Conference League

When he played in a Back 4 defense, Michael Antonio achieved the highest average rating among CFs in the Conference League.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Michail Antonio	8.57	Back 4	424	West Ham United
Peter Olayinka	8.36	Back 4	270	Slavia Prague
Zeki Amdouni	7.71	Back 5	330	Basel
Vangelis Pavlidis	7.61	Back 4	532	AZ Alkmaar
Jens Odgaard	7.37	Back 4	415	AZ Alkmaar
Ricardo Gomes	7.23	Back 4	606	Partizan
Artem Dovbyk	7.14	Back 4	627	SK Dnipro-1
Hugo Cuypers	7.11	Back 5	556	Gent
Gaëtan Laborde	7.10	Back 4	450	Nice

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 270 minutes (equivalent to 3 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

– UEL Qualifying Round data excluded;

Data from FBref.

Ranked in the top 3 of this list are two players from the winners of this competition: West Ham United. At different stages of the competition (as we can see from the types of defensee in which they obtained those ratings), these players were outstanding.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Declan Rice	8.41	Back 4	487	West Ham United
Yari Verschaeren	8.31	Back 4	554	Anderlecht
Manuel Lanzini	8.28	Back 5	487	West Ham United
Alex Baena	8.18	Back 4	548	Villarreal
Mario Lemina	8.18	Back 4	350	Nice
Tijjani Reijnders	8.15	Back 4	987	AZ Alkmaar
Dia Saba	7.88	Back 4	462	Sivasspor
Giorgi Chakvetadze	7.80	Back 4	560	Slovan Bratislava
Sven Mijnans	7.76	Back 4	524	AZ Alkmaar
Khéphren Thuram	7.70	Back 4	587	Nice
Juraj Kucka	7.63	Back 4	655	Slovan Bratislava
Mark Brink	7.57	Back 4	387	Silkeborg
Khéphren Thuram	7.56	Back 5	287	Nice
Matías Vecino	7.50	Back 4	291	Lazio
Andy Diouf	7.49	Back 5	358	Basel
Emil Breivik	7.48	Back 5	433	Molde
Samuel Chukwueze	7.46	Back 4	491	Villarreal
Jarrod Bowen	7.44	Back 4	476	West Ham United
Sofyan Amrabat	7.41	Back 4	959	Fiorentina
Vladimír Weiss	7.40	Back 4	444	Slovan Bratislava
Nicolás González	7.38	Back 4	825	Fiorentina
Jesper Karlsson	7.37	Back 4	431	AZ Alkmaar
Michał Skóraś	7.36	Back 4	1036	Lech Poznań
Lucas Paquetá	7.34	Back 4	471	West Ham United
Kasper Kusk	7.30	Back 4	374	Silkeborg
Malcolm Edjouma	7.25	Back 4	429	FCSB
Sven Kums	7.25	Back 5	713	Gent
Gustav Wikheim	7.24	Back 4	492	Djurgårdens
Hovhannes Harutyunyan	7.20	Back 5	483	Pyunik
Antonín Barák	7.15	Back 4	452	Fiorentina
Andy Diouf	7.14	Back 4	686	Basel
Dor Micha	7.13	Back 4	336	Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Jordy Clasie	7.12	Back 4	994	AZ Alkmaar
Sivert Mannsverk	7.12	Back 5	501	Molde
Giacomo Bonaventura	7.11	Back 4	1063	Fiorentina
Saïd Benrahma	7.09	Back 4	419	West Ham United
Deniz Turuc	7.07	Back 4	484	İstanbul Başakşehir
Ellyes Skhiri	7.04	Back 4	392	Köln
Fabien Ourega	7.04	Back 4	538	Žalgiris
Magnus Eriksson	7.04	Back 4	554	Djurgårdens
Manu Trigueros	7.03	Back 4	298	Villarreal

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 270 minutes (equivalent to 3 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

– UEL Qualifying Round data excluded;

Data from FBref.