Table 3
Pearsoncorrelation between Overall Performance Index (total weighted) in TOPSTATS and SofaScore ratings of players with more than 800 minutes played in the 2019-20 League and Premiership.
| Spanish La Liga 2019-20 Matchdays 1-27 | English Premier League 2019-20 Matchdays 1-29 | |
| Goalkeepers | (r = .63; p = .001; n = 23) | (r = .63; p = .001; n = 23) |
| Centre defences | (r = .38; p = .000; n = 62) | (r = .55; p = .000; n = 70) |
| Right backs | (r = .72; p = .000; n = 32) | (r = .78; p = .000; n = 34) |
| Left backs | (r = .61; p = .000; n = 36) | (r = .71; p = .000; n = 35) |
| Defensive centre midfielders | (r = .85; p = .000; n = 20) | (r = .49; p = .019; n = 26) |
| Box-to-box midfielders | (r = .36; p = .002; n = 71) | (r = .30; p = .016; n = 65) |
| Creative midfielders | (r = .71; p = .000; n = 78) | (r = .79; p = .000; n = 51) |
| Right wide midfielders | (r = .53; p = .003; n = 30) | (r = .50; p = .008; n = 27) |
| Left wide midfielders | (r = .56; p = .000; n = 43) | (r = .71; p = .000; n = 21) |
| Right wings | (r = .82; p = .000; n = 24) | (r = .71; p = .000; n = 25) |
| Left wings | (r = .58; p = .004; n = 23) | (r = .57; p = .004; n = 24) |
| Strikers | (r = .87; p = .000; n = 51) | (r = .88; p = .000; n = 47) |
