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Who have been the best Premier League players so far this season?

With nine rounds of PL matches played, who have been the stand outs?

A new report has ranked the top 50 Premier League players in order.

This comes from ESPN and their journalist Ryan O’Hanlon compiling his updated list.

There are two Newcastle United stars amongst his top 50 choices.

Here below are the top 50 ranked Premier League players on the ESPN man’s list and first his explanation of how he has arrived at his updated choices…

‘Premier League Top 50: Ranking the best players of 2025-26 so far

A quick reminder of what these rankings are

The rankings are a combination of who I think the best players are (i.e. the ones who would contribute the most to winning if they were to play every minute of every game) and the players who are providing the most value (i.e. the players who are actually playing minutes and helping their teams win). This way we don’t have a list comprising only players from a couple of clubs.

In making this latest edition, I tried to find a balance between where I thought...