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20: Moisés Caicedo
18: ???
16: Bukayo Saka
14: ???
12: Marc Guehi

Players 20-11 are out now 👇

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A look at Newcastle United's Premier League squad minutes for the 2025/26 season.

Weighted Age: 27.11 (17th)
Youth Minutes: 15.8% (16th)
Peak Minutes: 60.4% (11th)
Experienced Minutes: 19.7% (6th)
Veteran Minutes: 4.2% (7th)

#NUFC

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Adrien Truffert leads almost every physical metrics category in the 2025/26 Premier League season, but he also graded well in our system.

No full-back was better at Blocking, whilst also posting top 10 grades in Dribble Defending and Positioning.

#AFCB 🍒

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Rankings #20-11 are out now! 🚨

We've ranked the 50 best players from the 2025/26 Premier League season.

Built from a full season of grading every on and off-ball action across 25+ categories, with input from our entire grading team.

https://t.co/GDs6iiZ50n

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Jan Paul van Hecke's Gradient Player Grades Report 📊

He grades above his positional average in 15/17 grading categories

#BHAFC

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Comparing Anthony Gordon's and Marcus Rashford's physical metrics this season 🔎

Gordon ranks 1st among all players in Max Speed, whilst ranking in the 90th+ percentile in Athleticism, sprints & sprinting distance.

#FCBarcelona

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Marcos Senesi to Tottenham? Here's a look at his 2025/26 Premier League performance 📊

Senesi was trusted with Bournemouth's build-up play, completing 67 balls over the top this season, ranking 1st among CBs.

Senesi also completed 253 line-breaking passes, ranking 2nd among CBs and 3rd in the Premier League. His 84.5 Passing Grade ranked 4th/93 among CBs and his 78.9 Pressured Passing Grade ranked 5th/93.

‍Defensively, the Argentine grades well above the positional average in Duels (79.5), Positioning (82.4), and posted an elite 91.9 Blocking Grade (3rd/93 CBs).

#AFCB #THFC

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This is an excerpt from our Top 50 players of the 2025/26 Premier League season

Read it here 👇

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Reece James accumulated more Premier League minutes than in the previous two seasons combined. It was a timely reminder that when available, he has the potential to be one of the best right-backs in the world.

His 79.1 Passing Grade led all full-backs, and his 80.1 Crossing Grade ranked 2nd among FBs.

Defensively, James was equally impressive, ranking in the 80th percentile or above for Carry Defending, Defending Dribbles Grade, 50/50s and Tackling Grade.

#CFC

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No player in the 2025/26 Premier League season made more underlapping off-ball runs than Nico O'Reilly (43)

#MCFC

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30: Harry Wilson
28: ???
26: Eli Kroupi
24: ???
22: Morgan Gibbs-White

Players 30-21 are out now 👇

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It was an impressive season for Neco Williams, playing at both right-back and left-back.

He was just one of three FB's in the Premier League this season to grade at 70 or above in every major category.

#NFFC 🌳

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@BetaBeastmode It's not that he's being more deliberate in those situations; it's that the duels are a last resort, often in a situation where the defender would not be the favourite to win the ball

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William Saliba is an interesting case study of why added context is needed with traditional metrics. His quality is evident to the eye, but his 'win rates' as a centre-back tell a misleading story.

‍Among CBs to meet the 20% threshold of total challenges in the Premier League this season, this is where he ranks:

50/50 Duel Win % - 59th/61
Aerial Duel Win % - 45th/61
Tackle Win % - 53rd/58‍

Saliba also ranks last among CBs in block attempts per 30 minutes out of possession (0.64) and 49th among 51 CBs in clearances per 90 (2.44).

‍Much of this is by design. Saliba's win rates are modest because his positioning means he rarely finds himself in a situation where he needs to contest for the ball in the first place. It is precisely here that the depth of our data set allows us to identify what makes him so effective, and why defensive volume does not necessarily correlate with defensive success.

‍His Positioning Grade of 92.1 ranks 1st among all Premier League players, and his 0.47 positional mistakes per 30 minutes out of possession ranks 1st among centre-backs by a considerable margin.

Pair that with a 74.3 Passing Grade and an 85.3 Ball Control Grade, and the full picture of Saliba begins to emerge: composed on the ball and the most effective positional defender in Europe's top five leagues.

#AFC

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Eli Kroupi comes in at 28th in our top 50 players of the 2025/26 Premier League season

His 91.3 Shooting Grade and 91.8 Pressured Shooting Grade both rank 1st among all players, with 12 of his 13 goals deemed 'unsaveable' by our analysts.

🔗 https://t.co/Nt2BhgcJ3k

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@Wanalyst007 Did you read the write-up?

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We've ranked the 50 best players from the 2025/26 Premier League season.

Built from a full season of grading every on and off-ball action across 25+ categories, with input from our entire grading team.

Rankings #30-21 are out now! 👇

https://t.co/GDs6iiZ50n

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It's no surprise that Charlie Cresswell is generating interest from Premier League clubs

He graded above his positional average in every defensive category in Ligue 1 this season 👏

#BHAFC

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🚨🔵 Understand Brighton are still keen on Charlie Cresswell.

The Premier League club had a €23m bid rejected by Toulouse in January and are expected to return for the England U21 international this summer.

Toulouse’s asking price has risen since the winter window.

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An impressive Premier League season for Michael Kayode, ranking 36th in our Top 50 players.

No player was better at defending dribbles than the 21-year-old (98.3 grade).

Read here 📖: https://t.co/iO1iMjllWn

#BrentfordFC

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Line-breaking passes completed in the Champions League this season (finalists only)

Vitinha - 160
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Nuno Mendes - 78
Martín Zubimendi - 71
William Saliba - 59
Marquinhos - 57