Jadon Sancho leads Bundesliga-heavy CIES study ranking the most effective footballers in Europe’s top five league
Bundesliga stars Jadon Sancho, Axel Witsel, Benjamin Pavard, Thiago Alcantara, David Alaba and Jerome Boateng are among the top 10 most effective players across Europe’s top five leagues, according to a report by the CIES Football Observatory research group.
Comparing players operating in the Bundesliga, the English Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1, the study measured attributes such as goals and assists, shot and passing accuracy, strength in possession and risk-taking.
Marked out of 100, six Bundesliga players made the top 10 rankings; 12 made it into the top 20; while 20 of the top 50 ply their trade in Germany’s top division.
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All featured players play their club football for either Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig or Bayer Leverkusen.
BVB’s Sancho leads the way with a score of 99.0, with teammate Witsel (96.7), and Bayern duo Pavard and Thiago (both 96.0) completing the top four.
Alaba and Boateng (both 94.0) round out the the top 10, level with Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain 94.0), and behind Alisson Becker (Liverpool, 96.0), Casemiro (Real Madrid (95.3) and Mo Salah (Liverpool, 95.2).
Sancho’s place atop the CIES rankings will come as no real surprise. The 19-year-old has produced 12 goals and as many assists in 18 Bundesliga appearances already this season.
What’s more, he has scored and assisted in seven of his last nine league outings, and done so in a Europe-leading nine matches so far this season.
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The England international's most recent strike in the 5-0 drubbing of Union Berlin, meanwhile, saw him make history as the youngest player to reach 25 Bundesliga goals. He turns 20 on 25 March 2020.
The CIES Football Observatory is a research arm of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), an independent study centre located in Neuchatel, Switzerland. It specialises in the statistical analysis of football.
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