Best Alternatives to JP

Top 3 Alternatives to JP

1. 1.Mikael Egill Ellertsson83% DNA match·Genoa€3.5M
2. 2.Nicolò Zaniolo83% DNA match·Udinese€13.0M
3. 3.Lorenzo Pellegrini84% DNA match·Roma€9.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

JP is a chaos-inducing physical outlier who pairs an elite 66.7% duel win rate—placing him in the top 5% of Serie A midfielders—with a pass completion rate so abysmal it suggests a player allergic to the mundane. While his 50% accuracy is bottom-decile, the counterintuitive reality is that JP is a high-variance playmaker; despite his technical sloppiness, he maintains an assist rate in the league’s top 20%, proving his meager 33 passes per 90 are weapons of intent rather than retention. He offers almost nothing in the air or in a structured press, often drifting through defensive phases with concerning lethality. The three most similar players to JP by playing style are:

• Mikael Egill Ellertsson(83% match) — A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed.
• Nicolò Zaniolo(83% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.7 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (2.9 shots/90), a regular goalscorer (0.21 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.21 assists/90), heavily involved in play (50 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.3/90), active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league. However, he loses possession under pressure (2.5 dispossessed/90).
• Lorenzo Pellegrini(84% match) — Pellegrini remains one of Serie A's most frustrating paradoxes: a midfielder who consistently breaks into the top 20% for both key passes and shots per 90, yet somehow still divides opinion at the highest level. His 1.71 key passes and 0.21 goals per 90 aren't volume illusions—they reflect a genuine capacity to hurt teams in ways most central midfielders simply can't. Here's the counterintuitive part: his below-average pass accuracy of 76.8% likely reflects ambition rather than sloppiness—he's attempting the difficult ball, the penetrating pass into the final third where he ranks in the top 30%.

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