On the Development of a Soccer Player Performance Rating System for the English Premier League

Ian G. McHale (), Philip A. Scarf () and David E. Folker ()
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Ian G. McHale: Centre for Operations Management, Management Science and Statistics, and Centre for Gambling Studies, Salford Business School, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Philip A. Scarf: Centre for Operations Management, Management Science and Statistics, Salford Business School, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, United Kingdom
David E. Folker: Football DataCo Ltd., London W1U 8PL, United Kingdom

Interfaces, 2012, vol. 42, issue 4, 339-351

Abstract: The EA Sports Player Performance Index is a rating system for soccer players used in the top two tiers of soccer in England—the Premier League and the Championship. Its development was a collaboration among professional soccer leagues, a news media association, and academia. In this paper, we describe the index and its construction. The novelty of the index lies in its attempts to rate all players using a single score, regardless of their playing specialty, based on player contributions to winning performances. As one might expect, players from leading teams lead the index, although surprises happen.

Keywords: sports and recreation; football; performance measurement; ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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