Cole Palmer
Chelsea · Midfielder · England · 1,965 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Cole Palmer earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Chelsea — not through a single viral trait. Ballity's strongest current profile is box crasher.
He is not trying to be everything. The profile is concentrated: do box crasher at a high level, and let secondary tasks stay secondary.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Palmer's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
There are no major weakness flags screaming from the current profile — which does not mean he is complete, only that the main story is the strength of what he already does.
Why Ballity says this
- Clearest current facet: box crasher (elite)
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
26
Great+ roles
2
Age
24
Preferred foot
Left
Height
188 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.
8.6% team touches
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
55.0%
Also 56.0 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
19 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
14.0%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
33 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
1.9%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
44 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
40.4%
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.
No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p53 · Actions p59 within winger peers
Stat profile
Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).
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.
Index
52.1
Breadth 33.5 · Depth 18.6
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Carrier (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Great), Duelist Winger (Good)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (Great), Link Forward (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Dual-threat
Great Dual-threatDistinct Great+
2 Great+ roles total
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
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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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Closest roles
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