Best Premier League XI OUTSIDE of the Big 6

The main focus of the Premier League will always be on the ‘big six’. Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been the league’s biggest hitters for the last 15 years, barring a few hiccups here and there.

As such, we’d like to take a look at the other 14 clubs today. We took at look at their squads, determined who their best players are and decided which of them would make it into a best XI.

For the sake of fairness and wider representation, we have limited this XI to one player per team – therefore, some of the best players outside of the top six had to miss out.

Stars such as Omar Alderete, Marc Guehi and Sandro Tonali were left out as a result of our one player per club rule – without it, they would surely have a place in our team.

GK: Robin Roefs

Robin Roefs has been a fantastic signing for Sunderland – given his transfer fee of £9 million, he has also proven to be a very economical one.

A towering goalkeeper with excellent reflexes, he has made a total of 45 saves this season. He is prone to the occasional mistake, but this is understandable when you consider his meagre age of just 22.

RB: Daniel Munoz

Arguably the best attacking full-back in the Premier League this season, Daniel Munoz has been a revelation for Crystal Palace ever since his arrival at Selhurst Park in 2024.

He was an even more frugal signing than Roefs was, with a transfer fee of just £6.6 million. Amid a summer of profligate spending, it’s refreshing to see that teams still see the value in a top bargain.

CB: Ezri Konsa

England star Ezri Konsa has been slowly building up his profile over the past couple of years. Putting in consistent performances every week for Aston Villa, he is now a shoe-in for Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions squad.

Villa have, at times, struggled in 2025/26 – but Konsa has been a consistent performer and can always be relied upon to put in a shift.

CB: Maxime Esteve

Last season, Maxime Esteve dominated the Championship. Comfortably the best defender in England’s second tier in 2024/25, he has had a few teething troubles since Burnley’s promotion, but is still their premier centre-back.

At just 23, Esteve’s best years are still well ahead of him – could a big money move be on the cards in the summer?