Player Comparison: Kylian Mbappé vs. Lionel Messi

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Compare player statistics for: Kylian Mbappé in 2021-22 vs. Lionel Messi in 2021-22, Domestic Leagues.

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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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	35	34	3,023	33.6	28	17	45	24	4	4	10	0	23.8	20.7	12.6	33.4	210	107	449	0.83	0.51	1.34	0.71	1.22	0.71	0.38	1.08	0.62	0.99
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	26	24	2,153	23.9	6	14	20	6	0	0	0	0	10.0	10.0	8.8	18.9	113	291	125	0.25	0.59	0.84	0.25	0.84	0.42	0.37	0.79	0.42	0.79

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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	28	143	59	41.3	4.26	1.76	0.17	0.41	16.9	3	4	4	23.8	20.7	0.14	+4.2	+3.3
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	6	89	29	32.6	3.72	1.21	0.07	0.21	19.1	16	0	0	10.0	10.0	0.11	-4.0	-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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	1139	1435	79.4	15413	2996	715	821	87.1	276	348	79.3	60	101	59.4	17	12.6	9.1	+4.4	70	75	58	9	107
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	1400	1657	84.5	21648	7365	762	844	90.3	450	512	87.9	113	154	73.4	14	8.8	9.0	+5.2	63	217	82	3	291

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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	1435	1312	115	11	7	16	68	20	47	9	6	1	1139	8	28
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	1657	1566	72	24	28	19	32	3	34	13	1	0	1400	19	31

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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	181	5.39	115	10	30	13	12	1	40	1.19	21	4	10	1	4	0
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	156	6.52	113	8	16	10	8	1	27	1.13	19	2	3	2	0	1

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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	11	8	1	4	6	7	13	53.8	6	6	0	6	5	16	13	0
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	10	3	1	5	4	3	13	23.1	10	5	0	5	4	14	0	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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	1902	17	48	631	1247	299	1898	205	112	54.6	92	44.9	1416	9443	5202	210	122	103	112	57	1623	449
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	1888	1	72	960	869	105	1888	99	64	64.6	35	35.4	1467	8651	4466	113	120	25	47	41	1667	125

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
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	35	3,023	86	88.4	33.6	34	88	24	1	21	0	2.34	85	30	+55	+1.64	+1.86	69.9	33.7	+36.2	+1.08	+0.91
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	26	2,153	83	63.0	23.9	24	88	22	2	27	0	2.12	54	23	+31	+1.30	-0.34	51.3	25.8	+25.5	+1.06	+0.25

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%
Kylian Mbappé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Paris S-G	33.6	10	0	0	28	53	39	68	5	8	4	0	0	63	4	10	28.6
Lionel Messi	2021-22	ar ARG	FW,MF	Paris S-G	23.9	0	0	0	6	35	10	32	4	3	0	0	0	55	4	3	57.1

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