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European Leagues Serie A

TOP PERFORMING CBs: SERIE A 21-22

After successive years in which Juventus were champions, the two Milanese teams managed to win the title. The year after Inter’s conquest, AC Milan managed to win the championship. Despite this, the 2021-2022 Season has a CB from Napoli with an average rating much higher than its counterparts: Kalidou Koulibaly.

PlayerRatingDefenseMinutes PlayedTeam
Kalidou Koulibaly7.89Back 42315Napoli
Roger Ibañez7.31Back 51800Roma
Lucas Martínez Quarta7.25Back 41379Fiorentina
Pierre Kalulu7.24Back 41440Milan
Fikayo Tomori7.2Back 42718Milan
Milan Škriniar7.2Back 53150Inter
Alessandro Bastoni7.16Back 52311Inter
Gleison Bremer7.14Back 52890Torino
Igor7.09Back 42231Fiorentina
Federico Dimarco7.04Back 51017Inter
Roger Ibañez7.02Back 4990Roma

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.

European Leagues Premier League

TOP PERFORMING CBs: PREMIER LEAGUE 21-22

The Premier League has a lot of CBs over the rating of 7. Despite the impact of the BIG 6 in England, Manchester United and Arsenal CBs are absent from the top performing list. This situation overlapps with the poor season from this clubs. On the other hand, Chelsea and Spurs had a more successful season using, primarly, a Back 5 formation, which is why so many players from these teams are present in the list below (5 and 4 respectively). Last but not least, we need to give a special mention to Salisu and Guéhi, players with top performances that played for teams that finished below the middle of the table.

PlayerRatingType of defenseMinutes PlayedTeam
Marc Cucurella8.29Back 5810Brighton
Aymeric Laporte8.03Back 42828Manchester City
Joël Matip8.00Back 42790Liverpool
César Azpilicueta7.96Back 5844Chelsea
Trevoh Chalobah7.93Back 51310Chelsea
Wesley Fofana7.80Back 4450Leicester City
Rúben Dias7.77Back 42402Manchester City
Thiago Silva7.76Back 52290Chelsea
Antonio Rüdiger7.75Back 4450Chelsea
Cristian Romero7.75Back 51401Tottenham
Virgil van Dijk7.67Back 43060Liverpool
Antonio Rüdiger7.48Back 52585Chelsea
Jöel Veltman7.32Back 51067Brighton
Ibrahima Konaté7.30Back 4990Liverpool
Davinson Sánchez7.26Back 51159Tottenham
Max Kilman7.23Back 52687Wolves
Ben Davies7.15Back 52237Tottenham
Andreas Christensen7.12Back 51316Chelsea
Eric Dier7.11Back 52160Tottenham
Marc Guéhi7.03Back 43132Crystal Palace
Romain Saïss7.02Back 52705Wolves
Mohammed Salisu7.01Back 42484Southampton

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.