Player Comparison: Dries Mertens vs. Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Mohamed Salah vs. Christopher Nkunku vs. Neymar

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Compare player statistics for: Dries Mertens in 2021-22 vs. Lionel Messi in 2021-22 vs. Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021-22 vs. Mohamed Salah in 2021-22 vs. Christopher Nkunku in 2021-22 vs. Neymar 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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	30	16	1,384	15.4	11	1	12	10	1	1	2	0	4.3	3.6	3.1	6.7	30	69	101	0.72	0.07	0.78	0.65	0.72	0.28	0.20	0.48	0.23	0.43
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	31	27	2,487	27.6	18	3	21	15	3	3	9	0	17.9	15.5	2.9	18.4	68	66	195	0.65	0.11	0.76	0.54	0.65	0.65	0.11	0.75	0.56	0.67
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	35	30	2,762	30.7	23	13	36	18	5	6	1	0	22.7	17.8	10.0	27.8	125	122	451	0.75	0.42	1.17	0.59	1.01	0.74	0.33	1.07	0.58	0.91
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	34	31	2,723	30.3	20	13	33	19	1	1	2	0	16.1	15.3	9.7	25.0	100	117	284	0.66	0.43	1.09	0.63	1.06	0.53	0.32	0.85	0.51	0.83
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	22	22	1,851	20.6	13	6	19	10	3	4	10	0	10.8	7.7	7.5	15.2	96	146	244	0.63	0.29	0.92	0.49	0.78	0.53	0.37	0.89	0.37	0.74

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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	11	44	19	43.2	2.86	1.24	0.23	0.53	18.4	4	1	1	4.3	3.6	0.08	+6.7	+6.4
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	18	108	39	36.1	3.91	1.41	0.14	0.38	15.4	8	3	3	17.9	15.5	0.15	+0.1	-0.5
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	23	133	49	36.8	4.33	1.60	0.14	0.37	15.8	1	5	6	22.7	17.8	0.13	+0.3	+0.2
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	20	81	39	48.1	2.68	1.29	0.23	0.49	16.3	8	1	1	16.1	15.3	0.19	+3.9	+3.7
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	13	50	25	50.0	2.43	1.22	0.20	0.40	19.2	8	3	4	10.8	7.7	0.15	+2.2	+2.3

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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	400	548	73.0	5833	1575	247	292	84.6	102	140	72.9	30	56	53.6	1	3.1	2.5	-2.1	33	33	18	1	69
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	734	917	80.0	9034	1353	475	549	86.5	175	220	79.5	21	30	70.0	3	2.9	2.1	+0.1	27	46	16	0	66
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	875	1136	77.0	11516	3063	567	648	87.5	233	309	75.4	29	49	59.2	13	10.0	7.4	+3.0	62	46	57	4	122
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	813	1037	78.4	11116	2829	452	523	86.4	237	294	80.6	45	80	56.3	13	9.7	10.0	+3.3	64	47	60	6	117
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	1033	1314	78.6	14291	4445	639	736	86.8	252	318	79.2	63	110	57.3	6	7.5	5.6	-1.5	61	118	42	3	146

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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	548	523	21	0	6	9	22	2	12	3	5	0	400	4	14
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	917	879	35	3	2	3	15	7	0	0	0	0	734	3	27
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	1136	1112	15	1	18	3	41	7	1	1	0	0	875	9	38
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	1037	979	56	15	12	4	64	11	29	14	6	0	813	2	25
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	1314	1207	97	26	20	9	64	19	50	28	6	0	1033	10	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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	69	4.48	52	3	4	5	4	1	11	0.71	6	0	1	2	1	1
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	84	3.04	63	0	9	6	6	0	9	0.33	4	0	2	1	2	0
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	141	4.59	104	0	17	18	2	0	25	0.81	17	0	5	2	1	0
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	145	4.79	92	9	17	12	13	2	31	1.02	19	0	5	2	4	1
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	127	6.18	84	11	10	6	14	2	16	0.78	15	0	0	0	1	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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	16	7	1	11	4	3	16	18.8	13	8	2	6	9	25	2	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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	9	6	1	6	2	3	7	42.9	4	8	0	8	2	11	29	0
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	17	8	5	9	3	6	19	31.6	13	7	1	6	6	23	5	0
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	23	10	10	11	2	9	35	25.7	26	23	2	21	15	38	15	0
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	29	19	5	12	12	12	36	33.3	24	9	1	8	4	33	2	1

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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	682	4	50	299	337	90	681	29	17	58.6	12	41.4	391	1608	814	30	16	21	23	9	546	101
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	1183	30	103	508	580	172	1180	33	21	63.6	12	36.4	638	3301	1767	68	42	37	50	30	963	195
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	1552	7	55	455	1056	301	1546	124	53	42.7	71	57.3	1030	5898	2909	125	57	97	99	81	1300	451
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	1396	18	91	535	791	192	1395	99	66	66.7	32	32.3	856	4874	2388	100	55	52	109	50	1093	284
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	1634	7	114	731	813	98	1630	126	58	46.0	68	54.0	1279	7815	3508	96	99	28	81	65	1391	244

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
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	30	1,384	46	40.5	15.4	16	72	3	14	17	3	1.83	36	11	+25	+1.63	+0.83	24.4	14.0	+10.4	+0.68	+0.02
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	31	2,487	80	36.4	27.6	27	88	21	4	29	0	1.61	40	42	-2	-0.07	-0.53	45.1	39.2	+5.9	+0.21	0.00
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	35	2,762	79	80.8	30.7	30	87	25	5	28	0	2.37	78	22	+56	+1.82	+0.18	75.7	27.1	+48.6	+1.58	+0.71
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	34	2,723	80	89.0	30.3	31	84	18	3	41	0	1.71	65	34	+31	+1.02	-0.04	59.0	37.3	+21.7	+0.72	-0.01
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	22	1,851	84	54.1	20.6	22	84	12	0		0	2.09	47	23	+24	+1.17	-0.55	42.8	21.9	+20.9	+1.02	+0.10

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%
Dries Mertens	2021-22	be BEL	FW,MF	Napoli	15.4	2	0	0	26	22	5	22	9	7	2	0	0	51	3	8	27.3
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
Cristiano Ronaldo	2021-22	pt POR	FW	2 squads	27.6	9	0	0	16	19	34	15	2	6	2	0	0	54	42	68	38.2
Mohamed Salah	2021-22	eg EGY	FW	Liverpool	30.7	1	0	0	12	23	12	41	6	8	2	0	0	86	7	33	17.5
Christopher Nkunku	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	RB Leipzig	30.3	2	0	0	31	61	13	64	15	10	3	0	0	103	26	28	48.1
Neymar	2021-22	br BRA	FW,MF	Paris S-G	20.6	10	0	0	31	70	11	64	4	19	1	0	0	84	5	4	55.6

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