Left-back may not be the most glamorous position of all time but it can be the difference between success and failure.

No Premier League side has ever won the division without a half-decent left-back and the very best offer that fine balance between defensive security and attacking thrust. Over recent years, the position has only grown more complicated.

Naturally, the Premier League has witnessed some of the position's most talented and most experienced representatives, many of whom have written their name into English football folklore while residing on the left flank.

Here are the best Premier League left-backs of all time.

Kolarov had a wicked left boot / Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/GettyImages

Alonso was a dead-ball specialist / Visionhaus/GettyImages

Babayoro represented Chelsea and Newcastle / Mark Thompson/GettyImages

Sylvinho's Premier League career was short but sweet / Mike Hewitt/GettyImages

Rose scored a screamer in the north London derby on his debut / IAN KINGTON/GettyImages

Harte loved scoring a screamer / Mike Finn-Kelcey/GettyImages

Bridge won the Premier League with Chelsea / Sportsphoto/Allstar/GettyImages

Heinze also played for Real Madrid and PSG / Richard Sellers/Allstar/GettyImages

Neville racked up an impressive number of Premier League appearances / Christopher Lee/GettyImages

Silvestre was key for Man Utd / Phil Cole/GettyImages

Clichy was one of Wenger's many Frenchmen / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Pearce was a determined defender / Ross Kinnaird/GettyImages

Riise was a keen goalscorer for Liverpool / Laurence Griffiths/GettyImages

Baines was an underappreciated English defender / Matthew Ashton - AMA/GettyImages

Le Saux enjoyed two excellent spells with Chelsea / Stu Forster/GettyImages

Winterburn is an Arsenal icon / Ben Radford/GettyImages

Evra was blessed with great technical ability / Alex Livesey/GettyImages

Irwin was an ever-present for Man Utd in the 1990s / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Robertson has changed the left-back game / James Baylis - AMA/GettyImages

Cole is undoubtedly the best the Premier League has seen / Getty Images/GettyImages

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