Matic, Soucek, McTominay: The Premier League's tallest XI in 2021/22

The Premier League is world famous for its physical brand of football.

Every time a diminutive player from around the world signs for a club in England’s top-flight, you can rest assured that the same-old cliché questions will be asked about their chances of success.

Will they be able to adjust? Have they got the mettle to succeed? Do they know what they’re getting themselves into? Can they do it on a cold, wet and windy night at Burnley?

The extent to which these are actually important questions depends on who you ask, but there’s no denying that the rough and tumble nature of English football strikes fear into certain players.

So, when the boots and elbows are flying in, you’re certainly going to have at least a small advantage in your mission to make the grade in the Premier League if you’re, well, on the taller side.

Here at GIVEMESPORT, we’ve already looked at the shortest players who call the division their home and our findings couldn’t help but tempt us into looking at the stars on the other end of the spectrum.

After all, there’s no one build or physique that makes for a successful Premier League star, so rest assured that there are just as many talented tall players as there were in the shortest XI of all.

And to construct the tallest line-up out of the 2021/22 ranks, we’ve turned to the database over at worldfootball.net and corroborated it with the Premier League’s official player profiles where possible.

From there, we’ve looked at each position within a 4-3-3 formation and selected the tallest player accordingly.

The only rules are that the player must have appeared in the Premier League this season and must have featured in the position that we’re playing them in at least once across the 2021/22 campaign.