Head to Head · 2025/26 season
RODRIvsD. RICE
Who performed better — and why.
1
Goals
0
Assists
7.5
Rating
21
Apps
1513
Minutes
MID
Position
Leads in: Pass Accuracy
4
Goals
5
Assists
7.5
Rating
36
Apps
3099
Minutes
MID
Position
Leads in: Key Passes, Assists, Goals, Dribbles
Different jobs · measured separately
Rodri is a defensive midfielder and D. Rice is a central midfielder. Putting them on one scale would measure the positions, not the players, so each is shown against his own.
RodriDefensive midfielder
top 3%
2nd of 96
D. RiceCentral midfielder
top 5%
6th of 137
Better Passer
D. Rice
1.86
More Creative
D. Rice
2.0038722168441434
Higher Rated
Even
7.5
Stat comparison · Midfielders
1.55
Key Passes / 90
1.86
0.00
Assists / 90
0.15
0.06
Goals / 90
0.12
90%
Pass Accuracy
87%
0.42
Dribbles / 90
0.41
2.50
Tackles / 90
2.03
7.5
Rating
7.5
Rates are per 90 minutes. appearances: Rodri 21, D. Rice 36 · minutes: Rodri 1513, D. Rice 3099. Playing time is context, not a category either player can win.
Performance radar
🏆 Head-to-head result · 2025/26
RODRI3 — 3RICE
🤝 Too close to call
Rodri leads in:
- · Pass Accuracy (90% vs 87%)
- · Dribbles / 90 (0.42 vs 0.41)
- · Tackles / 90 (2.50 vs 2.03)
D. Rice leads in:
- · Key Passes / 90 (1.86 vs 1.55)
- · Assists / 90 (0.15 vs 0.00)
- · Goals / 90 (0.12 vs 0.06)
The verdict
Rodri and D. Rice 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.
Rodri among Defensive midfielders
Rodri is scored as a defensive midfielder, and among the 96 who qualified there he finishes 2nd — top 3%.
That position is judged on rating, tackles+ints/90, duels % and pass accuracy, which is why his standing here can differ sharply from where a goals-first list would put him.
D. Rice among Central midfielders
D. Rice is scored as a central midfielder, and among the 137 who qualified there he finishes 6th — top 5%.
His position is judged on rating, key passes/90, assists/90, tackles+ints/90 and goals/90 — a different set of demands, scored against a different 137-player field.
Where Rodri is ahead
Rodri leads on tackles / 90 (2.50 to 2.03).
Where D. Rice is ahead
D. Rice leads on key passes / 90 (1.86 to 1.55), assists / 90 (0.15 to 0.00), goals / 90 (0.12 to 0.06).
What this cannot settle
- Two percentiles drawn from two different populations are not a head-to-head. Rodri being higher in his role than Rice 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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