Matheus Nunes (Man Metropolis): Nunes loved an excellent season at full-back, beginning extra video games (32) and enjoying extra minutes (2,865) than in his first two seasons on the membership mixed (26 begins, 2,327 minutes).
Metropolis have been much better off with him within the beginning XI – they gained 66% (W21 D8 L3) of the video games he began, in comparison with 33% with out him (W2 D1 L3).
Nunes accomplished extra passes within the opposition half than every other participant this season (1,153) whereas amongst full-backs he had the joint most open play assists (5), made essentially the most line-breaking passes general (275), in addition to finishing essentially the most passes within the closing third (600). He was additionally the full-back with essentially the most ball carries (514) and carry distance – effectively over 5,000m.
Gabriel (Arsenal): One of many odder statistics of 2025-26 is that Arsenal central defender Gabriel Magalhaes ended the season with extra Premier League objectives and assists mixed than the likes of Jorgen Strand Larsen (5) and Bernardo Silva (6) and as many as Bournemouth striker Evanilson (7).
Of his seven purpose involvements (3 objectives, 4 assists), six unsurprisingly got here through set-pieces because the Brazilian brought on chaos in opposition packing containers, serving to the Gunners to attain a document 19 nook objectives in 2025-26.
It’s, after all, on the different finish the place Gabriel actually stands out, ending the season with 17 clear sheets, which was greater than every other defender regardless of being absent from eight beginning XIs in 2025-26.
Arsenal conceded simply 20 objectives in 2,751 minutes with him on the pitch, a mean of 1 each 138 minutes, which was the perfect by an Arsenal defender to play 2,000+ minutes since 2003-04, when Sol Campbell went 140 minutes between objectives getting in with him on the pitch.
William Saliba (Arsenal): Alongside Gabriel, who else however Saliba? The pair are forging a legendary Premier League central defensive partnership, dropping simply 15 of the 117 video games they’ve performed collectively for Arsenal and the Gunners concede on common a purpose each 44 minutes extra incessantly after they aren’t enjoying collectively since 2022-23.
Solely Gabriel stored extra clear sheets (17) than Saliba (15) through the 2025-26 Premier League season, with Arsenal conceding a purpose each 131 minutes with Saliba on the pitch, the second-best of any defender this season behind… effectively, you guessed it, Gabriel.
On the ball, Saliba was achieved, finishing 92.9% of his passes, the third-best of any participant to try 2,000 or extra. He accomplished 67 passes per 90 minutes; on document since 2003-04, the one Arsenal defender with extra in a season is Saliba in 2023-24 (69) and 2024-25 (71).
Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth): The sight of Truffert flying down the left-hand aspect of Bournemouth‘s flank is well-known to Cherries followers and it’s borne out within the knowledge – the Frenchman was the one participant to make greater than 50 overlapping runs within the Premier League in 2025-26. It wasn’t simply on the surface both – he ranked within the top-five for underlapping runs, too.
Truffert was one in all solely three gamers to win possession within the defensive third 100+ occasions (105), whereas he was prime for each interceptions (48) and for tackles (103) amongst full-backs.
He additionally made essentially the most progressive ball carries of any full-back (279) and progressed the ball shut to 2 miles upfield with ball carries, the second-most of any full-back.
He was the one Bournemouth outfield participant to begin all 38 matches of their historic Premier League marketing campaign.
