Player Comparison: Luis Suárez vs. Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi vs. Karim Benzema vs. Iago Aspas vs. Gareth Bale

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Compare player statistics for: Luis Suárez in 2017-18 vs. Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017-18 vs. Lionel Messi in 2017-18 vs. Karim Benzema in 2017-18 vs. Iago Aspas in 2017-18 vs. Gareth Bale in 2017-18, La Liga.

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Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Playing Time				Performance								Expected				Progression			Per 90 Minutes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	33	32	2,899	32.2	25	12	37	24	1	1	9	0	23.4	22.6	10.5	33.2	61	97	331	0.78	0.37	1.15	0.75	1.12	0.73	0.33	1.05	0.70	1.03
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	27	27	2,285	25.4	26	5	31	23	3	4	1	0	25.2	22.0	5.0	27.0	118	99	298	1.02	0.20	1.22	0.91	1.10	0.99	0.20	1.19	0.86	1.06
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	36	32	3,000	33.3	34	12	46	32	2	4	3	0	27.1	24.0	13.9	37.9	211	333	263	1.02	0.36	1.38	0.96	1.32	0.81	0.42	1.23	0.72	1.14
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	32	25	2,150	23.9	5	10	15	3	2	2	0	0	12.8	11.2	6.8	18.0	69	98	188	0.21	0.42	0.63	0.13	0.54	0.54	0.28	0.82	0.47	0.76
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	34	33	2,936	32.6	22	5	27	20	2	3	9	0	17.3	15.0	9.5	24.5	115	126	294	0.67	0.15	0.83	0.61	0.77	0.53	0.29	0.82	0.46	0.75
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	26	20	1,799	20.0	16	2	18	15	1	1	5	0	11.8	11.0	5.0	16.0	75	87	217	0.80	0.10	0.90	0.75	0.85	0.59	0.25	0.84	0.55	0.80

Shooting

Shooting Table
						Standard												Expected
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	25	120	54	45.0	3.73	1.68	0.20	0.44	13.6	12	1	1	23.4	22.6	0.19	+1.6	+1.4
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	26	174	72	41.4	6.85	2.84	0.13	0.32	15.7	15	3	4	25.2	22.0	0.13	+0.8	+1.0
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	34	193	91	47.2	5.79	2.73	0.17	0.35	19.7	48	2	4	27.1	24.0	0.12	+6.9	+8.0
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	5	61	15	24.6	2.55	0.63	0.05	0.20	13.2	0	2	2	12.8	11.2	0.19	-7.8	-8.2
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	22	91	40	44.0	2.79	1.23	0.22	0.50	16.5	6	2	3	17.3	15.0	0.16	+4.7	+5.0
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	16	76	31	40.8	3.80	1.55	0.20	0.48	15.5	4	1	1	11.8	11.0	0.15	+4.2	+4.0

Passing

Passing Table
						Total					Short			Medium			Long					Expected
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	818	1080	75.7	11732	2032	486	596	81.5	211	274	77.0	58	84	69.0	12	10.5	8.1	+1.5	57	32	50	1	97
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	615	789	77.9	8268	1746	390	462	84.4	164	212	77.4	26	41	63.4	5	5.0	4.9	0.0	38	44	26	4	99
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	1544	1978	78.1	22697	8141	893	1023	87.3	448	548	81.8	116	192	60.4	12	13.9	14.4	-1.9	86	211	131	2	333
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	723	881	82.1	9638	1966	473	541	87.4	159	194	82.0	46	54	85.2	10	6.8	5.3	+3.2	44	59	30	1	98
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	992	1316	75.4	14982	3301	592	705	84.0	277	366	75.7	81	125	64.8	5	9.5	7.0	-4.5	69	73	50	7	126
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	603	779	77.4	9329	2213	360	408	88.2	162	210	77.1	56	89	62.9	2	5.0	4.1	-3.0	41	32	44	11	87

Pass Types

Pass Types Table
							Pass Types								Corner Kicks			Outcomes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	1080	1009	64	2	11	14	12	7	1	0	0	0	818	7	31
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	789	747	34	3	5	5	34	15	4	0	0	0	615	8	24
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	1978	1801	138	80	37	14	52	4	44	20	6	0	1544	39	53
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	881	832	42	2	8	10	6	0	1	0	0	0	723	7	25
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	1316	1236	69	20	9	18	62	9	29	7	3	0	992	11	47
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	779	746	25	1	2	22	55	20	0	0	0	0	603	8	25

Goal and Shot Creation

Goal and Shot Creation Table
						SCA		SCA Types						GCA		GCA Types
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	132	4.10	85	1	17	13	16	0	21	0.65	15	0	2	2	2	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	99	3.90	58	1	14	19	6	1	18	0.71	10	0	3	4	1	0
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	265	7.95	151	8	49	23	31	3	43	1.29	23	2	10	5	3	0
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	92	3.85	77	0	9	5	1	0	23	0.96	18	0	2	2	1	0
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	136	4.17	100	7	14	4	9	2	19	0.58	12	0	6	1	0	0
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	71	3.55	60	0	4	4	3	0	9	0.45	5	0	1	1	2	0

Defensive Actions

Defensive Actions Table
						Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	17	10	4	5	8	4	19	21.1	15	4	3	1	8	25	31	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	7	4	3	3	1	1	6	16.7	5	10	3	7	6	13	14	0
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	17	8	0	11	6	2	18	11.1	16	11	1	10	7	24	0	0
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	14	8	2	6	6	3	20	15.0	17	18	0	18	8	22	19	0
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	26	22	10	10	6	5	34	14.7	29	15	1	14	23	49	11	1
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	19	13	7	8	4	3	14	21.4	11	13	1	12	12	31	18	0

Possession

Possession Table
						Touches							Take-Ons					Carries								Receiving
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	1441	42	82	453	912	266	1440	103	39	37.9	64	62.1	852	3742	1800	61	49	42	80	41	1191	331
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	1087	17	44	350	707	237	1084	51	31	60.8	20	39.2	748	4649	2726	118	52	56	42	27	909	298
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	2387	2	47	1034	1351	250	2383	257	185	72.0	72	28.0	1786	11517	5980	211	155	95	52	107	2076	263
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	1070	24	51	433	592	151	1068	49	33	67.3	16	32.7	762	3556	1654	69	43	39	25	41	893	188
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	1633	12	113	734	814	176	1630	92	58	63.0	34	37.0	1069	6441	3441	115	77	52	71	47	1282	294
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	998	21	97	368	544	127	997	52	31	59.6	21	40.4	705	4066	1828	75	44	28	34	20	824	217

Playing Time

Playing Time Table
					Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success						Team Success (xG)
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	33	2,899	88	84.8	32.2	32	90	28	1	30	2	2.42	82	25	+57	+1.77	-0.48	70.7	34.5	+36.2	+1.12	+0.20
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	27	2,285	85	66.8	25.4	27	85	19	0		0	1.96	64	29	+35	+1.38	+0.19	56.9	27.5	+29.4	+1.16	+0.15
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	36	3,000	83	87.7	33.3	32	90	32	4	30	0	2.50	91	21	+70	+2.10	+2.10	76.0	32.7	+43.4	+1.30	+1.68
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	32	2,150	67	62.9	23.9	25	80	12	7	22	0	2.06	62	29	+33	+1.38	+0.18	54.0	29.3	+24.7	+1.03	-0.21
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	34	2,936	86	85.8	32.6	33	89	30	1	10	0	1.38	56	46	+10	+0.31	+2.35	50.2	46.1	+4.1	+0.13	+0.95
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	26	1,799	69	52.6	20.0	20	82	10	6	26	1	1.92	50	22	+28	+1.40	+0.18	46.4	23.5	+23.0	+1.15	+0.08

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
						Performance													Aerial Duels
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%
Luis Suárez	2017-18	uy URU	FW	Barcelona	32.2	9	0	0	46	50	56	12	8	10	1	0	0	50	11	9	55.0
Cristiano Ronaldo	2017-18	pt POR	FW	Real Madrid	25.4	1	0	0	19	18	40	34	6	4	1	0	0	51	34	27	55.7
Lionel Messi	2017-18	ar ARG	FW	Barcelona	33.3	3	0	0	17	80	13	52	7	8	0	0	0	86	8	11	42.1
Karim Benzema	2017-18	fr FRA	FW	Real Madrid	23.9	0	0	0	19	11	15	6	8	8	1	0	0	43	9	28	24.3
Iago Aspas	2017-18	es ESP	FW	Celta Vigo	32.6	9	0	0	23	62	11	62	23	22	1	0	0	137	15	40	27.3
Gareth Bale	2017-18	wls WAL	FW,MF	Real Madrid	20.0	5	0	0	25	16	13	55	12	13	2	0	0	37	33	29	53.2

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