All-time Premier League midfielders bracket
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Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Seeds
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1David Beckham1992–2003
2Frank Lampard2001–2015
3Steven Gerrard1998–2015
4Bobby Charlton1953–1973
5Paul Scholes1993–2013
6Roy Keane1990–2005
7Xabi Alonso2004–2009
8Cesc Fàbregas2003–2019
9Mesut Özil2013–2021
10Ruud Gullit1995–1998
11Kevin De Bruyne2012–2025
12Paul Pogba2011–2022
13Lukas Podolski2012–2015
14Yaya Touré2010–2018
15Granit Xhaka2016–2023
16N'Golo Kanté2016–2023
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Mateo Kovačić2018–2023
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Tim Cahill2004–2012
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Bernardo Silva2017–2026
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Clint Dempsey2007–2014
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Tomáš Rosický2006–2016
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Idrissa Gueye2015–2026
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Sebastian Larsson2004–2018
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Robert Pires2000–2011
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Gilberto Silva2002–2008
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Osvaldo Ardiles1978–1988
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Steven Davis2004–2008
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Alexis Mac Allister2019–2023
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Yossi Benayoun2007–2013
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg2020–2025
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Stiliyan Petrov2006–2013
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Geremi2003–2009
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Michael Ballack2006–2010
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Alan Ball Jr.1966–1976
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Claudio Reyna2001–2007
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Martin Peters1970–1975
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Phil Foden2016–
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Daley Blind2014–2018
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Bastian Schweinsteiger2015–2017
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Ryan Giggs1990–2014
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Jordan Henderson2008–2026
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André Schürrle2013–2019
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İlkay Gündoğan2016–2025
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Aaron Ramsey2008–2019
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Mikel John Obi2006–2017
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Thomas Hitzlsperger2000–2013
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Ki Sung-yueng2013–2020
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Enzo Fernández2023–2026
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Marouane Fellaini2008–2019
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Nobby Stiles1960–1971
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Martin Ødegaard2021–
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Javier Mascherano2007–2010
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Michael Essien2005–2014
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James Milner2002–2026
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Darren Fletcher2003–2015
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Jorginho2018–2025
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Fernandinho2013–2022
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Gylfi Sigurðsson2012–2022
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Mario Pašalić2014–2020
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Juan Sebastián Verón2001–2007
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Jack Wilshere2008–2021
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Paul Gascoigne1985–2002
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Michael Carrick2004–2018
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Samir Nasri2008–2017
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Moussa Sissoko2013–2021
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Scott McTominay2017–2024
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Dele Alli2015–2024
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Gareth Barry1998–2017
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Mile Jedinak2011–2019
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Trent Alexander-Arnold2016–2025
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Joe Cole2003–2016
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Mousa Dembélé2010–2019
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John McGinn2018–
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Steven Pienaar2007–2017
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Thomas Partey2020–2025
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Bryan Robson1981–1994
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Moisés Caicedo2021–2023
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Owen Hargreaves2007–2012
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Cheikhou Kouyaté2018–2024
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John Barnes1987–1999
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Casemiro2022–2026
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain2011–2023
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Ramires2010–2016
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Youri Tielemans2023–2026
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Yohan Cabaye2011–2018
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Harry Kewell1996–2008
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Naby Keïta2018–2023
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Giovani Lo Celso2019–2024
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Bruno Guimarães2022–2026
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Graeme Souness1970–1984
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Emre Belözoğlu2005–2008
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Glenn Hoddle1975–1995
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Vladimír Šmicer1999–2005
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Martin O'Neill1971–1985
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Glenn Whelan2001–2019
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Paul Ince1989–1999
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Ricardo Villa1978–1983
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Didier Zokora2006–2009
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Billy Bremner1960–1978
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Andrey Arshavin2009–2013
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