Player roles · Premier League

The best attacking midfielders in the Premier League

Play between the lines and make the final pass, or finish the move yourself. Players appear here because they spent most of their minutes in this role, whatever position their club lists them in, and each is compared only with the other attacking midfielders.

What a attacking midfielder is judged on

Average match rating25%
Key passes per 9025%
Assists per 9015%
Goals per 9015%
Successful dribbles per 9010%
Shots on target per 9010%

For each measure we find the player’s percentile among the attacking midfielders on this board, then take the weighted average. A score of 70 means that, on these measures, the player is ahead of about 70% of the league’s attacking midfielders. How roles are decided.

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19 attacking midfielders with at least 270 minutes after 6 matchweeks of 2026/27. Early in a season the board moves a lot from week to week. The small number beside each figure is the player’s percentile in this role.

#	Player	Mins	Score	Rating25%	KP/9025%	Ast/9015%	G/9015%	Drb/9010%	SoT/9010%
1	R. Cherki Manchester City	395	92	7.6892	3.19100	0.4689	0.91100	1.5978	1.1483
2	M. Rogers Chelsea · 83% here, also WING	523	75	7.6892	1.8944	0.1761	0.6994	2.0794	1.0378
3	K. Dewsbury-Hall Everton	538	74	7.75100	2.5178	0.1756	0.3356	1.1756	1.0072
4	C. Palmer Chelsea	531	71	7.4178	2.2061	0.51100	0.3461	1.5372	0.8550
5	M. Gibbs-White Nottingham Forest	540	63	7.2869	2.8394	0.3378	0.1722	1.1750	0.5022
6	Bruno Fernandes Manchester United	540	62	7.2869	2.5072	0.1750	0.5083	0.5022	0.8344
7	M. Ødegaard Arsenal	471	57	7.4283	2.2967	0.0022	0.3872	0.3811	0.7639
8	M. Yalcouyé Brighton · 84% here, also CM	272	54	6.9739	1.6533	0.0022	0.6689	2.32100	1.3294
9	M. Damsgaard Brentford · 85% here, also CM	286	44	7.2061	2.5283	0.0022	0.008	0.9433	0.310
10	Joshua King Fulham	503	41	7.0144	1.076	0.0022	0.3667	1.2567	1.2589
11	J. Rudoni Coventry	301	41	6.9433	2.6989	0.0022	0.008	0.300	0.9056
12	J. Enciso Ipswich	486	40	6.8528	1.3017	0.3783	0.008	1.6789	0.9367
13	D. Ndoye Nottingham Forest	393	39	6.6111	1.3728	0.0022	0.4678	1.6083	0.9261
14	E. Le Fée Sunderland	520	38	6.6517	1.9050	0.1767	0.1733	1.0439	0.5228
15	Yeremy Pino Crystal Palace	394	37	7.0656	1.8339	0.0022	0.2344	0.4617	0.4617
16	D. Kamada Crystal Palace · 66% here, also CDM	532	35	7.0450	1.1811	0.5194	0.1728	0.346	0.346
17	F. Wirtz Liverpool	469	34	6.560	2.1156	0.1972	0.008	1.1544	0.5833
18	J. Kluivert Bournemouth	298	33	6.8322	0.910	0.0022	0.3050	1.2161	1.81100
19	E. Buendía Aston Villa · 62% here, also WING	468	20	6.586	1.3522	0.0022	0.1939	0.7728	0.3811