Head to Head · 2025/26 season
J. BELLINGHAMvsRODRI
Who performed better — and why.
6
Goals
4
Assists
7.3
Rating
28
Apps
1917
Minutes
MID
Position
Leads in: Key Passes, Assists, Goals, Dribbles
1
Goals
0
Assists
7.5
Rating
21
Apps
1513
Minutes
MID
Position
Leads in: Pass Accuracy, Rating
Different jobs · measured separately
J. Bellingham is a central midfielder and Rodri is a defensive midfielder. Putting them on one scale would measure the positions, not the players, so each is shown against his own.
J. BellinghamCentral midfielder
top 8%
10th of 137
RodriDefensive midfielder
top 3%
2nd of 96
Better Passer
J. Bellingham
1.69
More Creative
J. Bellingham
1.8779342723004695
Higher Rated
Rodri
7.5
Stat comparison · Midfielders
1.69
Key Passes / 90
1.55
0.19
Assists / 90
0.00
0.28
Goals / 90
0.06
89%
Pass Accuracy
90%
1.74
Dribbles / 90
0.42
2.39
Tackles / 90
2.50
7.3
Rating
7.5
Rates are per 90 minutes. appearances: J. Bellingham 28, Rodri 21 · minutes: J. Bellingham 1917, Rodri 1513. Playing time is context, not a category either player can win.
Performance radar
🏆 Head-to-head result · 2025/26
BELLINGHAM4 — 3RODRI
🥇 J. BELLINGHAM EDGES IT
J. Bellingham leads in:
- · Key Passes / 90 (1.69 vs 1.55)
- · Assists / 90 (0.19 vs 0.00)
- · Goals / 90 (0.28 vs 0.06)
- · Dribbles / 90 (1.74 vs 0.42)
Rodri leads in:
- · Pass Accuracy (90% vs 89%)
- · Tackles / 90 (2.50 vs 2.39)
- · Rating (7.5 vs 7.3)
The verdict
J. Bellingham and Rodri do not do the same job, so there is no honest way to rank one above the other on a single scale. What follows is each of them measured against the players who do share his job.
J. Bellingham among Central midfielders
J. Bellingham is scored as a central midfielder, and among the 137 who qualified there he finishes 10th — top 8%.
That position is judged on rating, key passes/90, assists/90, tackles+ints/90 and goals/90, which is why his standing here can differ sharply from where a goals-first list would put him.
Rodri among Defensive midfielders
Rodri is scored as a defensive midfielder, and among the 96 who qualified there he finishes 2nd — top 3%.
His position is judged on rating, tackles+ints/90, duels % and pass accuracy — a different set of demands, scored against a different 96-player field.
Where J. Bellingham is ahead
J. Bellingham leads on key passes / 90 (1.69 to 1.55), assists / 90 (0.19 to 0.00), goals / 90 (0.28 to 0.06), and on one other shared measure.
What this cannot settle
- Two percentiles drawn from two different populations are not a head-to-head. Bellingham being higher in his role than Rodri is in his says something about each man's standing among his peers, and nothing about which of them you would rather have.
- Penalties are not separated from open play here, so a forward on regular spot-kicks carries an advantage this page does not strip out.
- Minutes are not equal. A player with a deeper sample has had more chances to regress toward his real level, and a shorter one can still be riding a hot month.
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