Best Premier League full-backs: Top 20 left-backs, right-backs in 2023/24 EPL

Whether they're overlapping, diving into midfield or providing a solid and dependable line of defence, full-backs have more tactical demands than ever before in the Premier League.

Yelling for wide defensive players to "invert" is no longer simply the realm of revolutionary coaches. It's now part of the lexicon for match-going fans, who demand flexibility and surety from these players.

During the early weeks of the 2023/24 season, The Sporting News polled its football writers to rank the top performers in each position. This enabled us to come up with a top-20 list for the different positions and present a ranking for the very best in England's top flight.

Will Trent Alexander-Arnold find favour despite a tricky year that saw his form fade and his position altered? Is Kyle Walker still a good bet despite the fact Pep Guardiola seems to have all but binned conventional full-backs?

Read on to find out our top full-backs in the Premier League, ranked from 20 to one.

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A promising youngster picking when to leave a big club in search of regular football is not an exact science but Williams seemed to nail it when he moved from Liverpool to Nottingham Forest for £17 million / $21 million in July 2022. A standout performer for Steve Cooper's side, his attacking thrust from wing-back was a key factor in Forest beating the drop.

An instant hit after joining Villa from Real Betis midway through last season, displacing Lucas Digne as first choice under Unai Emery, Moreno is a left-back boasting considerable attacking threat. He suffered a hamstring injury against Liverpool in May to check his progress.

Starting off at Hearts and arriving at Brentford via Bologna