Best Alternatives to Diego Reyes

Playing Style Analysis

Reyes is the kind of defender who wins the fight but loses the argument—dominant in the trenches, frustratingly limited everywhere else. His duel win rate sits in the top 20% of Liga MX defenders, meaning when the ball is contested on the ground, he's among the more reliable stoppers in the division. The counterintuitive detail is this: his aerial volume ranks in the top 30%, yet his win rate sits at just 42.9%—he's getting into those battles, but not finishing them. The three closest DNA matches to Diego Reyes:

• Joan Martínez(83% match) — A Defender. Statistically, he stands out as wins the physical battle (67% duel success).
• Junior Diaz(83% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (64% duel success), switches play with precision (5.0 long balls/90, 60% accuracy) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Jon Pacheco(81% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), commanding in the air (5.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (62% duel success) and uses long balls frequently (6.9/90).

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