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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.

ThiagoDominik Szoboszlai
Percentile profiles comparedThiago, Dominik Szoboszlai 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
MetricThiagoSzoboszlai
Scoringnon-penalty expected goals per 9057 ▲56
Shot volumeshots per 903074 ▲
Chance qualityxG per shot taken99 ▲30
Creatingexpected assists per 904390 ▲
Chances madechances created per 902893 ▲
Key passeskey passes per 902892 ▲
Build-upexpected-goal chain per 905781 ▲
Involvementshots + key passes per 902486 ▲
Box presenceshots inside the box per 9051 ▲30
Defendingon-pitch xGA per 90 (team context; lower is better — already inverted)4157 ▲
Clean sheetsshare of 60'+ appearances with none conceded (team context)50 ▲50 ▲
Disciplinecards per 90, reds double (fewer is better — already inverted)28 ▲26

Thiago leads on scoring; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on shot volume; Thiago leads on chance quality; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on creating; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on chances made; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on key passes; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on build-up; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on involvement; Thiago leads on box presence; Dominik Szoboszlai leads on defending; Thiago 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.