Best Alternatives to Rico Lewis

Playing Style Analysis

Rico Lewis is a Active Full-Back. Wide defender contributing to attacks. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (55% duel success) and central to possession (74 touches/90). The three most similar players to Rico Lewis by playing style are:

• Achraf Hakimi(87% match) — Hakimi remains the most dangerous attacking weapon wearing a full-back's number in Ligue 1—a player who doesn't just support attacks but genuinely leads them. His shot rate sits in the top 5% of defenders in the league, and his 0.18 goals per 90 ranks among the top 10%—numbers that belong to a forward, not a right-back. The counterintuitive truth here is that his 83.6 passes per 90, elite by any positional standard, can mask just how vertical and penetrative his distribution is: those aren't sideways recycling passes, they're progressive deliveries that consistently breach the final third.
• David Herold(87% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.5 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.19 assists/90), active in the tackle (2.1 tackles/90) and active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Álvaro Núñez(87% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), central to possession (72 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.3 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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