Player Comparison: Lionel Messi vs. Neymar vs. Dimitri Payet vs. Leroy Sané vs. Mohamed Salah vs. Ousmane Dembélé

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Compare player statistics for: Lionel Messi in 2021-22 vs. Neymar in 2021-22 vs. Dimitri Payet in 2021-22 vs. Leroy Sané in 2021-22 vs. Mohamed Salah in 2021-22 vs. Ousmane Dembélé 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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	31	28	2,592	28.8	12	10	22	5	7	7	3	0	10.6	5.1	10.0	15.1	76	187	212	0.42	0.35	0.76	0.17	0.52	0.37	0.35	0.71	0.18	0.52
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	32	22	1,976	22.0	7	7	14	7	0	0	3	0	11.4	11.4	6.2	17.6	80	117	203	0.32	0.32	0.64	0.32	0.64	0.52	0.28	0.80	0.52	0.80
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	21	15	1,409	15.7	1	13	14	1	0	0	3	0	2.6	2.6	8.3	10.9	128	70	201	0.06	0.83	0.89	0.06	0.89	0.17	0.53	0.70	0.17	0.70

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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	12	61	18	29.5	2.12	0.62	0.08	0.28	24.4	24	7	7	10.6	5.1	0.08	+1.4	-0.1
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	7	89	32	36.0	4.05	1.46	0.08	0.22	20.8	8	0	0	11.4	11.4	0.13	-4.4	-4.4
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	1	46	7	15.2	2.94	0.45	0.02	0.14	19.5	1	0	0	2.6	2.6	0.06	-1.6	-1.6

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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	1241	1675	74.1	21543	6101	637	733	86.9	376	502	74.9	168	319	52.7	10	10.0	10.2	0.0	99	120	66	11	187
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	821	996	82.4	11611	2731	485	552	87.9	242	288	84.0	48	63	76.2	7	6.2	7.1	+0.8	49	70	40	4	117
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	601	824	72.9	9231	2384	339	385	88.1	185	260	71.2	50	107	46.7	13	8.3	9.2	+4.7	45	31	42	12	70

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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	1675	1421	243	64	20	20	236	19	139	64	62	0	1241	11	26
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	996	954	39	9	6	4	38	10	16	7	3	2	821	3	15
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	824	754	67	9	11	10	144	11	47	16	24	0	601	3	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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	191	6.63	116	46	10	5	14	0	20	0.69	12	5	1	0	2	0
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	112	5.10	78	8	12	11	2	1	14	0.64	10	0	1	2	1	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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	88	5.62	60	11	10	4	3	0	17	1.09	13	3	1	0	0	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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	16	8	4	10	2	7	31	22.6	24	9	0	9	9	25	3	0
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	28	16	5	19	4	9	24	37.5	15	18	0	18	12	40	2	1
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	24	16	6	10	8	7	23	30.4	16	8	0	8	8	32	3	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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	1859	1	87	737	1047	77	1852	54	29	53.7	25	46.3	1248	6231	3177	76	86	24	43	34	1455	212
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	1296	7	90	569	664	125	1296	116	61	52.6	55	47.4	848	5208	2510	80	68	35	53	43	1022	203
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	1019	5	62	320	649	84	1019	90	59	65.6	31	34.4	740	6233	3396	128	86	51	37	28	813	201

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
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	31	2,592	84	75.8	28.8	28	89	22	3	37	0	1.87	45	30	+15	+0.52	-0.57	45.3	29.3	+16.0	+0.56	+0.21
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	32	1,976	62	64.6	22.0	22	76	8	10	30	0	2.38	68	21	+47	+2.14	+1.06	63.0	19.3	+43.6	+1.99	+1.24
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	21	1,409	67	41.2	15.7	15	84	7	6	25	2	2.05	33	14	+19	+1.21	+0.72	29.6	13.6	+16.0	+1.02	+0.43

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%
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
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
Dimitri Payet	2021-22	fr FRA	FW,MF	Marseille	28.8	3	0	0	9	43	3	236	9	8	1	0	0	75	3	7	30.0
Leroy Sané	2021-22	de GER	FW,MF	Bayern Munich	22.0	3	0	0	25	24	7	38	12	16	0	0	0	106	2	7	22.2
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
Ousmane Dembélé	2021-22	fr FRA	FW	Barcelona	15.7	3	0	0	11	17	4	144	8	16	0	0	0	63	4	5	44.4

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