Christian Pulišić

Milan · Forward · USA · 1,734 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Christian Pulišić is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Milan, that means stretch, isolation, and the ability to beat a full-back before the box gets crowded — not a pure chance-creation spreadsheet profile. The headline trait is playmaking winger.

What separates Pulišić from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as playmaking winger, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward duelist winger. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.

On the pitch he has actually been used as RW / CF (#9). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Pulišić's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

The trade-off is real: creator shows up as a structural caveat in the profile. Any club buying the upside has to decide whether that hole is tolerable in their system — or whether they will need complementary players beside him.

Why Ballity says this

  • Midfield / role totality: playmaking winger, duelist winger, poacher, shadow striker
  • Shown minutes: RW / CF (#9)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

20

Great+ roles

4

Age

27

Preferred foot

Right

Height

177 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs wingers — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above. Attackers also split separation into on-ball (dribble-created) and off-ball (movement).

Usage rate

Share of team touches (non-GK) among wingers with match data.

18.7% team touches

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

50.0%

Also 53.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

26 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

60.2%

xA per key pass 0.0881v1 win rate 50.9Cross accuracy 22.7

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

38 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

51.0%

1v1 win % 50.9Adv touchline % 19.7Wide channel (self-created) % 12Unblocked (self-created) % 56Shadow zone (self-created) % 68Fast break (self-created) % 20Half-space % 25.9

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

53 score

Peer band · Elite

Pool percentile

91.3%

Unblocked (assisted) % 71.9Shadow zone (assisted) % 59.4Arrival zone (assisted) % 59.4Wide channel (assisted) % 12.5xG per assisted shot 0.2

Balance & structural weaknesses

How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.

How we define this

Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.

One-wayWinger

Strong as Creator (Elite), Duelist (Great)

Weak routes

Physicality · Limited

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Does not clear

Proxy p49 · Actions p49 within winger peers

Stat profile

Within Winger peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Creation 99Box threat 92Finishing 88
Creation99
Ball Progressor57
Carrying64
Finishing88
Defending48
Duels30
Tempo73
Box threat92

Versatility Index

Precise 0–100 score — cross-group breadth (67%) plus within-group depth (33%), quality-scaled by tier. Distinct from the shape card below.

3 groups · 9 roles
67/ 100

Index

66.8

Breadth 36.9 · Depth 29.9

FullbacksCentre-backsMidfielders · EliteWingers · EliteForwards · Great
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Elite), Box Crasher (Elite), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Carrier (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Raumdeuter (Elite), Duelist Winger (Great)
  • ·Forwards: Poacher (Great), Shadow Striker (Great)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Great

Generalist

Great Generalist
4

Distinct Great+

4 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

CFCFPoacher
RWRWraumdeuter

Role translations

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NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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Role-by-role detail

How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.

Similar players

Shape match across winger roles — cosine similarity of role scores (domestic leagues only). Slot 1 is the best same-league match; the rest are the next closest from the full pool.

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