Which defences hold the highest line?

Offsides per side per match — the closest the record comes to measuring how far up a defence dares to stand.

Premier Soccer League (Sudafrica) catches most: 2,51 offsides per side per match.

Which defences hold the highest line?
League	Offsides per side	Team-matches
1. Premier Soccer League Sudafrica	2.51	462
2. Challenger Pro League Belgio	2.18	386
3. Frauen-Bundesliga Germania	2.15	210
4. Lega saudita professionistica Arabia Saudita	2.13	592
5. TFF 1. Lig Turchia	2.09	738
6. Segunda División Spagna	2.07	888
7. Ligue 2 Francia	2.06	602
8. 3. Liga Germania	2.02	502
9. Pro League Belgio	2.01	610
10. LaLiga Spagnola Spagna	1.99	724
11. Primera División Perù	1.94	628
12. Liga Pro Ecuador	1.93	576
13. Primera División Bolivia	1.93	236
14. Football League Two Inghilterra	1.92	1074
15. Női Nemzeti Bajnokság I Ungheria	1.92	228
16. Eerste Divisie Paesi Bassi	1.91	722
17. Championship Inghilterra	1.91	1066
18. Football League One Inghilterra	1.9	1066
19. Campionato greco di calcio Grecia	1.9	456
20. Campionato egiziano di calcio Egitto	1.89	608
21. Division Profesional - Clausura Paraguay	1.88	258
22. Super League Cina	1.86	468
23. Prem'er-Liga Russia	1.86	470
24. A-League Men Australia	1.85	308
25. Süper Lig Turchia	1.84	596
26. Primera División Cile	1.82	458
27. Fußball-Bundesliga Germania	1.81	594
28. Premier Division Irlanda	1.8	326
29. Major League Soccer Stati Uniti	1.78	1018
30. Premiership Scozia	1.76	438
31. Bundesliga Austria	1.76	366
32. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Germania	1.76	574
33. Ligue 1 Francia	1.75	566
34. Liga Profesional Argentina Argentina	1.74	942
35. Czech Liga Cechia	1.74	520
36. Categoría Primera A Colombia	1.69	864
37. J1 League Giappone	1.68	716
38. Liga I Romania	1.68	600
39. Serie B Italia	1.68	754
40. Serie A Italia	1.67	710

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