TDE Power Rankings - Season 34

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Right the senior auction is out of the way (in the main) so it's time to go through the power rankings for the senior squads

It was pre-season 32 when last i did these so for those of you that don't know what they're all about, I attempt to allocate a score to each player on the game based on main stat, secondaries, tertiaries for midfielders and then abs for each stat. This gives every player a number based on which we can look at the squads.

This gives an indication of value without looking at things such as age and people will value players differently but it's one view...

I'll list the specific calculation for each group of players.

Let's kick off...

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Goalkeepers
Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000

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1. T_Courtois		Bournemouth		27.50
2. G_Donnarumma		Norwich			26.37
3. G_Mama'shvili	Liverpool		26.14
4. J_Trafford		Tottenham		26.10
5. A_Muric		QPR			26.04
6. S_Lammens		Everton			25.93
7. F_Gonzalez		West Ham		25.71
8. Z_Suzuki		Brentford		25.70
9. D_Henderson		Nottingham Forest	25.66
10. D_Kaiser		Fulham			25.65

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11. B_Verbruggen	Man City		25.62
12. L_Hornicek		Burnley			25.50
13. F_Jorgensen		Crystal Palace		25.30
14. R_Roefs		Blackburn		25.28
15. L_Perri		Sunderland		25.25
16. Kepa		Brighton		25.23
17. D_Seimen		Arsenal			25.18
18. G_Kobel		Wrexham			25.14
19. E_Mendy		Notts Forest		24.90
20. N_Pope		Sheffield United	24.88

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21=. C_Warren		Liverpool		24.80
21=. F_Marson*		Leicester		24.80
21=. N_Raveyre		Wolves			24.80
21=. S_Proctor		Watford			24.80
21=. E_Harrison		Aston Villa	        24.80
26. O_Whatmuff		Man Utd			24.78
27. D_Raya		Hull City		24.72
28. M_Hermansen		Chelsea			24.69
29. C_Foggarty		Bournemouth U21		24.63
30. K_Ranson		Bristol City		24.61

Here we have the top 30 ranked GKs on the game and Courtois at Bournemouth continues to dominate the rankings. But he has now turned 33 so will be losing abs at the end of the season from now on. It means he will probably peak as a 28r.

Norwich, Liverpool, Tottenham and QPR have the only other GKs currently rated 26 or higher with those four and Everton's Lammens fighting it out to be the next number one as things stand.

There are three GKs from the Championship in the top 10 with Brentford's Suzuki, Forest's Henderson and Fulham's Kaiser very close within the mix. Forest are also currently the best placed of the teams with two on the list with Mendy in 19th backing up Henderson in 9th

Nick Pope at Sheffield United is the top ranked GK in League 1 as it stands to start the season with Hull's Raya and Bristol city's Ranson the only other ones in the top 30.

For the youngsters, Leicester's Marson is the top of the new intake having had an abs pack already applied Whilst Warren at Liverpool, Proctor at Watford and Whatmuff at Man Utd are all academy graduates. Finally, in 29th place, Foggarty at Bournemouth is the only one of the top 30 who will start in an U21 squad for the season.

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Defenders
Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000 + (passing+passing abs/1000)/3

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1. D_Munoz		Man City		29.31
2. S_Dominguez		Tottenham		29.16
3. J_Frimpong		Everton			29.04
4. T_Alex-Arnold	Bournemouth		28.98
5. B_Badiashile		QPR			28.89
6. W_Saliba		Man City		28.84
7. M_Thiaw		Man City		28.74
8. Y_Couto		Tottenham		28.71
9. J_Gvardiol		Bournemouth		28.67
10. M_Kerkez		Liverpool		28.65

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11. N_O'Reilly		Leicester City		28.60
12. Ruben_Dias		Tottenham		28.59
13. R_Calafiori		Man City		28.46
14. M_Senesi		Notts Forest		28.40
15. J_Quansah		Bournemouth		28.37
16. S_Reguilon		QPR			28.32
17. M_van_de_Ven	Liverpool		28.27
18. I_Konate		Liverpool		28.23
19. A_Truffert		Chelsea			28.17
20. G_Montiel		Liverpool		28.15

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21. C_Bradley		Liverpool		28.14
22. N_Williams		Arsenal			28.05
23=. M_Palestra		Leicester City		27.93
24=. C_Scanlon		Leicester City		27.93
25. D_Raum		Norwich City	        27.92
26. Gabriel		Bournemouth		27.90
27. N_Patterson		Norwich City		27.89
28. P_Hincapie		Norwich City		27.88
29. H_Bellerin		Man City		27.86
30. I_Maatsen		Chelsea			27.84

Man City dominate the top 10 with three of their defenders in their including Munoz who is number one. Tottenham and Bournemouth both have two top ten defs with Everton, Liverpool and QPR making it up with one each

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Man City	5
Liverpool	5
Bournemouth	4
Tottenham	3
Leicester City	3
Norwich City	3
QPR		2
Chelsea		2
Everton		1
Notts Forest	1
Arsenal		1

So only 11 out of 36 clubs have defenders inside the top 30 although palace and Wolves are just outside. Man City and Liverpool have the best depth and maybe it is a little surprising that Spurs only have three players inside that top 30 with their 4th defender down in 53rd!

Only three Championship players currently sit in the top 30 with Forest's Senesi the leader at the moment ahead of Chelsea's in demand duo of Truffert and Maatsen. The highest ranked defender in league one at this point is Murillo at Sheffield United who sits 46th with a score of 27.56.

Just ahead of him in 45th is Reggiani who will be (at the moment) the highest ranked player to start the season in the U21s with Norwich using an overrated slot to boost him as their 6th defender.

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Defensive Midfielder
To qualify as a DM the player must be a midfielder with tackling 10 or more and shooting no higher than tackling

Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000 + (tackling + tackling abs/1000)/3 + (shooting + shooting abs/1000)/10

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1. E_Anderson    Tottenham     30.33
2. D_Szoboszlai  Liverpool     29.76
3. W_Zaire-Emery Tottenham     29.68
4. D_Rice        Man City      29.58
5. M_Fernandes   Everton       29.56
6. M_Caicedo     QPR           29.44
7. M_Sangare     QPR           29.43
8. T_Reijnders   Bournemouth   29.38
9. A_Bouaddi     Norwich       29.17
10.F_Ouedraogo   Tottenham     29.15

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11.C_Baleba      Norwich       28.95
12.R_Sessegnon   Man City      28.86
13.S_Nypan       Man City      28.83
14.A_Scott       Southampton   28.82
15.R_R-Dottin    Bournemouth   28.80
16.Joao_Gomes    Wolves        28.78
17.A_MacAllister Liverpool     28.74
18.E_Fernandez   QPR           28.60
19.S_Sidibe      Leicester     28.58
20.Andrey_Santos Liverpool     28.50

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21.F_Torres      Norwich       28.49
22.Joelinton     Bournemouth   28.48
23.S_Bajcetic    Blackburn     28.46
24.X_Simons      Leicester     28.46
25.E_Buendia     Norwich       28.34
26.J_Garner      Bournemouth   28.32
27.B_Guimaraes   Everton       28.22
28.S_Bio         Sunderland    28.18
29.Y_Tielemans   Ipswich Town  28.11
30.Casemiro      Middlesbrough 28.05

Midfielders are harder to look at because how do we compare a good tackler vs a good attacker so I try and break it down into AMs, DMs and all rounders. We normally get a few different teams in here as not many try and keep multiple DMs

However, Tottenham dominate here with three of the best defensive midfielders all within the top 10 and two of the top three - including record auction signing Elliott Anderson who is straight in at number one in the category! QPR are the next best with two top 10 entries and three in the top 20.

The summary of top 30 entries is as follows!

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Bournemouth	4
Norwich City	4
Tottenham	3
QPR		3
Man City	3
Liverpool	3
Everton		2
Leicester City	2

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Southampton	1
Wolves		1
Blackburn	1
Sunderland	1
Ipswich Town	1
Middlesbrough	1

A bit better than with defenders with 14 different clubs represented here. It is actually Bournemouth and Norwich who lead the way here with four each inside these top groupings. But still plenty of depth for Spurs, QPR, Man City and Liverpool all of who have three in there

The Championship is represented this time with Scott at Southampton a very creditable 14th on the list with Blackburn, Wolves and Sunderland all getting players into the discussions. Top all rounder Tielemans and veteran Casemiro make up the top 30 as League 1 entrants

You have to go all the way down to 76th position and M_Bradbury at Wolves to find the top defensive midfielder in an U21 squad as it stands!

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Midfielders
This is effectively the ranking of them as all rounders

Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000 + (tackling + tackling abs/1000)/3 + (shooting + shooting abs/1000)/3

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1. E_Anderson    Tottenham      33.43
2. F_Wirtz       Tottenham      33.27
3. D_Szoboszlai  Liverpool      32.93
4. R_Sessegnon   Man City       32.51
5. C_Jones       Leicester      32.50
6. M_Fernandes   Everton        32.43
7. D_Rice        Man City       32.43
8. M_Odegaard    Man City       32.42
9. T_Reijnders   Bournemouth    32.32
10.K_Mainoo      Leicester      32.32

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11.W_Zaire-Emery Tottenham      32.10
12.T_Bischof     Man City       32.05
13.R_Cherki      QPR            31.99
14.A_Bouaddi     Norwich        31.94
15.F_Torres      Norwich        31.94
16.A_MacAllister Liverpool      31.90
17.E_Buendia     Norwich        31.84
18.M_Sangare     QPR            31.83
19.M_Caicedo     QPR            31.74
20.Joao_Gomes    Wolves         31.70

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21.C_Baleba      Norwich        31.63
22.A_Scott       Southampton    31.63
23.F_Ouedraogo   Tottenham      31.62
24.Y_Tielemans   Ipswich Town   31.59
25.N_Barella     Crystal Palace 31.58
26.X_Simons      Leicester      31.55
27.B_Saka        Everton        31.51
28.L_Kang-in     Chelsea        31.49
29.C_Tzolis      Crystal Palace 31.43
30.Joelinton     Bournemouth    31.43

As we run through the midfielders it can be a little repetitive as we see the same players come up again and again. Naturally we will see top DMs also be top midfielders. As is proved here as new entry Anderson also tops this list. There are only three mids rated 24 at this moment in time and Spurs have all of them although their seconds mean they rank 1st, 11th and 23rd. Having said that, Spurs also have the number two rank on this list as well with Wirtz likely to be leading the AMs.

It is Man city who have the most top 10 players here with three ahead of Spurs and Leicester with two each with Jamma's triple raters policy getting him some high entries here. Liverpool, Everton and Bournemouth make up the top 10. Norwich and QPR who normally do well in this area have to make do with dominating the 11 to 20 spots

Top 30 entries by club:

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Tottenham	4
Norwich City	4
Leicester City	3
QPR		3
Man City	4
Liverpool	2
Everton		2
Bournemouth	2
Crystal Palace	2

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Southampton	1
Wolves		1
Chelsea		1	
Ipswich Town	1

13 clubs are represented in the top 30 with Spurs and Norwich leading the way with four players each from the three of Leicester and QPR. What is perhaps most surprising is Bournemouth and Liverpool only having two players in the top 30 (although they both have two ranked 31-40) but maybe that is the cost of missing out on the auction round one!

Crystal Palace of the Championship show the strength of their squad with tow players in the top 30 although the highest ranked Champ player is Gomes of Wolves in 20th place. Scott of Southampton and Kan-in of Chelsea are also Championship representation whilst Tielemans of Ipswich ranks better as an all rounder and is the only League 1 player on the list.

Down in 81st place is Norwich's Koleosho who will be the highest ranked player to start the season in an U21 squad as it stands

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Attacking Midfielders
In reverse to DMS these must have shooting at least 12 and tackling lower or equal to shooting

Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000 + (tackling + tackling abs/1000)/10 + (shooting + shooting abs/1000)/3

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1. F_Wirtz       Tottenham      30.01
2. D_Szoboszlai  Liverpool      29.74
3. M_Odegaard    Man City       29.66
4. C_Jones       Leicester      29.45
5. C_Tzolis      Crystal Palace 29.45
6. R_Cherki      QPR            29.23
7. K_Mainoo      Leicester      29.20
8. Luis_Diaz     Bournemouth    29.14
9. T_Bischof     Man City       29.10
10.Rayan         Man City       29.0

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11.R_Sessegnon   Man City       28.85
12.N_Madueke     Everton        28.84
13.A_MacAllister Liverpool      28.83
14.Joao_Gomes    Wolves         28.74
15.D_Kulusevski  Norwich        28.73
16.C_Rigg        Everton        28.66
17.L_Kang-in     Chelsea        28.65
18.M_Gibbs-White Liverpool      28.62
19.B_Saka        Everton        28.61
20.F_Torres      Norwich        28.51

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21.Joelinton     Bournemouth    28.46
22.K_Havertz     Everton        28.38
23.E_Buendia     Norwich        28.35
24.Savinho       Southampton    28.35
25.X_Simons      Leicester      28.30
26.J_Gittens     Southampton    28.30
27.N_Gonzalez    Bournemouth    28.29
28.M_Mount       Bristol City   28.26
29.C_Echeverri   Tottenham      28.22
30.J_Manzambi    Middlesbrough  28.20

As predicted, Wirtz takes up the top spot on the list but this maybe Spurs' weakest area as their second AM comes in at 29! Man City again dominate with three as their all rounders come to the fore and likewise Leicester have 2 again. The top ten is well shared with Liverpool, Palace, QPR and Bournemouth all having entries.

Top 30 entries by club:

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Man City	4
Everton	4
Liverpool	3
Leicester City	3
Bournemouth	3
Norwich City	3
Tottenham	2
Southampton	2

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QPR		1
Crystal Palace	1
Wolves		1
Chelsea		1
Bristol City	1
Middlesbrough	1	

Back up to 14 clubs represented with Everton seeing their strongest area and Man City continuing to feature heavily with those two having four each! The normal suspects in Liverpool, Leicester, Bournemouth and Norwich all have triple representation whilst Spurs drop to just two - that's the same as Southampton who are the leading Championship club in this area.

Meanwhile, Mount at Bristol City and Manzambi and Middlesbrough mean there is league 1 representation within the top 30!

Koleosho at 64th with Norwich is again likely to be the highest player to start in the U21s

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Forwards
Calculation = Rating + main abs/1000 + (passing + passing abs/1000)/3

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1. L_Martinez    Liverpool     34.38
2. J_Waters      Blackburn     30.73
3. J_Duran       Norwich       30.71
4. M_Cunha       Tottenham     30.69
5. H_Ekitike     Leicester     30.63
6. B_Mbeumo      Norwich       30.60
7. A_Garnacho    Everton       30.55
8. J_Bowen       Watford       30.53
9. E_Haaland     QPR           30.51
10.C_Gakpo       Chelsea       30.48

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11.F_Chiesa      Southampton   30.48
12.V_Munoz       Coventry City 30.40
13.G_Garcia      Chelsea       30.33
14.B_Sesko       Wrexham       30.32
15.M_Kudus       Man City      30.32
16.J_Maskall     Swansea       30.30
17.A_Isak        Liverpool     30.29
18.Richarlison   Derby County  30.27
19.Kvaratskhelia Leicester     30.27
20.Joao_Felix    Brighton      30.09

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21.G_Martinelli  Notts Forest  30.05
22.F_Camarda     Everton       30.03
23.Igor_Thiago   Wolves        30.02
24.I_Toney       Ipswich Town  29.99
25.Pedro_Neto    Wolves        29.99
26.V_Gyokeres    Bournemouth   29.83
27.B_Brobbey     Hull City     29.73
28.T_Barry       Blackburn     29.73
29.S_Kalajdzic   Man City      29.73
30.L_Chiwome     QPR           29.72

With most clubs only playing two FWs we get a lot more represented here in a similar way to GKs. Martinez at Liverpool continues to dominate the rankings as he will for a long time yet! Incredibly there is Championship representation in second place with Blackburn academy graduate Walters taking that spot!

Norwich City have the highest ranked front two with Duran in third and Mbeumo in 6th making them the only club with two representatives in the top 10! It's probably more interesting to look at the rankings of the top two FWs for the clubs rather than counts in the top 30

Positions of the best two FWs for each club (ranked by position of top player)

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Liverpool	1st and 17th
Blackburn	2nd and 28th
Norwich City	3rd and 6th
Tottenham	4th and 69th
Leicester City	5th and 19th
Everton		7th and 22nd
Watford		8th and 77th
QPR		9th and 30th
Chelsea		10th and 13th
Southampton	11th and 41st
Coventry	12th and 95th
Wrexham		14th and 31st

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Man City	15th and 29th
Swansea City	16th and 48th
Derby County	18th and 91st
Brighton	20th and 45th
Notts Forest	21st and 49th
Wolves		23rd and 25th
Ipswich Town	24th and 65th
Bournemouth	26th and 35th
Hull City	27th and 46th
Aston Villa	32nd and 38th
Crystal Palace	33rd and 39th
Middlesbrough	34th and 81st

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Burnley		36th and 58th
Lincoln City	37th and 70th
West Ham	42nd and 66th
Arsenal		44th and 101st
Sunderland	47th and 55th
Fulham		51st and 74th
Man Utd		52nd and 59th
Sheffield Utd	54th and 87th
Leeds United	56th and 67th
Brentford	57th and 68th
Bristol City	102nd and 115th
Newcastle	104th and 113th

The championship is well represented with four clubs inside the top 12 for the top ranked player and Chelsea having the best all round attack there. The biggest gap is top ranked League 1 side who have 12th ranked Munoz but then a drop of 83 places to their next FW.

It is surprising where some of the big teams sit here with Man City just 13th for their best and Bournemouth at 26th - although this is driven by the secondaries which is debatable how useful these are on a FW. The lowest Premiership club is Man Utd who come in 31st with their duo!

Bristol City and Newcastle don't have one player in the top 100 meaning every club on TDE has two FWs ranked higher up than those two!



This ends the positional ranks. Individual squad ranks to follow...