Best Alternatives to James Abankwah

Playing Style Analysis

A Physical Stopper. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.4 clearances/90), wins the physical battle (60% duel success) and uses long balls frequently (5.9/90). The three closest DNA matches to James Abankwah:

• Nils Zätterström(84% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (6.1 clearances/90) and meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy).
• Kevin Danso(86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (8.1 clearances/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), central to possession (78 touches/90), dominant in the air (4.7 aerials won/90, 62%) and uses long balls frequently (5.8/90).
• Malick Thiaw(85% match) — Thiaw has quietly become one of the Premier League's most complete defensive profiles — a towering centre-back who doesn't just win his battles, he wins them cleanly. His aerial win rate of 65.1% and duel success of 64.2% both sit in the league's top 20%, but the counterintuitive story is his attacking output: 0.16 goals per 90 and 0.98 shots per 90 place him in the top 10% among defenders, suggesting a genuine threat from set-pieces that opponents routinely underestimate.

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