Kai Havertz
Arsenal · Forward · Germany · 584 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Kai Havertz covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Arsenal's structure.
Beyond the headline job, Havertz remains plausible as poacher and shadow striker. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CF (#9) / RW. That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Havertz's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
The trade-off is real: physicality 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: channel runner, poacher, shadow striker, target man
- Shown minutes: CF (#9) / RW
- Known caveat: physicality
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · limited
Position
Wide Forward
Appearances
12
Great+ roles
0
Age
27
Preferred foot
Left
Height
193 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). Catalogue profile — usage ranked on touches/90, not team touch share.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among wingers with match data.
7.5% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
9.3%
Also 41.6 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
11 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
2.2%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
41 score
Peer band · High
Pool percentile
81.4%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
52 score
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
90.4%
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.
Strong as Physicality (Great)
Weak routes
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p37 · Actions p33 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
50.8
Breadth 30.2 · Depth 20.6
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Elite), Creator (Great)
- ·Wingers: Raumdeuter (Great), Playmaking Winger (Good)
- ·Forwards: Channel Runner (Good), Poacher (Good), Shadow Striker (Good), Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Good GeneralistDistinct Great+
0 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
RaumdeuterΔ9
Wide RunnerΔ4
Playmaking WingerΔ6
Jayden Addai
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Closest roles
- RaumdeuterΔ6
- Wide RunnerΔ5
- Playmaking WingerΔ4
Mayckel Lahdo
Nantes · Ligue 1
Closest roles
- RaumdeuterΔ33
- Wide RunnerΔ13
- Playmaking WingerΔ16