Bloomberg claim that their evaluation is the most scientifically advanced study in the world - they include the attacking prowess of each player, their defending & the quality of the opposition. They analyzed every player in Europe's top 5 leagues - English, Spanish, German, Italian & French. The checked their strengths and weaknesses in passing, creativity, tackling, heading, shooting and scoring.

The Bloomberg rankings evaluates players in their playing positions and takes into account opponent strength in each game throughout the season. The analysis covers more than 100 types of player actions, leading to about 1,000 to 1,500 data points for each player per match. The data then generates a BSports Rating (BSR).

more about the methodology https://www.bsports.com/power50-methodology#.U32HfJTqfRw

BLOOMBERG TOP 20 POWER LIST 2014 - Most INFLUENTIAL Players in Europe



Here's the full list https://www.bsports.com/power50-list#.U32HUJTqfRw

It's amazing when you consider that Suarez could rest for his "rating" games, three times injured no running Messi was still the most influential player of the season.  

Tata - "We tried to make Barca less Messi dependant." What a dufus.   

Demichelis, third most influential player for Man City   

Really liking Castan's ranking as well. So underrated all season.

Dutch Jesuus