All-time Premier League midfielders face-off
The greatest midfielders in Premier League history, by their honors. Pit all-time Premier League midfielders against each other row by row, one on one or in twos and threes, and keep score.
Drag pictures onto both sides of a row to make a matchup
0–00 even
100 not in a matchup · drag one onto either side of a row (up to 4 a side)
David BeckhamMF · MAN
Frank LampardMF · CHE
Steven GerrardMF · LIV
Bobby CharltonMF/FW · MAN
Paul ScholesMF · MAN
Roy KeaneMF · MAN
Xabi AlonsoMF · LIV
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Cesc FàbregasMF · ARS
Mesut ÖzilMF · ARS
Ruud GullitMF · CHE
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Kevin De BruyneMF · MNC
Paul PogbaMF · MAN
Lukas PodolskiMF · ARS
Yaya TouréMF · MNC
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Granit XhakaMF · ARS
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N'Golo KantéMF · CHE
Mateo KovačićMF · CHE
Tim CahillMF · EVE
Bernardo SilvaMF · MNC
Clint DempseyMF/FW · FUL
Tomáš RosickýMF · ARS
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Idrissa GueyeMF · EVE
Sebastian LarssonMF · SUN
Robert PiresMF · ARS
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Gilberto SilvaMF · ARS
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Osvaldo ArdilesMF · TOT
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Steven DavisMF · AVL
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Alexis Mac AllisterMF · BHA
Yossi BenayounMF · LIV
Pierre-Emile HøjbjergMF · TOT
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Stiliyan PetrovMF · AVL
GeremiMF/DF · CHE
Michael BallackMF · CHE
Alan Ball Jr.MF · ARS
Claudio ReynaMF · MNC
Martin PetersMF · TOT
Phil FodenMF · MNC
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Daley BlindMF/DF · MAN
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Bastian SchweinsteigerMF · MAN
Ryan GiggsMF · MAN
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Jordan HendersonMF · LIV
André SchürrleMF/FW · CHE
İlkay GündoğanMF · MNC
Aaron RamseyMF · ARS
Mikel John ObiMF · CHE
Thomas HitzlspergerMF · AVL
Ki Sung-yuengMF · NEW
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Enzo FernándezMF · CHE
Marouane FellainiMF · MAN
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Nobby StilesMF · MAN
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Martin ØdegaardMF · ARS
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Javier MascheranoMF · LIV
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Michael EssienMF · CHE
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James MilnerMF · LIV
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Darren FletcherMF · MAN
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JorginhoMF · CHE
FernandinhoMF · MNC
Gylfi SigurðssonMF · EVE
Mario PašalićMF · CHE
Juan Sebastián VerónMF · CHE
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Jack WilshereMF · ARS
Paul GascoigneMF · TOT
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Michael CarrickMF · MAN
Samir NasriMF · MNC
Moussa SissokoMF · TOT
Scott McTominayMF · MAN
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Dele AlliMF · TOT
Gareth BarryMF · AVL
Mile JedinakMF · CRY
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Trent Alexander-ArnoldMF · LIV
Joe ColeMF · CHE
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Mousa DembéléMF · TOT
John McGinnMF · AVL
Steven PienaarMF · EVE
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Thomas ParteyMF · ARS
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Bryan RobsonMF · MAN
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Moisés CaicedoMF · CHE
Owen HargreavesMF · MAN
Cheikhou KouyatéMF · CRY
John BarnesMF · LIV
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CasemiroMF · MAN
Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainMF · ARS
RamiresMF · CHE
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Youri TielemansMF · AVL
Yohan CabayeMF · NEW
Harry KewellMF/FW · LEE
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Naby KeïtaMF · LIV
Giovani Lo CelsoMF · TOT
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Bruno GuimarãesMF · NEW
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Graeme SounessMF · LIV
Emre BelözoğluMF · NEW
Glenn HoddleMF · TOT
Vladimír ŠmicerMF · LIV
Martin O'NeillMF · NFO
Glenn WhelanMF · MNC
Paul InceMF · MAN
Ricardo VillaMF · TOT
Didier ZokoraMF · TOT
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Billy BremnerMF · LEE
Andrey ArshavinMF/FW · ARS
Top all-time Premier League midfielders — November 2026
See the full top list →No top list yet this month — your picks and finished rankings start it.
What a face-off is for
Rows can be one against one, two against two, three against three, or uneven, so a whole team can face a single star.
Name the two sides, like two generations, two eras or two rosters, and fill each row with their closest counterparts.
The greatest midfielders in Premier League history, by their honors.
Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Premier League midfielders for November 2026.
Step by step
- Deal a random set of matchups, or clear the board and drag pictures onto either side of each row.
- Tap the better side of each row, or the = in the middle when they're even.
- Download the picture or save it so others can call the same matchups.
- The search box under the board finds anyone else you want to add.
- Download image saves a picture of your board with your name or logo on it, and Copy link shares this exact board.