Best Alternatives to Niklas Schmidt

Playing Style Analysis

Niklas Schmidt is a Box-to-Box. Engine covering ground in attack and defense. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.0 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90) and top 10% creator in the league. The three closest DNA matches to Niklas Schmidt:

• João Neves(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.35 goals/90), active in the tackle (2.0 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (73 passes/90), central to possession (88 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Warren Zaïre-Emery(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.15 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (94% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (76 passes/90), central to possession (91 touches/90), active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 20% creator in the league.
• Ayyoub Bouaddi(80% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in play (59 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.1/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.

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