Best Alternatives to John Souttar
Players most similar to John Souttar (Defender, €3.5M) — ranked by AI DNA similarity score across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Top 3 Alternatives to John Souttar
- 1.John Stones 87% DNA match·Manchester City€18.0M
- 2.Ethan Pinnock87% DNA match·Brentford€4.0M
- 3.Ben Davies 87% DNA match·Tottenham Hotspur€5.0M
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Intelligence Verdict
“John Souttar is a Ball-Playing CB....”
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John Souttar is a Ball-Playing CB. Progressive defender comfortable on the ball. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (6.1 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (67% duel success), heavily involved in possession (73 passes/90), central to possession (85 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.2 aerials won/90, 72%) and switches play with precision (8.0 long balls/90, 68% accuracy). The three most similar players to John Souttar by playing style are:
- John Stones (87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.33 goals/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (72% duel success), heavily involved in possession (66 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.6 final-third passes/90) and central to possession (74 touches/90). Note: this profile is based on 546 minutes of playing time this season.
- Ethan Pinnock(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (6.5 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (59% duel success) and dominant in the air (3.0 aerials won/90, 61%).
- Ben Davies (87% match) — Ben Davies is a Ball-Playing CB. Progressive defender comfortable on the ball. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (5.3 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (68 passes/90), central to possession (81 touches/90), strong in aerial duels (3.6 aerials won/90) and uses long balls frequently (5.6/90).
Transfer Intelligence
John Stones delivers 87% of the same playing style, at a 414% premium over John Souttar, and is 31 years old.
Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →
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