Best Alternatives to Lewis Baker

Playing Style Analysis

Baker is the Championship’s premier midfield ghost, a specialized operator who exists on the periphery of a match until the moment he decides to end it. While his 37.6 passes per minute suggest a standard tempo-setter, his 0.36 goals per 90 place him in the elite top 10% of league midfielders, transforming him from a mere distributor into a genuine secondary striker threat. The counterintuitive reality of his profile lies in the aerial data; despite winning half of his duels, his bottom-tier volume of 0.45 aerials won per 90 reveals a player who carefully picks his battles rather than anchoring a physical engine room. The three closest DNA matches to Lewis Baker:

• Grischa Prömel(81% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.36 goals/90), active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (65 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Carlos Dotor(81% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.9 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (58 touches/90), active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 20% creator in the league.
• Mike Tresor(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (3.0 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.22 goals/90), a prolific assist provider (0.65 assists/90), creates high-quality scoring opportunities (0.60 big chances/90) and top 10% creator in the league.

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