Lee Sobot looks at their team of the season so far based on average ratings after the first 16 games.
![Nottingham Forest's Congolese summer recruit from Caen tops the goalkeeper ratings with an average of 7.0. Picture by Nick Potts/PA Wire.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE2Nzc0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Brice Samba
Nottingham Forest's Congolese summer recruit from Caen tops the goalkeeper ratings with an average of 7.0. Picture by Nick Potts/PA Wire.
![A second player in the XI for Forest with the 22-year-old Englishman right back boasting an average rating of 7.3. Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE2Nzgz.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Matty Cash
A second player in the XI for Forest with the 22-year-old Englishman right back boasting an average rating of 7.3. Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images.
![Leeds United's Brighton loanee has hardly put a wrong at centre back and has an average rating of 7.2. Photo by Jonathan Gawthorpe.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE2OTk0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Ben White
Leeds United's Brighton loanee has hardly put a wrong at centre back and has an average rating of 7.2. Photo by Jonathan Gawthorpe.
![Cardiff City's summer recruit from Middlesbrough is selected as White's partner at centre-back with an average rating of 7.2. Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE3MDMx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Aden Flint
Cardiff City's summer recruit from Middlesbrough is selected as White's partner at centre-back with an average rating of 7.2. Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images.
![Fulham's former Bristol City defender gets the nod at left back with an average rating of 7.4. Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE3MDMy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Joe Bryan
Fulham's former Bristol City defender gets the nod at left back with an average rating of 7.4. Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images.
![Leeds United's Yorkshire Pirlo finds himself in the best XI so far with the holding midfielder having an average rating of 7.4. Photo by Jonathan Gawthorpe.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMDE3MTU4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Kalvin Phillips
Leeds United's Yorkshire Pirlo finds himself in the best XI so far with the holding midfielder having an average rating of 7.4. Photo by Jonathan Gawthorpe.