Player roles · Premier League

The best wingers in the Premier League

Beat a defender out wide, then create or score. 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 wingers.

What a winger is judged on

Average match rating25%
Successful dribbles per 9020%
Goals per 9015%
Assists per 9015%
Key passes per 9015%
Shots on target per 9010%

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

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23 wingers 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%	Drb/9020%	G/9015%	Ast/9015%	KP/9015%	SoT/9010%
1	C. Gakpo Liverpool	371	73	7.1277	1.4677	0.2459	0.73100	2.6791	0.249
2	B. Saka Arsenal	508	72	7.37100	1.2464	0.5391	0.0027	1.5945	1.77100
3	A. Semenyo Manchester City	540	69	7.1382	0.8345	0.3377	0.5095	1.8357	0.6755
4	M. De Cuyper Brighton	493	69	7.3291	0.3727	0.3782	0.3786	2.1986	0.3723
5	M. Tavernier Bournemouth	499	66	7.2586	0.7241	0.54100	0.0027	1.8050	1.4495
6	Tyrique George Everton	336	66	7.0973	2.4191	0.2773	0.0027	1.8864	0.5450
7	Sávio Tottenham	331	64	6.9864	4.89100	0.0020	0.0027	2.9995	0.8268
8	B. Mbeumo Manchester United · 83% here, also ST	540	64	7.0068	1.0059	0.5086	0.0027	1.8357	1.3391
9	J. Anthony Brentford · 81% here, also ST	355	62	6.8248	1.2768	0.2564	0.2573	2.0382	0.5136
10	K. Schade Brentford	500	61	7.3495	0.7236	0.5495	0.0027	0.5418	1.2686
11	A. Fatawu Ipswich	357	54	6.7436	3.0395	0.0020	0.2568	2.0277	0.2514
12	Víctor Muñoz Liverpool · 87% here, also ST	349	49	6.8248	1.2973	0.2668	0.0027	0.5214	0.7759
13	H. Barnes Newcastle	449	48	6.8141	0.4032	0.2050	0.4091	1.2027	0.8064
14	D. Gómez Brighton	524	47	6.8855	0.3423	0.0020	0.3482	1.3736	1.0382
15	M. Rashford Manchester United · 87% here, also ST	356	47	5.600	2.0286	0.0020	0.0027	3.29100	1.0177
16	N. Angulo Sunderland	391	43	6.5023	1.8482	0.2355	0.2359	0.465	0.4627
17	C. Tzolis Arsenal	365	42	6.9059	0.250	0.0020	0.2564	1.9773	0.4932
18	J. McGinn Aston Villa	526	39	6.6832	0.3418	0.1745	0.3477	1.3732	0.5141
19	Oscar Bobb Fulham	424	35	6.6127	0.8550	0.0020	0.0027	1.9168	0.215
20	George Hemmings Aston Villa	299	26	6.369	0.9055	0.0020	0.0027	0.9023	0.3018
21	Rayan Bournemouth · 83% here, also AM	528	23	6.4518	0.3414	0.0020	0.0027	0.519	0.8573
22	B. Johnson Everton · 87% here, also ST	315	19	6.3914	0.299	0.0020	0.0027	1.4341	0.000
23	D. Maeda Ipswich · 87% here, also ST	343	14	6.295	0.265	0.0020	0.0027	0.260	0.5245