Best performing players XI 2015

http://www.football-observatory.com/List-of-the-best-performing-big-5-league-players

If the Ballon d’or was awarded per position, the following big-5 league players would deserve winning the trophy according to their performances in 2015:




Issue number 130 of the CIES Football Observatory Big-5 Weekly Post presents the top-10 rankings per position, as well as the “dream teams” for both players over and under 23 years of age.

The analysis of the CIES Football Observatory is 100% data-driven from statistics provided by OptaPro. It takes into account the technical performance of players at big-5 league level since January 1st 2015 in six key areas of the game. More explanations are available in issue number 5 of the Monthly Report. From a broader perspective, the 7th Report presents the exclusive CIES Football Observatory approach for sustainable success.

Outfield players are divided into six positions: centre backs, full backs, defence-oriented central midfielders, attack-oriented central midfielders, attacking midfielders and forwards. Only footballers who played at least 2,250 minutes, equivalent to 25 full big-5 league matches, were included in the rankings.

On the basis of our analysis, the CIES Football Observatory dream team (4-2-3-1) is composed as follows: Neuer; D. Alves, T. Silva, Chiellini, Monreal; Gündogan, Cazorla; Özil, de Bruyne, Hazard; Messi. The dream team for U23 players, born after 1st January 1993, is composed as such: Karius; Bellerín, Umiti, Varane, Wendell; Tolisso, Pogba; B. Silva, Barkley, F. Anderson; Dybala.

Despite top level performances, several players do not appear in the tables as they were not fielded for at least 2,250 minutes in big-5 league games in 2015. This is notably the case of Z. Ibrahimović, M. Salah and S. Agüero among forwards; D. Silva, J. Navas and D. Perotti among attacking midfielders; M. Verratti, Y. Touré and A. Ramsey among central midfielders; L. Kurzawa, A. Kolarov and J. Alba among full backs; as well as D. Luiz, J. Boateng and D. Alaba among centre backs.

Dat Arsenal representing

Useless article

But what do you expect from jiopsi?

They know Loris Karius

Boateng not even in the top 10

@HaplessHans

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Boateng not even in the top 10

@HaplessHans

Didn't play enough.

Müller and Costa mit even top10 , seems legit

Harmonica wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Boateng not even in the top 10

@HaplessHans

Didn't play enough.

Nah seems about right to me tbh

why is hazard there? Hasnt had a great game since may ffs.

WTF is football observatory

M99 wrote:WTF is football observatory

New Whoscored tbh.

rwo power wrote:They know Loris Karius

my keeper in FIFA career mode

So jiopsi finally abandoned his whoscored bible? So Let me guess, messi isn't the best player per game this season according to whoscored?

Okay, or messi isn't topping in any of the most dribbles, or most goals, or most chances created, or most assists per game as per the whoscored bible? Hard times

Football observatory to the rescue

Harmonica wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Boateng not even in the top 10

@HaplessHans

Didn't play enough.

LMAO Boateng plays every game. Hummels conceded Dortmund about 25 goals on his own.

Hazard in the 2015 top 11.

CERN Football planetarium

Hummels hair is better though.

...

No bias but still full of chit lol

Hapless_Hans wrote:

Harmonica wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Boateng not even in the top 10

@HaplessHans

Didn't play enough.

LMAO Boateng plays every game. Hummels conceded Dortmund about 25 goals on his own.

Hazard in the 2015 top 11.

CERN Football planetarium

"Only footballers who played at least 2,250 minutes, equivalent to 25 full big-5 league matches, were included in the rankings."

Boateng 2192 minutes in Bundesfodder.

Boateng starts practically every game he's fit.

Started every 2015 Buli match of 14/15 except for 2 where he was rested and 2 where he was suspended.

Started 14 league games in 15/16 so far.

If he doesn't make the cut due to PLAYING TIME these stats are leaving out about 50% of all performing starters.

Absolutely ridiculous endeavor, from front to end.

linetty wrote:No bias but still full of chit lol

The two usually go hand in hand tbf.

Hapless_Hans wrote:Boateng starts practically every game he's fit.

≠ "Only footballers who played at least 2,250 minutes, equivalent to 25 full big-5 league matches, were included in the rankings."

Harmonica wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Boateng starts practically every game he's fit.

≠ "Only footballers who played at least 2,250 minutes, equivalent to 25 full big-5 league matches, were included in the rankings."

If a player that starts regularly and wasn't injured either doesn't reach the bar, the playing minutes bar is too high.
Can you comprehend this?
God knows what other top players aren't in there who performed regularly.

Hapless_Hans wrote:

Harmonica wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Boateng starts practically every game he's fit.

≠ "Only footballers who played at least 2,250 minutes, equivalent to 25 full big-5 league matches, were included in the rankings."

If a player that starts regularly and wasn't injured either doesn't reach the bar, the playing minutes bar is too high.
Can you comprehend this?
God knows what other top players aren't in there who performed regularly.

Messi was out two months and played almost 2700 minutes.

There's a reason why Germans seem to hold candle in Europe, they have an edge when they have so little games in Bundesfodder and cup compared to other leagues. Obviously it backfires in these kind of relations. It's a fair punishment of being punch of weaklings resting when men fight to the death in proper leagues.