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Twelve measures of what a player actually contributes — attacking, creating, build-up and defending — each as a percentile against others in his position. Add up to four players and their profiles sit on top of one another, with a different colour and line style for each. Toggle to the attacking-only view when that is the fair fight; the defending axes carry team context (on-pitch chances conceded, clean sheets) and say so, because individual tackle data is not in our source yet.

ThiagoJames Garner
Percentile profiles comparedThiago, James Garner across Scoring, Shot volume, Chance quality, Creating, Chances made, Key passes, Build-up, Involvement, Box presence, Defending, Clean sheets, Discipline. Values are percentiles against players in the same position. The table below carries the same numbers.ScoringShot volumeChance qualityCreatingChances madeKey passesBuild-upInvolvementBox presenceDefendingClean sheetsDiscipline
MetricThiagoGarner
Scoringnon-penalty expected goals per 9065 ▲32
Shot volumeshots per 903846 ▲
Chance qualityxG per shot taken98 ▲16
Creatingexpected assists per 905068 ▲
Chances madechances created per 902866 ▲
Key passeskey passes per 902970 ▲
Build-upexpected-goal chain per 9066 ▲28
Involvementshots + key passes per 902952 ▲
Box presenceshots inside the box per 9056 ▲25
Defendingon-pitch xGA per 90 (team context; lower is better — already inverted)50 ▲46
Clean sheetsshare of 60'+ appearances with none conceded (team context)5868 ▲
Disciplinecards per 90, reds double (fewer is better — already inverted)32 ▲19

Thiago leads on scoring; James Garner leads on shot volume; Thiago leads on chance quality; James Garner leads on creating; James Garner leads on chances made; James Garner leads on key passes; Thiago leads on build-up; James Garner leads on involvement; Thiago leads on box presence; Thiago leads on defending; James Garner leads on clean sheets; Thiago leads on discipline.

Every value is a percentile against players in the same position, so a defender on 90 and a striker on 90 are each excellent for their role — the numbers are not comparable across positions. n = 401 qualified players.

These are descriptive, not predictive. They say what a player has done per 90 minutes this season, not what he will do next weekend — that is the matchday board, which projects goals and assists for specific fixtures. Percentiles are computed within position group from 401 qualified players.