Joshua Kimmich
A possession-controlling defensive midfielder in the Bundesliga whose standout quality is ball retention — possessionControl sub-score of 85.27 is the clear engine of his 76.89 Tactico Score. He functions as a progressive, box-to-box DM rather than a pure stopper, generating 2.22 key passes/90 and 0.66 big chances created/90, well above baseline for the role. At 76.89, he sits in the "above average" band — a notably better-than-typical starter, but with real defensive gaps that cap his ceiling.
The 85.27 possessionControl sub-score is the primary driver, pulling the overall score upward despite below-baseline defensive and physical sub-scores (defense: 35.43, physicalDuel: 26.01). Without those gaps, this profile would rate considerably higher.