Who plays three at the back?
Share of line-ups set out with three defenders — the shape that has grown faster than any other in the archive.
Liga Profesional Belgia (Belgia) commits hardest: 49,5% of its line-ups start with three defenders.
| League | Three at the back | Line-ups |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Liga Profesional Belgia Belgia | 49.5% | 622 |
| 2. Liga Satu Inggris Inggris | 48.5% | 1.113 |
| 3. Serie A Italia | 47.4% | 760 |
| 4. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 46.2% | 613 |
| 5. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 44.6% | 616 |
| 6. Czech Liga Ceko | 44.4% | 556 |
| 7. Seri B Italia | 44.4% | 780 |
| 8. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 44% | 468 |
| 9. Liga Dua Inggris Inggris | 41% | 1.113 |
| 10. Bundesliga Austria Austria | 40.9% | 389 |
| 11. Liga Utama Norwegia Norwegia | 40.3% | 484 |
| 12. Veikkausliiga Finlandia | 39.3% | 267 |
| 13. Trofi EFL Inggris | 39.2% | 227 |
| 14. Liga Super Denmark Denmark | 39% | 385 |
| 15. Primeira Liga Portugal | 38% | 616 |
| 16. K League 1 Korea Selatan | 37.1% | 464 |
| 17. NB I Hungaria | 35.6% | 390 |
| 18. Superettan Swedia | 34.3% | 469 |
| 19. Liga Eropa UEFA Internasional | 33.5% | 349 |
| 20. Ekstraklasa Polandia | 31.7% | 602 |
| 21. FA Cup Inggris | 31.7% | 278 |
| 22. Divisi Satu J. League Jepang | 31.1% | 611 |
| 23. Ligue 1 Prancis | 31.1% | 615 |
| 24. Liga Utama Belarus Belarus | 31% | 400 |
| 25. Liga Nasional Sepak Bola Rusia Rusia | 26.7% | 599 |
| 26. LigaPro Portugal | 26.3% | 537 |
| 27. Super Liga Slovakia | 25.7% | 385 |
| 28. Allsvenskan Swedia | 24.5% | 482 |
| 29. Liga 1 Thailand Thailand | 23.8% | 395 |
| 30. Friendlies Clubs Internasional | 23.4% | 898 |
| 31. FA WSL Inggris | 23.3% | 240 |
| 32. Liga Utama Sepak Bola Amerika Serikat Amerika Serikat | 22.9% | 1.041 |
| 33. Championship Inggris | 22.4% | 1.114 |
| 34. 3. Fußball-Liga Jerman | 21.6% | 756 |
| 35. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 21.3% | 488 |
| 36. Super Liga Serbia | 20.6% | 588 |
| 37. Friendlies Internasional | 20.3% | 354 |
| 38. Piala Libertadores Internasional | 19.9% | 301 |
| 39. Liga Pro Ekuador | 19.5% | 466 |
| 40. Super League Tiongkok | 19.2% | 480 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
Any formation whose first line is a three. The provider records a formation for roughly a quarter of line-ups, so a league appears only once enough of its matches carry one.