel IJzerman	Defender - Centre-Back	Netherlands	DZOH Emmen	2,037	0	1
66	Borja Lasso	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Spain	Retired	1,996	78	3
67	Sergio Álvarez	Goalkeeper	Spain	Retired	1,985	57	3
68	Patryk Dragon	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Germany Poland	SV 07 Elversberg	1,982	226	10
69	Lúcio	Defender - Left-Back	Brazil	Retired	1,973	259	6
70	Mamadou Doucouré	Defender - Centre-Back	France Senegal	Without Club	1,953	226	14
71	Sammy Clingan	Midfield - Central Midfield	Northern Ireland	Retired	1,930	71	7
72	Michael Kempter	Defender - Left-Back	Philippines Switzerland	Muangthong United	1,929	231	15
73	Maurice Litka	Attack - Left Winger	Germany	Without Club	1,917	121	12
74	Danny Rowe	Attack - Left Winger	England	Retired	1,916	93	8
75	Craig Gordon	Goalkeeper	Scotland	Heart of Midlothian FC	1,878	205	14
76	Nicolás Digiano	Defender - Centre-Back	Argentina	Without Club	1,868	21	2
77	Marc Kibong Mbamba	Midfield - Central Midfield	Cameroon	Retired	1,863	38	5
78	Javi Noblejas	Defender - Left-Back	Spain	Retired	1,862	16	3
79	Robert Maah	Attack - Centre-Forward	France Cameroon	Retired	1,824	30	2
80	Sebastian Madera	Defender - Centre-Back	Poland	Retired	1,793	122	5
81	Alper Tezcan	Defender - Right-Back	Türkiye	Retired	1,792	2	3
82	Fodé Fofana	Attack - Centre-Forward	Netherlands Guinea	Without Club	1,713	60	7
83	Jamil Dem	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Germany Senegal	BFC Preussen	1,701	190	14
84	Sam Hutchinson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	England	AFC Wimbledon	1,697	64	8
85	Mikey Devlin	Defender - Centre-Back	Scotland	Without Club	1,673	121	13
86	Stefano Franchi	Attack - Right Winger	Italy	Retired	1,670	5	3
87	Oussama Zamouri	Attack - Left Winger	Morocco Netherlands	Without Club	1,670	14	2
88	Dani Mathieu	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Netherlands	Willem II Tilburg	1,650	38	2
89	Raphael Framberger	Defender - Right-Back	Germany	Retired	1,645	167	15
90	Sebastian Jacob	Attack - Centre-Forward	Germany	Retired	1,621	147	14
91	Michael Ngoo	Attack - Centre-Forward	England Nigeria	Barking FC	1,617	32	3
92	Christian Gartner	Midfield - Central Midfield	Austria	SC/ESV Parndorf	1,615	142	15
93	Gerard Deulofeu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Spain	Without Club	1,608	162	15
94	Riccardo Aramini	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Italy	Naples United FC	1,604	0	1
95	Abou Diaby	Midfield - Central Midfield	France Cote d'Ivoire	Retired	1,596	364	15
96	Ryan Thomas	Midfield - Central Midfield	New Zealand England	PEC Zwolle	1,596	139	15
97	Jano Velasco	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Spain	Retired	1,592	48	2
98	Miguel Peralta	Midfield - Right Midfield	Spain Venezuela	FC Oetwil-Geroldswil	1,590	176	10
99	Ben Kantarovski	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Australia North Macedonia	Retired	1,589	36	2
100	Sasa Kalajdzic	Attack - Centre-Forward	Austria	LASK	1,585	215	14

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