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.
Serie A (Italia) commits hardest: 45,3% of its line-ups start with three defenders.
| League | Three at the back | Line-ups |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serie A Italia | 45.3% | 7.660 |
| 2. Seri B Italia | 41% | 8.020 |
| 3. Liga Satu Inggris Inggris | 40.6% | 8.222 |
| 4. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 40% | 5.570 |
| 5. Liga Dua Inggris Inggris | 36.6% | 7.901 |
| 6. Liga Profesional Belgia Belgia | 36.3% | 5.393 |
| 7. Trofi EFL Inggris | 35.7% | 1.349 |
| 8. Divisi Satu J. League Jepang | 34.5% | 5.690 |
| 9. Czech Liga Ceko | 33% | 4.006 |
| 10. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 32.3% | 3.828 |
| 11. K League 1 Korea Selatan | 32% | 2.774 |
| 12. Bundesliga Austria Austria | 31.6% | 3.896 |
| 13. FA Cup Inggris | 31.5% | 2.034 |
| 14. DFB Pokal Jerman | 29% | 1.125 |
| 15. League Cup Inggris | 28.6% | 1.509 |
| 16. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 28.5% | 6.210 |
| 17. Superettan Swedia | 27.8% | 2.637 |
| 18. Championship Inggris | 27.2% | 11.236 |
| 19. Liga Utama Belarus Belarus | 27% | 2.397 |
| 20. Liga Nasional Sepak Bola Rusia Rusia | 26.9% | 3.928 |
| 21. Veikkausliiga Finlandia | 26.7% | 2.113 |
| 22. Ekstraklasa Polandia | 26.7% | 4.792 |
| 23. Allsvenskan Swedia | 26.2% | 4.768 |
| 24. Liga Super Denmark Denmark | 25.4% | 4.095 |
| 25. HNL Kroasia | 25.3% | 2.338 |
| 26. 3. Fußball-Liga Jerman | 25.1% | 6.029 |
| 27. Liga Negara UEFA Internasional | 24.6% | 1.291 |
| 28. Friendlies Clubs Internasional | 24.5% | 2.181 |
| 29. Super Liga Slovakia | 24.5% | 2.150 |
| 30. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 23.4% | 4.906 |
| 31. NB I Hungaria | 23% | 1.828 |
| 32. Liga Super Swiss Swiss | 22.8% | 3.922 |
| 33. Ligue 1 Prancis | 22.2% | 7.014 |
| 34. LigaPro Portugal | 21.9% | 3.509 |
| 35. Liga Utama Inggris Inggris | 20.1% | 7.657 |
| 36. Primeira Liga Portugal | 19.9% | 6.218 |
| 37. Friendlies Internasional | 19.7% | 1.899 |
| 38. 1. SNL Slovenia | 19.5% | 1.316 |
| 39. World Cup - Qualification Europe Internasional | 19.3% | 1.024 |
| 40. Liga Konferensi UEFA Internasional | 19.2% | 4.400 |
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.