Best Alternatives to Ryan Thomas

Top 3 Alternatives to Ryan Thomas

1. 1.Ayoni Santos88% DNA match·Sparta Rotterdam€40.0M
2. 2.Oussama Targhalline86% DNA match·Feyenoord€8.0M
3. 3.Youri Regeer86% DNA match·Ajax€5.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (2.1 interceptions/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in play (62 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.0/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.3/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three most similar players to Ryan Thomas by playing style are:

• Ayoni Santos(88% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.0 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), wins the ball cleanly (2.2 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (53 touches/90), active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Oussama Targhalline(86% match) — Targhalline is the kind of midfielder who wins games in the spaces most fans never notice—a relentless ground-level disruptor who ranks in the Eredivisie's top 5% for duel success and top 10% for both interceptions and tackles won. His shot volume sits in the bottom 10% of the league, which looks damning until you realise his game is built entirely around controlling territory rather than claiming it for himself—he wins the ball, moves it accurately at 85.2%, and consistently threads passes into the final third at a top-20% clip. The counterintuitive truth is that his low key pass numbers don't signal a lack of ambition; they signal a player who transitions quickly rather than loitering in creative zones.
• Youri Regeer(86% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (62% duel success), heavily involved in play (70 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.

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