
Based on 2,075 min · 2025/2026 · Premier League · FULL
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →Saliba has quietly become the most complete ball-playing centre-back in the Premier League—a defender who makes the game look administrative. His 92.7% pass accuracy and 76 passes per 90 place him in the top 5% of defenders in the division, yet the more revealing figure is his 6.81 passes into the final third per 90, putting him in the top 20%—this isn't a man simply recycling possession, he's actively driving attacks from deep. The counterintuitive truth: his below-average interception rate isn't laziness, it's positioning intelligence—he's rarely caught out of place enough to need them. The three closest DNA matches to William Saliba:
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