Best Alternatives to Danny Leyva

Top 3 Alternatives to Danny Leyva

1. 1.Jefferson Lerma85% DNA match·Crystal Palace€8.0M
2. 2.Aleix García83% DNA match·Bayer 04 Leverkusen€20.0M
3. 3.Javi Guerra84% DNA match·Valencia€25.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.9 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.20 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in play (62 touches/90), switches play with precision (5.1 long balls/90, 60% accuracy), active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 20% creator in the league. The three most similar players to Danny Leyva by playing style are:

• Jefferson Lerma(85% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as heavily involved in play (64 touches/90), strong in aerial duels (3.6 aerials won/90), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90) and active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Aleix García(83% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (64% duel success), heavily involved in possession (98 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (10.8 final-third passes/90), central to possession (108 touches/90) and switches play with precision (7.1 long balls/90, 69% accuracy). Note: this profile is based on 610 minutes of playing time this season.
• Javi Guerra(84% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.3 key passes/90), heavily involved in play (62 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90) and active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →