Table 1

Variables selected for each position and their weighting based on expert consensus.

		Position
Variable		Goalkeeper	Centre	Full-back	Defensive midfield	Midfield box-to-box	Creative midfield	Wide midfield	Winger	Striker
4	Age	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
8	Minutes played	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
16	Height	10 %	5 %
20	Defensive clashes in the 90 min				10 %	10 %
21	Defensive clashes won %		14 %	15 %	10 %	15 %	7.50 %	12.50 %
23	Air clashs won %		12 %	10 %	12 %	12.50 %				5 %
25	Entries/30opponent possession		12 %	10 %	12 %	7.50 %
29	Interceptions/30 opponent possession	2.50 %	12 %	10 %	12 %	10 %		10 %		5 %
30	Fouls in the 90 min				4 %					5 %
39	xG in the 90 min		10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	7.50 %	5 %	15 %	15 %
47	Centres in the 90 min			7.50%				7.50 %
48	Centres %			7.50%				7.50 %
54	Shots in the 90 min								5 %
55	Shots taken %						5 %	10 %	5 %
56	Offensive clashes in the 90 min					10 %
57	Offensive clashes won %					10 %	10 %	12.50 %		10 %
58	Touches in the penalty area/90 min					2.50 %			5 %	10 %
59	Advancing runs over 90 min			5 %				5 %	5 %
60	Passes in the 90 min	7.50 %	7 %		7.50 %		7.50 %
61	Passing accuracy %	5 %	4 %		10 %		7.50 %
71	Long Passing Accuracy %	5 %	4 %
72	Average pass length, m	5 %	5 %
74	xA in the 90 min			7.50%	2.50 %	2.50 %	15 %	7.50 %	15 %	10 %
77	Clearances/90 min								7.50 %	5 %
78	Accuracy of clearances %								7.50 %	5 %
79	Key plays/90 min			7.50%			15 %	7.50 %	10 %
81	Passing accuracy in last third %								10 %
84	Deep passes/90 min						5 %
85	Accuracy of deep passes %						5 %
94	Unbeaten goals in the 90 min	12.50 %
95	Stops %	20 %
103	Ball calls/fist deflections	10 %
105	Air clashs won %	7.50 %
–	Goals/Shots (Resulting metric)									15 %
		100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %