A lot of Leeds United fans have responded to a tweet from Leeds United StatZone that shows a comparison between Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Harry Winks and Jordan Henderson in five statistics.
What the table shows is that Phillips, who is valued at £13.5m by Transfermarkt, has made more key passes (58) and won more duels (197) than any of the other three this season.
The table also shows that the 24-year-old is beaten by only Henderson for goals scored and by Rice for both recoveries and interceptions.
Who is the better player?
Phillips
Rice
Winks
Henderson
This table has, therefore, created some discussion amongst these Whites fans.
? Today we are comparing #LUFC's @Kalvinphillips to fellow English midfielders – Harry Winks, Jordan Henderson and Declan Rice.
Phillips has made 31 appearances in the @SkyBetChamp this season. ? #EFL #MOT @YorkshireProPav pic.twitter.com/E9kKITtYeG
— Leeds United StatZone (@lufcsz) April 2, 2020
Crazy number of key passes considering he’s the deepest of our midfield
— PovedaSZN (@PovedaSZN) April 2, 2020
Sssshhhh!! Our secret!!
— ian throssell (@iant35) April 2, 2020
Can’t compare players playing at different levels
— Dave Calvert (@DaveCalvert1) April 2, 2020
The best
— ??????? (@LUFCSAM12) April 2, 2020
Can’t wait to watch him in the England squad over the next 10 years
— LEEDS ARE GOING UP (@ihelpcp1) April 2, 2020
So really off stats KP and rice are the front runners
— LUFC RHYS (@lufc_rhys) April 2, 2020
Hendo and Phillips any day for the England squad not winks or rice
— my profile is a joke (@Utd_Emma) April 3, 2020
What do we think?
By just looking at this table Phillips looks like an impressive prospect and by judging off these stats then it could be argued that he deserves to be playing for England.
What must be remembered, though, is that Phillips is playing in the Championship and not the Premier League – so perhaps some caution should be taken with some of these statistics when comparing them with a different league.
However, these numbers from Phillips are still impressive.