According to the data, Manchester United full-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has the highest one-to-one win rate of any defender in the Premier League this season and has only been dribbled past once. time.
The 25-year-old, nicknamed 'Spider-Man' because of his reach and the length of his legs when it comes to the ball, is known for his one-on-one save success rate.
In fact, his United team-mate Luke Shaw and former Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher have previously described Wan-Bissaka as the best one-on-one defender in the world.
"He's always in the right place and to me he's the best one-on-one defender in the world," Shaw said in 2020. "Nobody can beat him."
Well, it turns out that one passed him in the 2022/23 campaign. According to the data, Nottingham Forest striker Emmanuel Dennis beat Wan Bissaka with a successful dribble in Man United's 3-0 win earlier in the season.
But overall, the former Crystal Palace man has recorded a 93.8% completion rate, meaning he's way ahead of Premier League defenders by at least 15 one-on-ones.
Here is a list of the Premier League's best and worst defenders in 1v1 situations.
44' Defensively, no one likes tackles more than Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
"I like tackles, man. I want to get the most tackles in every game. That's my goal," he told Manchester United's official website.
"I'm not really happy to walk out of a game without a lot of tackles. At the same time, when I think about it, it doesn't necessarily mean anything negative.
“It could mean that the winger isn't confident to keep closing in on me, giving me a chance to handle him. "Wingers hate it. When I was a winger, I hated being tackled. When I was trying to beat a player and he dealt with me, I just thought, 'Me. I don't want to go back there', and changed my course, changed my game."
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