
Based on 1,680 min · 2025/2026 · Championship · FULL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
Everton · Premier League · €20.0M
Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League · €10.0M
Werder Bremen · Bundesliga · €6.0M
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →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:
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Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League
vs Gray: 9y younger · -0.20 G/90
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