Top 10 Imps – Which Lincoln City Players Are Top Of The League In Their Position?

Having committed to Wyscout for another season, I decided to have a look at the top ten players in each position across League One.

Using their deep stats information, Wyscout rank every single player in a division. You can usually only see the top 30 for each stat (goals, assists, aerial duels), and given how many stats there are, it would be impossible to work out which individual player stood out in their position.

For instance, you could look at interceptions, where Tendayi Darikwa and Conor McGrandles rank top ten, but how would that help you decide if Tendayi was one of the top right backs in the division, based on all his stats? It wouldn’t.

Luckily, Wyscout then work out the best players in each position, by crunching all of the stats. This gives us a best XI so far, as well as an overview of the top 20 ‘best’ players in each position.

I decided to look at the top ten for each position and see if any City players ranked top ten for their role. I was pleasantly surprised – quite a few do.

Here are the Lincoln City players ranking top ten for their position.

George Wickens – 5th

On the basis of current data, George Wickens is the fifth-best keeper in the division. Nathan Trott is the best, but he has only played six games, so his data isn’t directly comparable. Indeed, of the top five, only one, Thimothée Lo-Tutala of Doncaster, is better than Wickens.

George is third for shots against, second for saves and saves per 90 minutes, and third for prevented goals (a complicated stat. In our group chat, Chris described it thus: You only count the xG of shots on target faced, ignore those off target. Subtract the actual number of goals from that number and you’re there. The higher the number, the better, but anything over zero is good.

George is 1.84, but Nathan Trott is an unreal 5.27 already. For the record, in 2023/24, Lukas Jensen was best in the division with 10.23, and second was Jed Steer on 4.65.

Also, here are some great stats. George is top for long passes (139), fourth for passes to the final third (86) and top for progressive passes (100).