Morgan Gibbs-White
Nottingham Forest · Midfielder · England · 2,034 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Morgan Gibbs-White earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Nottingham Forest — not through a single viral trait. Ballity's strongest current profile is box crasher.
Beyond the headline job, Gibbs-White remains plausible as creator. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.
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. Gibbs-White'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
- Midfield / role totality: box crasher, creator
- 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
25
Great+ roles
1
Age
26
Preferred foot
Right
Height
171 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.
14.1% team touches
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
19.1%
Also 55.5 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
59 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
20.8%
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.
Stat profile
Within Midfielder 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
37.9
Breadth 23.5 · Depth 14.4
- ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Good)
- ·Midfielders: Box Crasher (Great), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Great), Creator (Good)
- ·Forwards: Poacher (Good), Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Specialist
Great SpecialistDistinct Great+
1 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 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.
Morgan Rogers
Aston Villa · PL 24/25
Closest roles
Box CrasherΔ4
CreatorΔ3
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ14
Mason Mount
Manchester United · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ11
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ10
- CreatorΔ30
Bruno Fernandes
Manchester United · PL 25/26
Closest roles
- Box CrasherΔ8
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ14
- CreatorΔ26