Player roles · Premier League

The best full-backs in the Premier League

Defend the flank and get forward: half of the job is stopping wingers, half is supplying the attack. 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 full-backs.

What a full-back is judged on

Average match rating25%
Tackles + interceptions per 9020%
Duels won15%
Key passes per 9015%
Successful dribbles per 9015%
Assists per 9010%

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

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37 full-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%	Tkl+Int/9020%	Duels %15%	KP/9015%	Drb/9015%	Ast/9010%
1	J. Gvardiol Manchester City	459	82	7.47100	3.5372	59%68	0.7856	0.9894	0.59100
2	L. Hall Newcastle	449	79	7.4497	3.6178	48%22	1.2083	1.40100	0.2081
3	B. White Arsenal	378	79	7.1894	2.8658	72%97	0.9569	0.4858	0.4897
4	V. Mykolenko Everton	450	69	7.1492	4.2089	60%78	0.4032	0.4056	0.0031
5	N. Mukiele Sunderland · 60% here, also CB	450	68	7.0883	5.0097	58%64	0.4032	0.6067	0.0031
6	A. Truffert Bournemouth	534	65	6.7561	5.22100	49%31	1.0175	0.6775	0.0031
7	J. Justin Leeds · 66% here, also CM	529	65	6.9575	4.4292	63%83	0.6850	0.007	0.1772
8	Reinildo Sunderland	433	64	6.6854	3.7481	63%81	0.8358	0.6269	0.0031
9	A. Robertson Tottenham	367	64	6.7664	1.9622	71%93	1.9697	0.2539	0.2589
10	Murillo Nottingham Forest	538	62	6.8769	3.5169	49%28	0.8461	0.6772	0.1769
11	L. Shaw Manchester United	431	61	6.6039	4.1886	58%61	1.0478	0.2131	0.2183
12	A. Robinson Fulham	431	60	6.6854	3.3461	50%36	1.4689	0.8483	0.0031
13	Matheus Nunes Manchester City · 89% here, also CM	303	60	7.1289	2.3831	75%100	0.003	0.8986	0.0031
14	Diogo Dalot Manchester United · 89% here, also CB	379	57	6.6550	2.8556	49%25	2.61100	0.7178	0.0031
15	R. Giles Hull City	509	57	6.7458	1.598	59%72	1.5994	0.3553	0.1875
16	R. Araújo Liverpool	360	57	6.9472	2.5038	64%86	0.2521	0.7581	0.0031
17	T. Muharemović Leeds	540	56	7.0986	2.6746	56%58	0.178	0.5061	0.1765
18	R. Calafiori Arsenal	500	54	6.9678	1.6211	54%50	1.0881	0.1819	0.3694
19	M. Kayode Brentford	387	51	6.8567	2.5642	45%11	0.7053	0.9392	0.0031
20	W. Fofana Chelsea · 73% here, also CB	315	50	5.606	4.8694	66%89	0.5744	0.2944	0.0031
21	D. O'Shea Ipswich · 67% here, also CB	540	50	6.5436	2.6746	59%68	1.0072	0.3350	0.0031
22	A. Gray Tottenham · 82% here, also CM	400	48	6.5129	3.3864	59%75	0.003	0.9089	0.0031
23	K. Lewis-Potter Brentford · 86% here, also AM	476	47	6.6346	1.8919	34%3	1.5192	0.5764	0.1978
24	A. Dedić Newcastle	328	47	6.3919	2.4733	50%36	0.5542	1.1097	0.2792
25	O. Boscagli Brighton · 82% here, also CDM	505	43	7.0481	2.1425	45%8	1.4386	0.007	0.0031
26	J. Canvot Crystal Palace	450	40	6.6346	3.6075	56%54	0.2011	0.007	0.0031
27	M. Kerkez Liverpool	476	33	6.4622	2.8453	51%42	0.3828	0.1922	0.0031
28	L. Colwill Chelsea · 79% here, also CB	432	32	6.4725	1.6714	71%93	0.2114	0.2128	0.0031
29	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Chelsea · 87% here, also CB	311	32	6.2511	3.4767	50%36	0.003	0.2947	0.0031
30	I. Maatsen Aston Villa	330	32	6.158	3.8283	31%0	0.2725	0.2742	0.0031
31	T. Castagne Fulham	410	30	5.380	2.2028	40%6	0.8867	0.2236	0.2286
32	L. Davis Ipswich	540	29	6.6142	1.336	48%19	0.6747	0.007	0.1765
33	M. Cash Aston Villa · 88% here, also CB	388	29	6.2615	2.7850	56%54	0.2317	0.007	0.0031
34	F. Kadıoğlu Brighton	424	27	6.5129	1.060	48%17	0.8564	0.2133	0.0031
35	A. Smith Bournemouth	507	25	6.2615	1.7817	51%44	0.5339	0.1817	0.0031
36	L. Coyle Hull City	441	23	6.5333	1.223	46%14	0.4136	0.2025	0.0031
37	Jair Nottingham Forest	360	23	5.423	2.5038	53%47	0.2521	0.007	0.0031