Best players of the big-5 league season
Issue number 227 of the CIES Football Observatory
Weekly"> ranks footballers having played at least 1,800 big-5 league minutes over the season (1,440 for Germany) according to their performance level. Lionel"> heads the table ahead of David"> and Paulo Dybala. Six Manchester City players are in the top 10 list.
Robert"> ranks the table for German Bundesliga players (10th overall), while Edinson Cavani heads the French Ligue 1 rankings (21th overall). Per position, the best-ranked footballers are
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The English Premier League is the most represented competition in the top 100 positions (30 footballers), while Bayern Munich is the most represented club (11 players). In total, 26 teams have at least one squad member in the top 100 list. The youngest footballers are
Kylian">,
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