Best Alternatives to Demarai Gray

Playing Style Analysis

Gray is the rare Championship wideman who defends like a midfielder and still finds ways to hurt you in the final third—a profile that doesn't fit neatly into any one box. His tackles won rate lands in the top 20% among attackers in this league, which is the counterintuitive core of his value: the pressing numbers and ball-winning output suggest a player who has quietly reinvented himself as a high-energy, two-way threat rather than the raw dribbler he once was. His key passes and assist rate both outperform the positional average, and his shot volume keeps defenders honest. The three closest DNA matches to Demarai Gray:

• Dwight McNeil(85% match) — A Forward. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed and a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90).
• Tom Watson(84% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (2.6 shots/90) and a regular goalscorer (0.29 goals/90).
• Marco Grüll(82% match) — A Forward. Statistically, he stands out as comfortable with both feet and a capable chance creator (1.5 key passes/90).

Similarity uses per-90 performance across playing-style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →