Top 10 Premier League Wingers to Know in 2025

There may not be a more important position in the Premier League these days than the winger. The two best players in the entire league, after all, are wingers in Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, who rank among the top wingers in the Premier League.

Every single year, the title contenders in the Premier League are chock full of great winger options, whether it’s been the tandem of Salah and Luis Diaz or Sadio Mane or the formidable Manchester City partnerships forged with Riyad Mahrez or Bernardo Silva taking up residence on the right-hand side.

You need players out wide who can take defenders on, create chances, progress the ball, and score, too. There are so many different styles of winger, and while inverted goal-scorers like Mane and Salah ruled the roost for years, Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are bringing back the traditional wingers who electrify one-on-ones and stay wide to create.

Wingers make such a profound impact and are the bedrock of great teams precisely because they are responsible for so much. They press and track back to help the defense, they produce chances via through passes and crosses, they help out tactically with their positioning to hold width or add numerical superiority inside, and, of course, the best wingers change games directly through mazy solo runs or gorgeous curled shots from range.

Here are 10 game-changing Premier League wingers who you need to know in 2025. These wingers are selected based on their statistical excellence, pedigree in the Premier League, or projected future value to their clubs before the 2025/26 season begins.

Anthony Gordon

Current Club: Newcastle

Age: 24

Position/Role: Inverted left winger

Why to Watch: Anthony Gordon didn’t have the best season in 2024/25 as Newcastle were up-and-down as a team and most of the focus was on Alexander Isak scoring the goals up top.

But Gordon was arguably the best left winger in the entire Premier League during the 2023/24 season, earning significant transfer interest from all the biggest clubs in the Premier League, such as Liverpool and Manchester City.

The England international is a dynamic player with positive end product who had 11 goals and 10 assists in the 2023/24 season. He is one of the most consistent playmakers on the wings in the Premier League and a solid progressor of the football for Newcastle. Anthony Gordon’s rise places him among the best Premier League wingers over the last five years.

What to Expect in 2025: Newcastle fans can expect a double-digit goals and assists season from their star winger in 2025/26, as Gordon looks to bounce back from a season with just 11 goal contributions.

Antoine Semenyo

Current Club: Bournemouth

Age: 25

Position/Role: Inverted right winger

Why to Watch: Antoine Semenyo has piqued the interest of a number of big clubs around the Premier League, such as Tottenham Hotspur, after a brilliant breakout season for Bournemouth.

The highly athletic 25-year-old came out of absolutely nowhere to rank himself as one of the best right wingers in the Premier League, scoring 11 goals with an average of 1.9 dribbles completed per game.

What to Expect in 2025: Semenyo is very likely to leave Bournemouth after his breakout season, and the most logical landing spot for him, among the many teams interested, would be Tottenham.

Since Bryan Mbeumo is favored to move to Manchester United, it could be Semenyo who joins forces with Thomas Frank in North London, and with his 11 goals and one-on-one ability, he could be the dynamic wide threat Spurs have been looking for.

Luis Diaz

Current Club: Liverpool

Age: 28

Position/Role: Inverted left winger

Why to Watch: A breakout star at the 2021 Copa America for Colombia, Luis Diaz finally got his big shot the following winter, moving from FC Porto to Liverpool where he immediately reached the Champions League Final and eventuall replaced Sadio Mane.

After a poor 2023/24 season, there were rumors that Diaz could leave the club in the summer transfer window, but Arne Slot kept him and helped the electric winger bounce back in a big way as a Premier League champion.

What to Expect in 2025: Although Diaz is nearing the age of 30, the highly athletic and explosive Liverpool winger isn’t showing signs of slowing down. He’ll still split time with Cody Gakpo, but look for another season of double-digit goals for the well-rounded and dynamic Colombian star.

Cody Gakpo

Current Club: Liverpool

Age: 26

Position/Role: Inverted left winger

Why to Watch: Luis Diaz is more of the traditional winger who produces take-ons while Gakpo is more inverted, tucking inside to take shots on and put passes into the box.

A highly cerebral player, Gakpo blossomed last season under countryman Arne Slot after his breakout performances that summer for the Dutch national team. Branded a bust by some early in his Liverpool career, Gakpo is clearly anything but and is one of the most unique attacking weapons in the Premier League.

What to Expect in 2025: After scoring 10 goals last season, don’t be surprised if the former PSV man gets more minutes in Slot’s second season and scores closer to 15 goals.

Jarrod Bowen

Current Club: West Ham

Age: 28

Position/Role: Inverted right winger

Why to Watch: One of the few bright spots on an atrocious West Ham side, you shudder to wonder where the Hammers would be without Jarrod Bowen, who is one of the most underrated wingers in world football and a threat to take over games on his own.

He may not have the one-on-one ability that Mohammed Kudus has, but Bowen is a great athlete in his own right and a much better finisher, even capable of playing as a No. 9 if needed.

Bowen just had 13 goals and 8 assists last season, making it his third Premier League season with more than 20 goal contributions.

What to Expect in 2025: Another 20 goal contributions for Bowen and potentially even 30 if West Ham can get their act together under Graham Potter. But that may be a tough sell, especially since West Ham’s second-best forward, Kudus, seems likely to leave.

Savinho

Current Club: Manchester City

Age: 21

Position/Role: Right winger

Why to Watch: An immediate success story, Savinho joined Manchester City from partner club Girona last season and set the Premier League ablaze with his one-on-one ability, speed, explosiveness, and even an eye for assists with eight last season. Savinho is quickly establishing himself as one of the brightest Brazilian talents, securing his spot among Brazil’s best players in 2025.

What to Expect in 2025: Since Savinho scored nine goals in LaLiga but only one in his maiden Premier League season, look for him to up his goal-scoring total to at least five and his assists to 10 as Manchester City should improve significantly after a disappointing 2024/25 campaign with serious midfield issues.

Jeremy Doku

Current Club: Manchester City

Age: 23

Position/Role: Either left or right

Why to Watch: Savinho’s teammate, Jeremy Doku just might be the best pure dribbler from wide positions in world football, and he is able to excel as either a left or right winger, playing a traditional style of creating chances and taking defenders on in either role.

The Belgian national team star averaged a whopping 3.7 dribbles completed per game, which is nearly unheard of in a league as tough as the Premier League, and he had three goals and six assists for good measure.

What to Expect in 2025: Like Savinho, Doku should be able to upgrade his goal contributions into the double-digits, and since this will be his third season in Manchester, Doku could have his true breakout campaign into household stardom.

Bryan Mbeumo

Current Club: Brentford

Age: 25

Position/Role: Inverted right winger

Why to Watch: Bryan Mbeumo was the biggest breakout star of the 2024/25 Premier League season, scoring 20 goals and 7 assists as the league’s most productive winger behind only Mohamed Salah, who is a legitimate Ballon d’Or candidate.

A fully legit Premier League superstar, Mbeumo has big clubs around Europe salivating at the prospect of adding an athletic specimen with his strength, explosiveness, and eye for goal.

What to Expect in 2025: Look for Mbeumo to turn in another great season next year, whether he ends up at Manchester United, Tottenham, or another step up from Brentford in 2025/26.

Bukayo Saka

Current Club: Arsenal

Age: 23

Position/Role: Inverted right winger

Why to Watch: One of the most consistent players in world football, Bukayo Saka still feels a little underrated outside of the Arsenal bubble, because he is a player fully capable of scoring 20 goals and 10 assists while working defensively, holding width, progressing the ball, and taking defenders on.

Saka is the unselfish prototype of a modern-day, all-around winger. He is so unique in how he approaches the game, and while he doesn’t have the skill or athleticism to be the Batman of a team, he is the best possible Robin you could concoct.

JaWhat to Expect in 2025: After a 2024/25 season curtailed in impact by injury, look for Saka to be back with a vengeance. It’s wild to think that a player as accomplished as he is hasn’t turned 25 yet, so Saka’s aim will be to hit that coveted 20 and 20 goals and assists mark that only Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has ever reached in Premier League history.

Mohamed Salah

Current Club: Liverpool

Age: 33

Position/Role: Inverted right winger

Why to Watch: The unquestioned top star in the Premier League right now, Mohamed Salah is fresh off his second title triumph with Liverpool, sealing his status as both one of the greatest Premier League wingers in history and one of the greatest Liverpool players ever.

What to Expect in 2025: Although he’s getting older and may only have a couple of seasons of elite play left in him in the Premier League at Liverpool, Salah should still be good for another 20 goals and 10 assists in 2025/26, even if his torrid pace last season was already unsustainable, as evidenced by a performance drop-off in the second half of the campaign.