Current Analogue
Lutsharel Geertruida
Sunderland
WD
Open full comparisonArsenal🏴 England
Ben White
tall technical RB/CB · tactical flexibility · front-foot defending
- Position
- D(R) / D(C)
- Age
- 29
- Height
- 186 cm
- Foot
- Right
BRSBest Role Score
85
Best roleFullback
Source-linked · calibration provisional
About this assessment
BRS means Best Role Score: our assessment of a player in their best role.
Supporting sources are linked, but the scoring scale is still being checked. This score may change.
BRS v2 · 2025–26
Scouting detail
tall technical RB/CB · tactical flexibility · front-foot defending
Colossusestablished
Conductor
Positions
D(R) / D(C)
Converted from recorded positions. Positional familiarity has not been assessed.
The comparisons
A way to understand the player’s game.
Historical Analogue
Vedran Corluka
Tottenham 2008-2011
Right-back cover from a centre-back's toolkit
Why the comparison works
White's right-back role after a centre-back start recalls Ćorluka at Tottenham in 2008–11, listed at both positions. Ćorluka's full 90 minutes at right-back in the 1-0 win at Blackburn in February 2011, covering for the injured Hutton, is an in-phase example. The comparison concerns legitimate right-sided defensive range, not equal standing.
Shared qualities
- Right-back and centre-back use
- Defending the right channel
Where it breaks down
White's current Arsenal role is attack-minded, with frequent overlapping runs, whereas Ćorluka's sourced Spurs strength is one-on-one defending rather than forward running.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Ben White’s ceiling.
Career
5 clubs1 national team
- ArsenalCurrent
Jan 2021 — Present
- England men's national association football team
Jan 2021 — Jan 2022
Jan 2019 — Jan 2020
Jan 2019 — Jan 2019
Jan 2017 — Jan 2018
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Jan 2016 — Jan 2021