Best Alternatives to Marko Arnautovic

Top 3 Alternatives to Marko Arnautovic

1. 1.Jarrod Bowen 83% DNA match·West Ham United€35.0M
2. 2.Sébastien Haller83% DNA match·FC Utrecht€31.0M
3. 3.Enes Ünal83% DNA match·AFC Bournemouth€8.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

Arnautovic remains one of European football's most paradoxical forwards—a player whose statistical fingerprint at 35 still refuses to read like a man winding down. His aerial numbers tell the clearest story: landing in the top 20% of Europa League attackers for aerials won per 90, he offers a physical reference point that most modern forwards have abandoned entirely. The counterintuitive detail is his key pass rate—above average in this competition—suggesting a player more involved in construction than his bruising profile implies. The three most similar players to Marko Arnautovic by playing style are:

• Jarrod Bowen (83% match) — A Complete Forward. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.22 goals/90) and a prolific assist provider (0.28 assists/90). However, he loses possession under pressure (2.0 dispossessed/90).
• Sébastien Haller(83% match) — Haller occupies a rare space in the Eredivisie: a striker whose most elite statistical contribution isn't goals, but his ability to dominate the air — sitting in the top 5% for aerials won per 90, a number that quietly reshapes how his team builds and competes for second balls. His 1.53 key passes per 90 places him above average for attackers in this league, suggesting a link-up intelligence that goes beyond the penalty box. Here's the counterintuitive truth: his pass accuracy sitting in the bottom 10% isn't necessarily carelessness — it likely reflects the difficulty of the passes he's attempting as a physical focal point under pressure.
• Enes Ünal(83% match) — Ünal is the kind of striker Premier League defenders quietly dread—a physical menace in the air who backs it up with real end product. His aerial win rate sits in the top 5% of forwards in this division, and crucially, those duels are translating: 5.68 aerials won per 90 is not a volume stat, it's dominance. His goals and assists numbers place him comfortably in the top 20% and top 10% respectively, which is the counterintuitive truth here—a player often dismissed as a target-man throwback is actually contributing to chance creation at an elite rate.

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