Best Alternatives to Ianis Hagi

Top 3 Alternatives to Ianis Hagi

1. 1.Dominik Szoboszlai84% DNA match·Liverpool€100.0M
2. 2.Florian Wirtz83% DNA match·Liverpool€110.0M
3. 3.Harvey Elliott84% DNA match·Aston Villa€30.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.3 key passes/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in play (52 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (3.1/90) and top 10% creator in the league. The three most similar players to Ianis Hagi by playing style are:

• Dominik Szoboszlai(84% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.0 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.15 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (62 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.4 final-third passes/90), central to possession (84 touches/90), switches play with precision (5.9 long balls/90, 64% accuracy), active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league.
• Florian Wirtz(83% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.3 key passes/90), central to possession (70 touches/90), active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league. However, he loses possession under pressure (1.5 dispossessed/90).
• Harvey Elliott(84% match) — Elliott occupies a rare space in English football: a teenager-turned-senior operator who creates danger at an almost embarrassing rate while barely breaking sweat defensively. His assist numbers sit in the top 5% of Premier League midfielders, and his key passes per 90 land in the top 10%—this is a player who finds pockets and unlocks defences by instinct rather than accident. The counterintuitive read here is his shot volume: 3.95 per 90 places him in the top 5%, suggesting far more end-product ambition than his creative reputation implies.

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