Player roles · Premier League

The best centre-backs in the Premier League

Win the ball in the middle of the back line, stop shots, and start moves cleanly. 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 centre-backs.

What a centre-back is judged on

Average match rating25%
Duels won30%
Tackles + interceptions per 9025%
Blocks per 9010%
Pass accuracy10%

For each measure we find the player’s percentile among the centre-backs 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 centre-backs. How roles are decided.

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34 centre-backs 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%	Duels %30%	Tkl+Int/9025%	Blk/9010%	Pass %10%
1	J. Jacquet Liverpool	505	92	7.52100	76%97	4.4697	0.7158	90%74
2	J. Tarkowski Everton	540	85	7.4594	84%100	4.83100	0.5033	85%33
3	J. Branthwaite Everton · 83% here, also FB	540	69	6.9561	64%70	2.8376	1.83100	86%38
4	V. van Dijk Liverpool	450	69	7.3688	74%94	2.4048	0.203	89%61
5	J. van Hecke Tottenham	540	66	7.4897	48%18	3.0082	1.0073	92%86
6	M. Guéhi Manchester City · 83% here, also CDM	540	64	7.4291	74%91	1.0012	0.3312	94%94
7	H. Maguire Manchester United	540	59	6.8845	67%82	2.5055	0.5033	89%61
8	B. Thomas Coventry	438	59	7.3082	63%64	2.0542	1.2382	79%5
9	M. van de Ven Tottenham	376	59	6.9356	66%79	1.9133	0.4827	95%98
10	J. Hill Bournemouth	540	57	6.7633	65%76	3.3385	0.6752	76%0
11	T. Mings Aston Villa	351	56	7.0067	69%88	1.5418	0.5142	87%44
12	I. Diop Ipswich	540	54	6.8642	58%39	2.5055	1.3388	92%86
13	E. Konsa Arsenal	371	53	6.7218	61%55	3.4088	0.246	95%98
14	M. Lacroix Chelsea	461	52	6.7424	57%36	3.5191	0.9867	89%61
15	C. Bassey Fulham	540	51	6.8236	62%61	2.6765	0.3312	89%61
16	N. Mendy Hull City	343	51	7.0570	48%15	2.8979	1.0579	80%12
17	L. Dunk Brighton	390	50	7.3485	61%50	1.1515	0.4624	91%79
18	S. Botman Newcastle	450	50	6.7530	63%67	2.0038	1.4092	86%38
19	D. Ballard Sunderland	450	49	6.9252	56%32	2.8073	0.8061	83%27
20	L. Vušković Brighton	528	49	7.2579	60%45	1.7021	0.5139	89%61
21	K. Ajer Brentford	540	48	6.9356	62%58	2.1745	0.5033	82%23
22	J. Greaves Ipswich	358	47	4.880	68%85	1.7627	1.2685	89%61
23	S. Ajayi Hull City	514	44	6.7424	65%73	2.6361	0.000	80%12
24	António Silva Bournemouth	540	44	6.7424	58%42	2.5055	1.0073	87%44
25	J. Egan Hull City	528	41	6.8339	53%23	2.7370	0.8564	79%5
26	Gabriel Magalhães Arsenal	540	39	6.9964	47%12	2.0038	0.6752	88%48
27	Rúben Dias Manchester City	450	37	7.1073	53%23	0.806	0.4020	92%86
28	N. Milenković Nottingham Forest	270	37	6.6712	55%27	2.6765	1.0073	81%18
29	D. Affengruber Fulham	270	35	6.639	41%6	3.6794	0.6752	82%23
30	Jannik Schuster Brentford	298	35	7.1976	45%9	0.919	1.5197	80%12
31	Lisandro Martínez Manchester United	450	30	6.7115	56%32	1.8030	0.4020	90%74
32	N. Elvedi Leeds	412	30	6.8948	40%3	1.7524	0.6645	89%61
33	M. Thiaw Newcastle	450	29	6.556	61%50	0.400	1.4092	84%30
34	V. Lindelöf Aston Villa	540	11	6.503	37%0	0.503	0.3312	92%86