Ranking every Arsenal player by how much they deserve the Premier League title

 Arsenal can’t not win the Premier League title from here, right? They’re as good as champions, right? Wrong. Because this is Arsenal Football Club we are talking about. They are their own worst enemies and will shoot themselves in the foot, giving Manchester City a way back in.

There is a flat-out refusal here to say it is done. City have a game in hand and still play Arsenal. Sure, it’s in their hands, but Mikel Arteta’s side aren’t quite in champions-elect territory yet.

While external factors and recent history are both relevant, so is the fact that Arsenal aren’t actually that good.

There has been a lot of narrative about how this is an awful Premier League season, how everyone else is absolutely hopeless, and if Arsenal don’t win the title, they are a disgrace. And while everyone has been pretty hopeless, so have Arsenal. They just happen to have led the league for the vast majority of the campaign.

This was a perfect opportunity for Aston Villa to do the unthinkable, but they ‘bottled’ it, badly. They have bottled it so badly that they are now bottling top five.

Manchester City are not the winning machine of yesteryear. They are no longer capable of ‘one of those runs,’ but if Arsenal ‘bottling’ it would be a disgrace to humanity, then City not taking advantage of everyone else being w*nk is just that.

The overriding point is that Arsenal have not been that good, and their players have not been that good. In our Premier League Power Rankings, Declan Rice and Gabriel Magalhaes are the only Arsenal players in the top 13. Between 14th and 30th, you have Bukayo Saka, Martin Zubimendi, and David Raya. City have players in fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, twelfth, and twenty-sixth.

With that overriding point in mind, we thought it would be a good idea to rank every Arsenal player, who has played in the league this season, by how much they deserve to be a Premier League champion, from least deserved (not undeniably undeserved) to most deserved.

24) Ethan Nwaneri

Loaned out to Marseille in January, Nwaneri has not started in the Premier League this season.

23) Max Dowman

This kid has plenty more trophies ahead of him.

22) Myles Lewis-Skelly

Lewis-Skelly was a big player for Arsenal last season, but he can’t get a sniff now.

21) Christian Norgaard

Arteta has only recently realised Norgaard is an effective ‘finisher.’ He might help see out one or two wins between now and the end of the season.

20) Kai Havertz

Havertz has been injured for most of 2025/26. Right now, he is a lowly 20th. If we revisit this in May, he should be much higher.

19) Ben White

In only five starts, White has one Player of the Match award. That’s more than Saliba, Calafiori, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Havertz, Martinelli, Jesus, Nwaneri, and Mosquera.

18) Gabriel Jesus

Jesus has done very little, but he did make a difference in the unconvincing home win over Wolves.

17) Noni Madueke

Two goals and one assist for a £50m forward is a pretty shoddy return. He did at least score in a draw, so it was an important one.

16) Cristhian Mosquera

Mosquera has looked brilliant at times, but is clearly still quite raw. The potential is clear to see, and he has contributed when called upon.

15) Gabriel Martinelli

Martinelli has one league goal all season. That’s rubbish, but it came against City to earn a draw in the last minute. That could end up being gargantuan.

14) Martin Odegaard

He’s not been great, has he? And he’s had a few injuries. Still, the Arsenal captain has assisted twice and scored once in three one-goal victories in the 2025/26 Premier League.