A fifth of Premier League clubs have Newcastle to thank for their best player this season, even if the Toon\u2019s highest-rated star was a more savvy piece of business\u2026<\/p>\n
Here we are, already over a third of the way into the season, and the Premier League is taking shape<\/a><\/strong>. At least at the very top and bottom. Everywhere in between is a wonderful chaotic mess.<\/p>\n Individually, the stand-outs are starting to\u2026 stand out. Here, according to WhoScored ratings<\/a>,<\/strong> is every club\u2019s best player of the season so far\u2026<\/p>\n Arsenal \u2013 Declan Rice<\/p>\n The third-best player in the league so far, Rice\u2019s rating (7.30) is matched by Gabriel, but the England star edges it on account of having played more minutes. Rice is becoming the complete midfielder, even if the battle between him and Moises Caicedo<\/a><\/strong> was won by\u2026 Reece James.<\/p>\n Aston Villa \u2013 Boubacar Kamara<\/p>\n Villa had a rough summer but their best signing may have been the contract extension penned by Kamara in July. His first goal of the season, the winner against Wolves, was Villa\u2019s ninth from outside the box, more than they have scored inside the area. Which feels\u2026 unsustainable.<\/p>\n Bournemouth \u2013 Marcos Senesi<\/p>\n As one of the few defenders Bournemouth kept, we\u2019re about to see how important the 28-year-old is since the Argentinian will sit out the clash with Everton due to suspension.He needed dropping anyway<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Brentford \u2013 Igor Thiago<\/p>\n The Premier League\u2019s second-highest scorer with 11 goals in 13 games, Thiago\u2019s exploits might be catching more attention if he wasn\u2019t in Erling Haaland\u2019s shade. Thiago, though, is matching Haaland for importance, both having scored 52 per cent of their team\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n Brighton \u2013\u00a0Yankuba Minteh<\/p>\n Only Jeremy Doku and Mohammed Kudus have enjoyed more successful take-ons than the Liverpool-linked winger, with just Doku and Cody Gakpo recording a higher number for expected assists.<\/p>\n Burnley \u2013 Martin Dubravka<\/p>\n It is handy the summer signing has been in good form since no goalkeeper has been busier than Dubravka<\/a><\/strong>, the Slovakian making more saves than any other keeper having faced the most shots on target.<\/p>\n MORE: Who is the best Prem keeper this season? Vicario, Pickford plummet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Chelsea \u2013 Trevoh Chaolobah<\/p>\n Chalobah has had to be patient while establishing himself as a Chelsea starter but the defender has the seventh-highest average rating in the league, with Gabriel the only centre-back higher on the list.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace \u2013 Daniel Munoz<\/p>\n The Colombian has scored two and assisted another couple while showing himself to be the kind of wing-back Manchester United could use. Which may be one of Munoz\u2019s primary motivations<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Everton \u2013 Iliman Ndiaye<\/p>\n Losing Ndiaye, their top scorer, during AFCON is a big worry for Everton<\/a>,<\/strong> with his performances said to have put him on Liverpool\u2019s shortlist along with\u00a0Kenan Yildiz, Rodrygo and Michael Olise. Everton, of course, would never send Ndiaye up the road, but the company he\u2019s keeping highlights the Senegal winger\u2019s impressive form.<\/p>\n MORE: Prem clubs ranked on AFCON impact: Arsenal advantage, Sunderland screwed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Fulham \u2013 Kenny Tete<\/p>\n The right-back flirted hard with Everton over the summer but Tete stayed at Fulham to be the only Cottager averaging seven-plus this season.<\/p>\n Leeds United \u2013 Sean Longstaff<\/p>\n Arguably their best summer signing, Longstaff\u2019s absence for the next four to six weeks is a massive blow to Daniel Farke. Even if the manager can\u2019t think beyond the next two games<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Liverpool \u2013\u00a0Dominik Szoboszlai<\/p>\n It speaks to Liverpool\u2019s wretched season that you have to go through 28 players on the list of WhoScored\u2019s top Prem performers before a Red appears. And even then, it\u2019s Szoboszlai, who\u2019s been shunted around Arne Slot\u2019s side, playing every Premier League minute along the way.<\/p>\n Manchester City \u2013 Erling Haaland<\/p>\n Obviously<\/a><\/strong>. Though Doku deserves a mention too as City\u2019s and the Premier League\u2019s next best player.<\/p>\n Manchester United \u2013 Bruno Fernandes<\/p>\n Again, obviously. Despite playing deeper, Fernandes remains United\u2019s and the Premier League\u2019s most creative player. Yet people still think he\u2019s A Problem.<\/p>\n Newcastle United \u2013 Malick Thiaw<\/p>\n Given how many Prem clubs needed a centre-back in the summer, it is a surprise Newcastle were allowed a seemingly free run at Thiaw, whose superb start to Prem life earned the 24-year-old a Germany recall.<\/p>\n Nottingham Forest \u2013 Elliot Anderson<\/p>\n The fourth player on this list to be sold by Newcastle, Anderson has been not only Forest\u2019s best player but one of England\u2019s too. The midfielder was immense against Brighton \u2013 yet Forest still lost. They\u2019ll miss him when he goes for \u00a3100million, maybe to City<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sunderland \u2013 Granit Xhaka<\/p>\n The Premier League signing of the season<\/a><\/strong> and it\u2019s not even close.<\/p>\n Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Mohammed Kudus<\/p>\n It\u2019s scary to think how bad Spurs would have been to watch without Kudus\u2019s dribbling on the right flank. Mercifully for Thomas Frank, assuming he lasts long enough, Ghana f***ed up qualification for AFCON, so Tottenham won\u2019t lose their only attacking spark. Though it might be worth the manager thinking of even a single alternative.<\/p>\n West Ham \u2013 Jarrod Bowen<\/p>\n It\u2019s been Bowen or bust again for the Hammers this season, the captain seemingly having too much on his plate to stop one of his players committing self-sabotage<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Wolves \u2013 Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n