Best Alternatives to Jan Bednarek

Top 3 Alternatives to Jan Bednarek

1. 1.Jakub Kiwior87% DNA match·Porto€27.0M
2. 2.José Fonte86% DNA match·Casa Pia€5.6M
3. 3.Sebastian Walukiewicz85% DNA match·Sassuolo€4.5M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.9 clearances/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (65% duel success), heavily involved in possession (81 passes/90), central to possession (93 touches/90), dominant in the air (4.6 aerials won/90, 72%) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three most similar players to Jan Bednarek by playing style are:

• Jakub Kiwior(87% match) — Kiwior has quietly rebuilt himself into one of the most pass-progressive centre-backs in Liga Portugal — a defender whose primary weapon is the ball at his feet, not the boot to clear it. His 12.53 passes into the final third per 90 ranks in the top 5% of the league, and that volume tells you something important: this isn't a man sitting deep and recycling. He's the first link in attacking transitions.
• José Fonte(86% match) — Fonte is what happens when a veteran defender distils decades of experience into pure positional intelligence—still reading the game better than men half his age in Liga Portugal. His duel win rate sits in the top 5% of league defenders, a figure that speaks to anticipation rather than athleticism; he's not beating opponents through pace, he's simply arriving first. The aerial numbers look underwhelming on the surface, but his ground dominance tells the real story—this is a defender who wins battles before they become aerial contests.
• Sebastian Walukiewicz(85% match) — A Defender.

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