Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Xavi is still king when it comes to overall passing ability!


Key Soccerlytics Insights:

  • Xavi is the only player in Europe's top leagues to make the top 5 in the categories of top through ball passers (6 with 37.5% accuracy), most accurate passers (92.99% accuracy) and most accurate final third passers (86.59% accuracy)
  • Even though he's played out of position so far this season, Philipp Lahm makes the list of top 5 most accurate passers (91.92% accuracy)
Potential Transfer Market Steals in this category:
  • Luca Cigarini (Atalanta's 27 year old Italian former Youth-International) valued at about 7.5 million Euros
  • Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen's 27 year old German International) valued at about 6.5 million Euros 
  • James Ward-Prowse (Southampton's 19 year old English Youth international) valued at about 2 million Euros
    • For context, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich's 29 year old German International) is valued at about 40 Million Euros, while Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona's 26 year old Spanish International) is valued at about 45 million Euros
Most Prolific Passer Charts from BSports (Updated through 11/11/2013)




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