AI Verdict: Isaac Hayden — Hayden is the Championship’s premier aerial vacuum, a defens

Midfielder

Isaac Hayden

€2.9M

“Hayden is the Championship’s premier aerial vacuum, a defensive midfielder who treats every long ball as a personal affront.”

InterceptionsTop 7%

GoalsBottom 0%

VERIFIED PER-90 DATART INTELLIGENCE™

Extreme Stats

vs Championship Midfielders

Interceptions

1.64/90Top 7%

Goals

0.00/90Bottom 0%

Aerials Won

4.30/90Top 8%

Ball Recoveries

3.43/90Bottom 16%

Dribbled Past

0.41/90Top 16%

Dribbles

0.30/90Bottom 23%

Percentile rank among Championship midfielders (n=225) · Per 90 min · RT Intelligence™

Playing Style Analysis

Box-to-BoxDefensive

Hayden is the Championship’s premier aerial vacuum, a defensive midfielder who treats every long ball as a personal affront. While many anchors are content to sit and screen, he is hyper-proactive, ranking in the top 5% of the league for aerials won per 90 (2.47) and the top 20% for interceptions. The counterintuitive insight here is his creative output: despite a pedestrian 76.8% pass accuracy that suggests a lack of technical refinement, he actually generates 1.10 key passes per 90, placing him comfortably above the league average for his position.