Best Alternatives to Naby Keïta

Playing Style Analysis

A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.23 goals/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy) and top 10% tackler in the league. The three closest DNA matches to Naby Keïta:

• Declan Rice(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.9 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.15 assists/90), active in the tackle (2.1 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), heavily involved in possession (62 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.5 final-third passes/90), central to possession (80 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90), active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league.
• Enzo Fernández(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.0 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.29 goals/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), penetrates with forward passing (8.4 final-third passes/90), central to possession (75 touches/90) and top 10% creator in the league.
• Alexis Mac Allister(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (63 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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