A good midfielder must be a good passer of the ball. He must not only be able to able to complete short passes, but he must also be able to give long and medium passes accurately.
In this context, a medium pass is a pass given to a player that is not far away and is not closer to the passer while a long pass is a pass given to switch up play to make a quick counter-attacking break, move the ball from one side of the field to another or a pass played through the middle.
Below are the 5 World Class midfielders with the best passing accuracy in the last 12 months via stats from Fbref.com
1. Marco Verratti
The Italian and PSG midfielder has completed 95% of his short passes, 95% of his medium passes, and 83% of his long passes.
Total Passing Accuracy: 93%
2. Rodri
The fact that the Manchester City midfielder is vital to passing-oriented teams like Manchester City and Spain makes it unsurprising that he is part of the list.
He has completed 93% of his short passes, 94% of his medium passes, and 83% of his long passes.
Total Passing Accuracy: 92%
3. Toni Kroos
Kroos is the only Real Madrid midfielder on this list and one of the two players from La Liga.
The Los Blancos midfielder has completed 96% of his short passes which is the highest of the players on this list, 95 % of his medium passes, and 77 % of his long passes.
Total Passing Accuracy: 91%
4. Frenkie De Jong
The Dutch midfielder is the only Barcelona player on this exclusive list and the second player from the Spanish top division.
De Jong has completed 94% of his short passes, 92 % of his medium passes, and 84 % of his long passes.
It is worth noting that his long-passing accuracy is the best on this list.
Total Passing Accuracy: 90%
5. Thiago Alcantara
Thiago has always been a good passer of the ball and, unsurprisingly, he finds himself on this list.
He has completed 93% of his short passes, 92% of his passes, and 80% of his long passes.
Total Passing Accuracy: 89%
Discussion about this post