Getting above your marker to win aerial contests is a vital part of handling the Premier League package, with several teams preferring to take a higher route to goal.
Whether it’s being first to the ball when defending their own box, or attacking set-pieces and long balls at the opposite end, these players have towered above opponents in 2023/24.
The Premier League players with the most aerial duels won this season:
5. Oliver McBurnie – Sheffield United (114)
Oliver McBurnie has been Sheffield United’s outlet for much of the campaign, with the Scot springing above defenders to win battles in the air this season.
The 27-year-old has scored six league goals for the Blades, equalling the best return of his top-flight career, in what has been a difficult season for Sheffield United who stand on the brink of relegation. Only Brian Deane (14) has now scored more Premier League goals for the club. Embed from Getty Images
4. Carlton Morris – Luton (118)
Another promoted player who ranks among the Premier League’s best in the air this season.
Carlton Morris’ nomadic career has taken in spells at York City and Hamilton Academical among his former clubs, before a prolific debut campaign at Luton fired the unfancied Hatters into the Premier League last season. Luton have mixed it among the division’s big boys despite their underdog status and Morris and striker partner Elijah Adebayo have unsettled top-flight defences.
Morris has been an outsta...