Ranking Every Premier League Player by Position – The Ultimate Breakdown

How does each Premier League team stack up when you break it down by position? In this ranking, I’ve assessed players across all positions—goalkeepers, right backs, centre backs (two per club) left backs, centre midfielders (three per club), forwards (two per club) and striker—calculating an average to determine where each club stands.

GK

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1. Alisson

2. David Raya

3. Ederson

4. Emiliano Martinez

5. Guglielmo Vicario

6. Jordan Pickford

7. Matz Sels

8. Kepa Arrizabalaga

9. Andre Onana

10. Mads Hermansen

11. Dean Henderson

12. Bernd Leno

13. Nick Pope

14. Mark Flekken

15. Bart Verbruggen

16. Robert Sanchez

17. Aaron Ramsdale

18. Alphonse Areola

19. Jose Sa

20. Alex Palmer

RB

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1. Trent Alexander-Arnold

2. Jurrien Timber

3. Ola Aina

4. Pedro Porro

5. Kenny Tete

6. Reece James

7. Matty Cash

8. Daniel Munoz

9. Tino Livramento

10. Aaron Wan-Bissaka

11. Joel Veltman

12. Rico Lewis

13. Diogo Dalot

14. Nelson Semedo

15. Kyle Walker-Peters

16. James Justin

17. Jake O'Brien

18. Adam Smith

19. Axel Tuanzebe

20. Michael Kayode

CB

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1. Virgil Van Dijk

2. William Saliba

3. Gabriel

4. Ibrahima Konate

5. Ruben Dias

6. Murillo

7. Dean Huijsen

8. Marc Guehi

9. Ilya Zabarnyi

10. Micky van de Ven

11. Manuel Akanji

12. Pau Torres

13. Nikola Milenkovic

14. Christian Romero

15. Matthijs De Ligt

16. Ezri Konsa

17. James Tarkowski

18. Maxence Lacroix

19. Joachim Andersen

20. Calvin Bassey

21. Jan Paul van Hecke

22. Jarrad Branthwaite

23. Lisandro Martinez

24. Trevoh Chalobah

25. Nathan Collins

26. Sven Botman

27. Max Kilman

28. Fabian Schar

29. Levi Colwill

30. Steph van den Berg

31. Lewis Dunk

32. Konstantinos Mavropanos

33. Toti Gomes

34. Jacob Greaves

35. Emmanuel Agbadou

36. Jan Bednarek

37. Dara O'Shea

38. Caleb Okoli

39. Wout Faes

40. Taylor Harwood-Bellis

LB

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1. Josko Gvardiol

2. Antonee Robinson

3. Milos Kerkez

4. Lewis Hall

5. Riccardo Calafiori

6. Destiny Udogie

7. Rayan Ait-Nouri

8. Andy Robertson

9. Pervis Estupinan

10. Marc Cucurella

11. Tyrick Mitchell

12. Lucas Digne

13. Vitaly Mykolenko

14. Leif Davis

15. Neco Williams

16. Keane Lewis-Potter

17. Patrick Dorgu

18. Emerson

19. Victor Kristiansen

20. Ryan Manning

CM

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1. Rodri

2. Cole Palmer

3. Declan Rice

4. Alexis Mac Allister

5. Ryan Gravenberch

6. Bruno Fernandes

7. Bruno Guimaraes

8. Moises Caicedo

9. Martin Odegaard

10. Bernardo Silva

11. Ryan Christie

12. Kevin De Bruyne

13. Youri Tielemans

14. Morgan Gibbs-White

15. Justin Kluivert

16. James Maddison

17. Morgan Rogers

18. Thomas Partey

19. Dominic Szoboszlai

20. Kobbie Mainoo

21. Elliot Anderson

22. Carlos Baleba

23. Enzo Fernandez

24. Lucas Paqueta

25. Rodrigo Bentancur

26. Sandro Tonali

27. Manuel Ugarte

28. Sasa Lukic

29. Joao Gomes

30. Boubacar Kamara

31. Joelinton

32. Adam Wharton

33. Mikkel Damsgaard

34. Andreas Pereira

35. Christian Norgaard

36. Will Hughes

37. Yves Bissouma

38. Andre

39. Tyler Adams

40. Georginio Rutter

41. Jefferson Lerma

42. Emil Smith-Rowe

43. Ryan Yates

44. Idrissa Gueye

45. Wildfred Ndidi

46. James Garner

47. Tomas Soucek

48. Abdoulaye Doucoure

49. Boubakary Soumare

50. Vitaly Janelt

51. Yasin Ayari

52. Edson Alvarez

53. Harry Winks

54. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde

55. Sam Morsy

56. Jens Cajuste

57. Mateus Fernandes

58. Flynn Downes

59. Kalvin Phillips

60. Joe Aribo

FW

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1. Mohammed Salah

2. Bukayo Saka

3. Dejan Kulusevski

4. Phil Foden

5. Matheus Cunha

6. Anthony Gordon

7. Bryan Mbeumo

8. Henug-Min Son

9. Jarred Bowen

10. Cody Gakpo

11. Karou Mitoma

12. Antoine Semenyo

13. Anthony Elanga

14. Alex Iwobi

15. Amad Diallo

16. Eberechi Eze

17. Dango Ouattara

18. Mohamed Kudus

19. Callum Hudson-Odoi

20. Savinho

21. Jacob Murphy

22. Jacob Ramsey

23. Gabriel Martinelli

24. Marcus Rashford

25. Ilimian Ndiaye

26. Ismaila Sarr

27. Noni Madueke

28. Kevin Schade

29. Yankuba Minteh

30. Dwight McNeil

31. Adama Traore

32. Alejandro Garnacho

33. Jadon Sancho

34. Bilal El Khannouss

35. Omari Hutchinson

36. Tyler Dibling

37. Stephy Mavididi

38. Kamaldeen Sulemana

39. Goncalo Guedes

40. Sammie Szomdics

ST

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1. Alexander Isak

2. Erling Haaland

3. Chris Wood

4. Ollie Watkins

5. Jean-Phillipe Mateta

6. Kai Havertz

7. Nicholas Jackson

8. Dominic Solanke

9. Luis Diaz

10. Liam Delap

11. Yoanne Wissa

12. Raul Jimenez

13. Danny Welbeck

14. Jorgen Strand Larsen

15. Jamie Vardy

16. Evanilson

17. Beto

18. Evan Ferguson

19. Rasmus Hojlund

20. Cameron Archer

Actual Premier League Table

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1. Liverpool : 5.82

2. Arsenal : 6.91

3. Nottingham Forest: 14.36

4. Manchester City: 7.45

5. Bournemouth: 14.09

6. Chelsea: 17

7. Newcastle United: 15

8. Fulham: 19.91

9. Aston Villa: 14.64

10. Brighton: 23

11. Brentford: 24.45

12. Spurs: 12.36

13. Crystal Palace: 23.6

14. Everton: 25.90

15. Manchester United: 17.82

16. West Ham United: 24.82

17. Wolves: 26.09

18. Ipswich Town: 34.45

19. Leicester City: 32.27

20. Southampton: 36.09

Ranked Premier League Teams

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1. 5.82 - Liverpool =

2. 6.91 - Arsenal =

3. 7.45 - Manchester City -1

4. 12.36 - Spurs -8

5. 14.09 - Bournemouth =

6. 14.36 - Nottingham Forest +3

7. 14.64 - Aston Villa -2

8. 15 - Newcastle United +1

9. 17 - Chelsea +3

10. 17.82 - Manchester United -5

11. 19.91 - Fulham +3

12. 23 - Brighton +2

13. 23.6 - Crystal Palace =

14. 24.45 - Brentford +3

15. 24.82 - West Ham United -1

16. 25.9 - Everton +2

17. 26.09 - Wolves =

18. 32.27 - Leicester City -1

19. 34.45 - Ipswich Town +1

20. 36.09 - Southampton =

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Looking at the rankings, the teams in general align with their squad quality, with the key outliers of Manchester United and Spurs massively underperforming compared to their squad quality, whilst Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, Brentford and Fulham are overperforming compared to their overall squad quality.