Top 10 rated players of the Premier League season so far
So far, it's really been a season for Southampton and English forward Danny Ings.
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| Up: From Left - Danny Ings, Edouard Mendy and Christian Fuchs. Down: From Left - Jannik Vestergaard, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish |
Thanks to five goals scored by Ings, The Saints are currently in the top four of the Premier League 2020/21 table.
The BBCSport's Player Rater has rated Danny Ings as the player of the season so far.
Using the averages of scores from the BBC Sport's Player Rater, four members of Ralph Hasenhuttl's side feature in the overall top 10, with Southampton players appearing in each positional category too.
19-year old defender Wesley Fofana of League toppers Leicester City have performed well alongside his teammates.
Fofana has an overall average of 7.21.
To be included on the list, players need to have made at least four appearances in the top flight.
See the Ratings below ⬇
• Overall
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| Southampton English forward Danny Ings. Photo: Naomi Baker/Getty Images |
Ings tops the overall list and may well have been included in the England squad for the forthcoming international fixtures, were it not for a knee injury.
| TOP 10 | PLAYERS | OVERALL |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Danny Ings | Southampton | 7.76 |
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | 7.45 |
| Michail Antonio | West Ham United | 7.42 |
| Jannik Vestergaard | Southampton | 7.34 |
| Christian Fuchs | Leicester City | 7.33 |
| Edouard Mendy | Chelsea FC | 7.25 |
| Jack Grealish | Aston Villa | 7.25 |
| James Ward-Prowse | Southampton | 7.24 |
| Wesley Fofana | Leicester City | 7.21 |
| Stuart Armstrong | Southampton | 7.19 |
• Goalkeepers
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| Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. Photo: Chris Lee - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images |
| TOP | 10 | GOALKEEPERS |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Edouard Mendy | Chelsea | 7.25 |
| Emiliano Martinez | Aston Villa | 6.95 |
| Alisson | Liverpool | 6.75 |
| Alex McCarthy | Southampton | 6.63 |
| Kasper Schmeichel | Leicester City | 6.61 |
| Illan Meslier | Leeds United | 6.5 |
| Lukasz Fabianski | West Ham United | 6.49 |
| Rui Patricio | Wolves | 6.42 |
| Karl Darlow | Newcastle United | 6.36 |
| Vicente Guaita | Crystal Palace | 6.02 |
Chelsea's new signing Edouard Mendy is the Premier League goalkeeper who has impressed you most this season, with a 7.25 average, steadying the side after replacing the calamitous Kepa Arrizabalaga (average of 3.11 from his three games).
Manchester United number one David de Gea does not fare much better with an average rating of 4.78.
• Full-Backs
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| Leicester City Austrian defender Christian Fuchs. Photo: Tim Keeton - Pool/Getty Images |
| TOP 10 | FULL-BACKS | |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Christian Fuchs | Leicester City | 7.33 |
| Kyle Walker-Peters | Southampton | 7.04 |
| Tariq Lamptey | Brighton | 7.02 |
| Timothy Castagne | Leicester City | 6.99 |
| Vladimir Coufal | West Ham United | 6.94 |
| Ben Chilwell | Chelsea FC | 6.93 |
| Arthur Masuaku | West Ham United | 6.78 |
| Matty Cash | Aston Villa | 6.61 |
| Ryan Bertrand | Southampton | 6.58 |
| Stuart Dallas | Leeds United | 6.56 |
Fuchs has had an excellent start to the season and there is no surprise that Leicester team-mate Timothy Castagne and the man he replaced, Ben Chilwell of Chelsea, are also in.
Alexander-Arnold was given a rating of 2.33 in that game and Robertson 3.13, dragging their average ratings down.
• Centre-Backs
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| Southampton Danish defender Jannick Vestergaard. Photo: Gareth Copley/Getty Images |
| TOP 10 | CENTRE | BACKS |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Jannik Vestergaard | Southampton | 7.34 |
| Wesley Fofana | Leicester City | 7.21 |
| Fabian Balbuena | West Ham United | 6.89 |
| Tyrone Mings | Aston Villa | 6.69 |
| Max Kilman | Wolves | 6.69 |
| Jan Bednarek | Southampton | 6.64 |
| Thiago Silva | Chelsea | 6.62 |
| Ezri Konsa | Aston Villa | 6.6 |
| Angelo Ogbonna | West Ham United | 6.5 |
| Conor Coady | Wolves | 6.46 |
Southampton pairing Jannick Vestergaard and Jan Bednarek both make the top 10 for centre-backs after making strong starts to the new campaign.
Chelsea's Andreas Christensen has the lowest average rating of 4.03, closely followed by Fulham's Michael Hector (4.11) and Manchester United captain Harry Maguire (4.15).
• Defensive/Central Midfielder
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| Southampton English midfielder James Ward-Prowse. Photo: Robin Jones/Getty Images |
| TOP 10 DEFENSIVE | /CENTRAL | MIDFIELDERS |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| James Ward-Prowse | Southampton | 7.24 |
| Stuart Armstrong | Southampton | 7.19 |
| Oriol Romeu | Southampton | 6.94 |
| Dennis Praet | Leicester City | 6.81 |
| Youri Tielemans | Leicester City | 6.77 |
| Declan Rice | West Ham United | 6.75 |
| Mateusz Klich | Leeds United | 6.6 |
| John McGinn | Aston Villa | 6.44 |
| Jordan Henderson | Liverpool | 6.34 |
| James McCarthy | Crystal Palace | 6.32 |
Southampton midfielders take the top three slots with free-kick king James Ward-Prowse topping the position with the highest average rating, followed by Scotland international Stuart Armstrong and Spaniard Oriol Romeu.
Premier League's most expensive player Paul Pogba has featured in all seven league games for the club this season but is the central midfielder with the lowest average rating... by far.
The France World Cup winner averages 3.64, with a highest rating of 5.37 achieved in the 4-1 win over Newcastle.
• Attacking Midfielders/Wingers
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| Aston Villa English midfielder Jack Freakish. Photo: Visionhaus/GettyImages |
| TOP 10 ATTACKING | MIDFIELDERS/ | WINGERS |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Jack Grealish | Aston Villa | 7.25 |
| Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | 7.04 |
| James Rodriguez | Everton | 6.95 |
| James Maddison | Leicester City | 6.93 |
| Mahmoud Trezeguet | Aston Villa | 6.89 |
| Marc Albrighton | Leicester City | 6.88 |
| Nathan Redmond | Southampton | 6.86 |
| Jarrod Bowen | West Ham United | 6.78 |
| Harvey Barnes | Leicester City | 6.78 |
| Hakim Ziyech | Chelsea FC | 6.75 |
With four goals and five assists so far, Villa skipper Jack Grealish tops the ratings for attacking midfielders, with Everton's Colombia international James Rodriguez also impressing.
• Forwards
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| Southampton English forward Danny Ings. Photo: Naomi Baker/Getty Images |
| TOP 10 | FORWARDS | |
| Player | Club | Rating |
| Danny Ings | Southampton | 7.75 |
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | 7.45 |
| Michail Antonio | West Ham United | 7.42 |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 7.19 |
| Che Adams | Southampton | 7.16 |
| Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa | 6.86 |
| Richarlison | Everton | 6.85 |
| Patrick Bamford | Leeds United | 6.82 |
| Rodrigo | Leeds United | 6.8 |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | 6.76 |
Sadio Mane, Patrick Bamford and Calvert-Lewin make the top 10.
Two key top-flight players are edged out with Liverpool's Salah in 11th (6.75) and Tottenham's England skipper Kane 12th (6.73).
Villa striker Ollie Watkins has achieved the single highest rating of any player this season with 9.3 for his hat-trick in the 7-2 demolition of champions Liverpool.
• Out of seven categories, not a single Man United player. What could be the problem in the Red Devils Camp?
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