Joshua Kimmich
FC Bayern München · Midfielder · Germany · 2,280 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Joshua Kimmich is the kind of midfielder coaches build possession around. At FC Bayern München, his real value is not goals or highlight assists — it is how cleanly he moves the team from safe zones into dangerous ones, almost never giving the ball away cheaply. Ballity's clearest read is box-to-box midfielder: he controls games more than he decides them.
What separates Kimmich from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as box-to-box midfielder, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward creator. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
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. Kimmich's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: ball_progressor 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: box-to-box midfielder, creator, carrier, deep-lying playmaker
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
- Known caveat: ball_progressor
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
29
Great+ roles
2
Age
31
Preferred foot
Right
Height
176 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
15.8% team touches
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
92.6%
Also 121.2 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
70 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
93.2%
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.
Strong as Ball Progressor (Elite), Chance Creation (Great)
Weak routes
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
45.4
Breadth 26.8 · Depth 18.6
- ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Elite)
- ·Midfielders: Box-to-Box Midfielder (Elite), Creator (Elite), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Elite), Carrier (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
2 Great+ roles total
Box-to-box
EliteBox-to-Box Midfielder
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.
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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 midfielder 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.
Aleix García
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga
Closest roles
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ2
Box-to-BoxΔ9
CreatorΔ27
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
Parma · Serie A
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ38
- CreatorΔ43
- Box-to-BoxΔ47
Kévin Danois
Auxerre · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ16
CarrierΔ1- CreatorΔ29