Best Alternatives to Lewis Baker

Top 3 Alternatives to Lewis Baker

1. 1.Morgan Gibbs-White82% DNA match·Nottingham Forest€65.0M
2. 2.Mitchel Bakker82% DNA match·Atalanta€4.0M
3. 3.Xavi Simons82% DNA match·Tottenham Hotspur€60.0M

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

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 most similar players to Lewis Baker by playing style are:

• Morgan Gibbs-White(82% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.4 key passes/90), a proven goalscorer (0.40 goals/90) and heavily involved in play (50 touches/90).
• Mitchel Bakker(82% match) — Bakker is a high-variance creative specialist masquerading as a functional cog in a Tier C Serie A machine. While his 284 minutes suggest a peripheral figure, his output is undeniably elite in possession; ranking in the top 10% for key passes and the top 20% for dribbles, he operates as a progressive engine that many top-half sides lack. However, the data reveals a jarring physical passivity.
• Xavi Simons(82% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.8 key passes/90), a prolific assist provider (0.26 assists/90), heavily involved in play (64 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.3/90), active off the ball (2.3 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 20% creator in the league. However, he loses possession under pressure (1.5 dispossessed/90).

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