Its tiring to have this discussions where people pretend their eyes and brains saddled with all its biases somehow do a better job than a study of the relevant statistics.
Check individual stats he dwarfs everyone.
Check stats of games involved vs games not involved and the % of loses rises dramatically.
Check the quality of opposition played. You'd find that he played against the toughest and yet we won more and he was absent against the weaker teams and yet we won less in those games.
Simply put its undeniable that he is a net positive for the club. A greater net positive than any other defender since he has been here.
These are facts, not opinions, personal views or punditry. Just facts!
You don't have to agree with the facts. But that doesn't change them.