Ranking the Top 5 Players From Liverpool's 2024-25 Premier League-Winning Season

Liverpool has won the 2024-25 English Premier League after a 5-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur.

With four games left of the campaign, the Reds can't be caught, confirming their 20th top-flight title. The achievement puts them at a level with North-West rivals, Manchester United, for the most in English football history.

There is a British saying about London buses, suggesting that you'll wait for ages for one and then two will turn up at once. 

In 2020, Liverpool's 30-year wait for No. 19 came via Chelsea, with the Blues' victory over Manchester City ensuring the top-flight drought was over. Just five years later, No. 20 has arrived via Tottenham. 

Those London buses weren't exactly one after the other, but compared to the previous three-decade delay, Liverpool won't be complaining.

Now, an open-top bus will be waiting for the Reds, ready to take them through the streets of Liverpool and finally giving the club's fans the celebration they were robbed of in 2020 because of a global health crisis. 

Two different conductors guided them to those titles. Jürgen Klopp and Arne Slot have two contrasting working styles, but they've both done a remarkable job.

For Slot, this title victory has been achieved by guiding many of the same passengers on a patient route, one week after the next. But who has he been able to rely on most to clinch the top prize in English football in just his first season in the Premier League?

Here are the Dutchman's five most reliable players on the journey, which made its final stop in the promised land.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson missed 10 games as Liverpool waltzed to the title, but he was still a vital part of the team's success.

He was immense in crucial away victories over Brentford, Bournemouth and Manchester City, and just when Liverpool needed to relieve some pressure after a shocking loss against Fulham, he produced a masterclass against West Ham United on his return between the posts after a concussion.

Credit must go to understudy Caoimhin Kelleher, who kept things ticking over in the Brazilian's absence and only succumbed to one defeat—that shocking 3-2 loss to the Cottagers.

But Alisson is perhaps the best No. 1 in the world, and he consistently elevated Liverpool's rearguard and frequently made the goal look tiny for opposing attackers. 

The 32-year-old has been customarily excellent in tricky one-on-one situations, and he's pulled off plenty of phenomenal stops. Some wins could easily have become draws or even losses without his world-class efforts. 

In his second season in a Red shirt, Alexis Mac Allister has once again proved why he is one of the most sought-after midfielders on the planet.

The Argentinian snaps into challenges, makes intelligent passes, plays delightful through balls or scooped balls over the top, and has a penchant for a spectacular strike.

His role has shifted slightly in the Slot era, but the 26-year-old has been no less impactful. Despite sitting a little deeper, he somehow still manages to be everywhere, running the show with a relentless work rate and impressive game management.

Mac Allister has started 30 of the 33 Premier League games he's been available for and that consistency has been huge for a Liverpool side adapting to a new style of play.

Thankfully, his football intelligence has helped to ease that transition, eventually culminating in a title win many didn't think possible at the start of the season.

The arrival of Dutchman Arne Slot at Liverpool brought hope that he could bring more out of countrymen Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch.

While Gakpo has stepped up a level and could have gotten even better if injury didn't halt his momentum, Gravenberch has morphed into a phenomenal center-midfielder.

Asked to rein in his attacking instincts and focus more on ball retention, connecting the play and breaking up attacks with his go-go-gadget legs, Gravenberch made the doomed summer pursuit of Martin Zubimendi almost look like a blessing in disguise.

Few would have expected this transformation, nor that the 22-year-old would start all 34 games of Liverpool's Premier League season at the base of midfield, becoming a pivotal cog in the big Red machine.

His ability to glide effortlessly between penalty boxes, make pressing midfielders look silly with a drop of the shoulder, and maintain possession even in tight spaces has been so important to Liverpool's success, and he's gone from awkward squad fit to one of the first names on the team sheet.

He tired toward the end of the season, which is understandable given Slot's reluctance to rotate, but his play through until at least the end of February was borderline world-class.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has not missed a minute of Premier League action this season. 

While that should perhaps be expected from the man with the armband, the fact that Van Dijk has been so consistent with little time to rest in a league that is among the most intense in the world is a testament to his conditioning, his commitment, and his colossal influence on this squad.

The 33-year-old has, remarkably, picked up only three bookings all year while marshalling a back line that has dealt with some small amount of upheaval. 

Long-time wing-backs Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold have missed plenty of games because of form and injury, respectively, while Ibrahima Konate missed the whole of December and the heavy Christmas schedule because of a knee problem.

WIth Joe Gomez spending time in the treatment room and doubts growing about Jarell Quansah, an injury or suspension to Van Dijk could have brought back awful memories of the 2020-2021 season. Back then, a promising start to the campaign was curtailed after the Dutchman suffered an ACL injury, leaving the Reds to cycle through 20 different center-back pairings and drop far from the title hunt. 

But he's somehow managed to avoid the injury bug, while his discipline has been absolutely first-class. He's not been perfect, and he's made a couple of high-profile errors, but for the most part, he's been typically imperious.

Now, he's got his hands on his first Premier League title as club captain. 

Mohamed Salah has had the season of his life at 32 years old.

The Egyptian has been responsible for the most goal involvements in a league campaign of his career with 46, which is four more than his next-best total from 2017-18 and 18 more than he achieved last season.

When the Reds have faltered, it's Salah who has come to the rescue more often than not. He's been playing as if his life depends on it.

Of course, at one point, it looked like it was to be his parting gift to the Anfield faithful. A lot of his campaign has been followed by the dark specter of an impending exit, but a contract renewal in April settled some nerves and brought intrigue to what more he can achieve with the club.

He's leading the 2024-25 season's scoring charts with 28, has muscled his way into fifth in the Premier League's all-time goal ranking, and is now the third-highest scorer in Liverpool history. 

Like Gravenberch, his output has dipped slightly entering April, but with teams around the Reds not able to put any pressure on, his efforts earlier in the campaign have proved more than enough to earn him his second English top-flight title and the ninth major trophy of his Liverpool tenure.

The Egyptian king will look pretty good with another Premier League crown on his head.