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Omitting goalkeepers, from mid-June 2017 to mid-June 2018 -- I used June 11 as the cutoff, since that's when the Euros begin -- 29 players logged over 5,000 minutes among all the competitions for which we have data. Only one topped 5,500: defender Fabian Balbuena (then of Corinthians, now of West Ham United).
It's obviously difficult to predict soft-tissue injuries and wear-and-tear problems, but it might still be instructive to look at the teams most likely to run into these issues based on these absurd minutes totals.
As one might expect, those with more players on preeminent teams that go deep in European competitions have more players with tired legs right now. But let's dial a bit further in as it pertains to the competition's favorites.
Bayern players Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez are both under 4,000 minutes, while Chelsea's Kurt Zouma (4,074) is barely beyond that pretty common threshold, and the team is pretty free of wear and tear up front. Veterans Griezmann and Benzema have logged huge minutes, but Mbappe missed some playing time with injury (which could pay off now) and basically every other forward -- Kingsley Coman, Wissam Ben Yedder, Ousmane Dembele, Marcus Thuram, Olivier Giroud -- are all either below 3,000 minutes or barely over.
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