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Checking in: The best 8s in Europe this season

Where does Declan Rice rank?

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Adam Rae Voge
Feb 20, 2026
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My dearest CannonStats subscribers and readers,

They tried to take away the data and ruin the ADAM 2.0 formula. They have failed.

With a huge thanks to Scott, I’ve been able to get creative and adapt, replacing what I used to have with what we have moving forward. And though it meant a bit of a break in the rankings pieces here, we’re finally back and cooking with rankings once again.

Today, it’s the turn of those central midfielders who aren’t full 10s but aren’t deep-lying, defensive destroyers either.

As usual, a disclaimer that this ranking is based entirely on numbers, and I always recommend taking in some matches themselves before forming your full opinion. What you see below doesn’t necessarily represent how I’d rank players, though sometimes I do agree.

Now, who needs an intro? Let’s go!

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