The 2025-26 Premier League season kicks off on Friday when defending champions Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield. But lost amid the excitement of the latest mega-transaction and all the new names coming to the leagues was the departure of three all-time great Premier League players. Until we see, say, Viktor Gyökeres and Hugo Ekitike translate their performances from lower leagues to the Premier League, we're leaving them off. Jan Paul van Hecke, center back, BrightonTaking Tielemans and Van Hecke together, we have arguably the two best passers in the Premier League. To put some numbers on it, only two players in the Premier League completed more than 275 line-breaking passes, and only two players in the Premier League completed more than 25 passes that broke multiple lines.