The complete plus/minus list by position

Categories: Player Performance

In my previous post on the adjusted plus/minus (APM) metric I displayed the top and bottom twenty in terms of that number.  The post was way too long to hold the full list, so I’m going to display it here.

I also decided to employ a cutoff for the amount of playing time required to have an APM.  According to the Premier League, any player who appears in 10 matches is eligible to receive a league championship medal, so I will use 900 minutes played as a cutoff value.  This cuts down the number of players from 539 to 331.

The positions are default playing positions deduced by me and the rest of the Data Intelligence team and are available in the Soccermetrics API.  For this reason the positions may not be exactly the same as most fans expect.  Furthermore I group them into generalized positions of goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward.

So here are the APMs for players in 2011-12 Premier League who have played a minimum of 900 minutes:

Goalkeepers:

Name Position Mins APM
Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper 2591 0.312
David de Gea Goalkeeper 2618 0.206
Joe Hart Goalkeeper 3430 0.151
Patrick Kenny Goalkeeper 2983 0.119
Brad Friedel Goalkeeper 3449 0.090
Ádám Bogdán Goalkeeper 1809 0.071
Asmir Begović Goalkeeper 2013 0.062
Michel Vorm Goalkeeper 3339 0.051
Ben Foster Goalkeeper 3239 0.045
Tim Krul Goalkeeper 3463 0.029
Tim Howard Goalkeeper 3456 0.027
Thomas Sørensen Goalkeeper 1417 0.016
Shay Given Goalkeeper 2837 -0.018
José Reina Goalkeeper 3060 -0.021
Wojciech Szczęsny Goalkeeper 3447 -0.026
Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper 3057 -0.042
Mark Schwarzer Goalkeeper 2704 -0.063
Ali Al-Habsi Goalkeeper 3458 -0.092
Paul Robinson Goalkeeper 3090 -0.133
John Ruddy Goalkeeper 3351 -0.134
Jussi Jääskeläinen Goalkeeper 1636 -0.151
Petr Čech Goalkeeper 3067 -0.209

Defenders:

Jonny Evans Defender 2430 1.067
James Perch Defender 1359 0.714
Michael Williamson Defender 1916 0.689
Thomas Vermaelen Defender 2506 0.539
Chris Smalling Central Defender 1301 0.442
Gaël Clichy Left Full-back 2527 0.424
Steven Caulker Defender 2342 0.406
André Santos Left Full-back 1021 0.398
Ledley King Central Defender 1807 0.389
Roger Johnson Defender 2357 0.378
Russell Martin Central Defender 2874 0.330
Rafael Right Full-back 913 0.317
Micah Richards Right Full-back 2050 0.309
Vincent Kompany Central Defender 2779 0.299
Wes Brown Defender 1749 0.292
Kieran Gibbs Left Full-back 1256 0.288
Ciaran Clark Defender 1149 0.283
Davide Santon Left Full-back 1672 0.270
Neil Taylor Left Full-back 3095 0.269
Gareth McAuley Defender 2876 0.258
Armand Traoré Left Full-back 1713 0.256
Per Mertesacker Central Defender 1830 0.253
Fabricio Coloccini Central Defender 3083 0.235
Glen Johnson Right Full-back 1959 0.231
Ryan Shotton Right Full-back 1392 0.230
Joleon Lescott Central Defender 2692 0.226
Branislav Ivanović Defender 2279 0.215
Liam Ridgewell Defender 1168 0.201
Ashley Cole Left Full-back 2792 0.195
Bacary Sagna Right Full-back 1715 0.189
Daniel Agger Central Defender 2144 0.188
Billy Jones Left Wing-back 1602 0.177
Carlos Cuéllar Defender 1502 0.173
Tony Hibbert Right Full-back 2783 0.172
Jonas Olsson Central Defender 2966 0.168
Ronnie Stam Right Full-back 1230 0.156
Kyle Walker Right Full-back 3251 0.140
Scott Dann Central Defender 2417 0.139
Aaron Hughes Central Defender 1548 0.129
Marc Wilson Defender 2967 0.126
Adam Drury Defender 909 0.123
Laurent Koscielny Central Defender 2894 0.111
Younes Kaboul Central Defender 2943 0.110
Philip Neville Full-back 2071 0.104
Steven Reid Right Full-back 1767 0.104
Christopher Samba Central Defender 1363 0.100
Anton Ferdinand Defender 3024 0.098
Phil Jagielka Defender 2605 0.096
Luke Young Defender 2172 0.095
Benoît Assou-Ekotto Left Full-back 2982 0.090
Johnny Heitinga Defender 2559 0.081
Emmerson Boyce Defender 2284 0.071
David Luiz Defender 1652 0.068
Taye Taïwo Left Full-back 1204 0.065
Sam Ricketts Defender 1809 0.058
Paul Scharner Defender 1598 0.057
Robert Huth Central Defender 2847 0.054
Tim Ream Central Defender 1175 0.054
Patrice Evra Left Full-back 3246 0.053
Daniel Gabbidon Defender 1423 0.047
Nedum Onuoha Defender 1461 0.043
Danny Simpson Right Full-back 3152 0.029
Leighton Baines Left Full-back 3004 0.027
Martin Kelly Defender 961 0.023
Chris Baird Defender 1272 0.023
John O’Shea Defender 2456 0.023
Séamus Coleman Defender 1144 0.020
Ryan Shawcross Central Defender 3179 0.015
Richard Stearman Defender 2399 0.009
Sylvain Distin Defender 2248 0.001
Stephen Warnock Left Full-back 3061 -0.002
Christophe Berra Central Defender 2690 -0.011
Gaël Givet Defender 1761 -0.012
Zat Knight Central Defender 1985 -0.021
Gary Cahill Central Defender 2510 -0.041
Sébastien Bassong Defender 915 -0.041
Stephen Ward Left Full-back 3413 -0.042
Gary Caldwell Central Defender 3256 -0.052
Ashley Williams Defender 3337 -0.055
John Terry Central Defender 2790 -0.059
Marc Tierney Left Full-back 1550 -0.062
Matthew Upson Central Defender 1017 -0.065
Fitz Hall Central Defender 933 -0.065
José Enrique Left Full-back 3001 -0.067
José Bosingwa Right Full-back 2117 -0.075
Richard Dunne Central Defender 2523 -0.080
Paul Robinson Left Full-back 1440 -0.087
Brede Hangeland Central Defender 3428 -0.088
Grant Hanley Central Defender 1845 -0.090
Maynor Figueroa Defender 3386 -0.092
Grétar Steinsson Right Full-back 1894 -0.096
William Gallas Central Defender 1328 -0.104
Zak Whitbread Central Defender 1449 -0.109
James Collins Central Defender 2786 -0.109
Garry Monk Central Defender 1271 -0.114
Nicky Shorey Left Full-back 2019 -0.126
Leon Barnett Defender 1251 -0.129
Jonathan Woodgate Defender 1274 -0.134
John Arne Riise Left Full-back 3142 -0.136
Andy Wilkinson Right Full-back 1665 -0.144
Alan Hutton Right Full-back 2598 -0.148
Kyle Naughton Right Full-back 2736 -0.183
Elliott Ward Defender 1091 -0.209
Ronald Zubar Defender 1158 -0.212
David Wheater Central Defender 2032 -0.213
Antolín Alcaraz Central Defender 2198 -0.220
Dedryck Boyata Defender 1126 -0.220
Martin Škrtel Central Defender 3027 -0.225
Phillip Bardsley Defender 2487 -0.255
Michael Turner Defender 2126 -0.264
Kevin Foley Right Full-back 1065 -0.264
Clint Hill Central Defender 1709 -0.288
Steven Taylor Defender 1279 -0.292
Jamie Carragher Defender 1735 -0.295
Phil Jones Defender 2112 -0.354
Àngel Rangel Right Full-back 2875 -0.363
Martin Olsson Left Full-back 2224 -0.415
Philippe Senderos Central Defender 1836 -0.426
Bradley Orr Right Full-back 1293 -0.474
Johan Djourou Defender 1177 -0.480
Pablo Zabaleta Right Full-back 1555 -0.486
Stephen Kelly Right Full-back 2029 -0.542
Rio Ferdinand Central Defender 2568 -1.034

Midfielders:

Name Position Mins APM
Mikel Arteta Midfielder 2606 0.572
Lucas Leiva Central Midfielder 1047 0.492
Alexandre Song Midfielder 3018 0.481
Ashley Young Midfielder 1572 0.463
Danny Murphy Central Midfielder 2731 0.444
David Vaughan Central Midfielder 1496 0.428
Ryan Giggs Midfielder 1480 0.422
James Milner Midfielder 1587 0.408
Park Ji-Sung Midfielder 939 0.388
Paul Scholes Midfielder 1170 0.384
Steve Sidwell Central Midfielder 1097 0.340
James McArthur Central Midfielder 1780 0.333
Darron Gibson Central Midfielder 1023 0.296
Graham Dorrans Central Midfielder 1515 0.269
Damien Duff Right Winger 2118 0.262
Jean Beausejour Left Winger 1397 0.255
Ryan Taylor Midfielder 2151 0.236
Mark Gower Midfielder 1137 0.234
Fabrice Muamba Central Midfielder 1325 0.228
Jonás Gutiérrez Midfielder 3354 0.226
Tomáš Rosický Midfielder 1792 0.226
Gabriel Obertan Midfielder 1576 0.225
David Fox Midfielder 1952 0.212
Cheick Tioté Central Midfielder 2056 0.205
Jamie O’Hara Midfielder 1659 0.203
Scott Parker Midfielder 2500 0.202
Stephen Ireland Midfielder 1601 0.195
Jordi Gómez Central Midfielder 1795 0.187
Barry Bannan Midfielder 1255 0.183
David Silva Midfielder 2809 0.180
Marcus Olsson Left Winger 987 0.178
Ramires Central Midfielder 2480 0.175
Sandro Midfielder 1422 0.168
Michael Essien Midfielder 914 0.166
Stéphane Sessègnon Central Midfielder 3139 0.140
Tim Cahill Midfielder 2362 0.138
Jermaine Pennant Midfielder 1712 0.125
Oriol Romeu Midfielder 950 0.122
Jerome Thomas Left Winger 1984 0.121
Yaya Touré Midfielder 2649 0.119
Marouane Fellaini Midfielder 2891 0.118
Adel Taarabt Midfielder 2016 0.112
Leon Osman Midfielder 2398 0.111
Dean Whitehead Central Midfielder 2383 0.101
Antonio Valencia Right Winger 2124 0.101
John Obi Mikel Central Midfielder 1333 0.088
Karl Henry Midfielder 2570 0.088
Stiliyan Petrov Midfielder 2328 0.085
Samir Nasri Midfielder 2260 0.085
Wes Hoolahan Midfielder 2302 0.080
Juan Mata Midfielder 2524 0.079
Gareth Bale Left Winger 3248 0.063
Joey Barton Midfielder 2855 0.061
Steven Gerrard Midfielder 1218 0.058
Mark Davies Midfielder 2770 0.045
Ákos Buzsáky Midfielder 902 0.041
Matthew Etherington Midfielder 2368 0.034
Scott Sinclair Midfielder 3130 0.029
Mauro Formica Central Midfielder 2192 0.025
Gareth Barry Central Midfielder 2738 0.024
Michael Carrick Central Midfielder 2502 0.024
Youssouf Mulumbu Central Midfielder 2803 0.022
Bradley Johnson Central Midfielder 2127 0.015
Stephen Hunt Left Winger 1388 0.014
Royston Drenthe Midfielder 1048 0.005
Yossi Benayoun Midfielder 907 -0.002
Martin Petrov Left Winger 2585 -0.017
Gylfi Sigurðsson Midfielder 1501 -0.018
Chris Eagles Midfielder 2313 -0.019
Shaun Derry Midfielder 2240 -0.025
James McClean Midfielder 1858 -0.026
Jack Colback Midfielder 2694 -0.027
Steven Pienaar Midfielder 1269 -0.030
Radosav Petrović Midfielder 987 -0.031
Yohan Cabaye Midfielder 2867 -0.032
Charles N’Zogbia Midfielder 2088 -0.033
Wayne Routledge Right Winger 1452 -0.037
Andrew Surman Midfielder 1922 -0.041
Matthew Jarvis Midfielder 2807 -0.042
David Edwards Midfielder 1926 -0.046
Luka Modrić Central Midfielder 3239 -0.054
Jason Lowe Midfielder 2689 -0.060
Jordan Henderson Midfielder 2666 -0.067
Raul Meireles Central Midfielder 1973 -0.068
Leon Britton Midfielder 3020 -0.073
Aaron Lennon Right Winger 1582 -0.076
Stewart Downing Left Winger 2482 -0.077
Chris Herd Central Midfielder 1475 -0.086
Kieran Richardson Left Winger 2291 -0.091
Victor Moses Midfielder 3254 -0.092
Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder 3281 -0.092
Darren Pratley Midfielder 1289 -0.106
Marc Albrighton Right Winger 1496 -0.107
Sebastian Larsson Midfielder 2712 -0.110
James McCarthy Central Midfielder 2921 -0.111
Elliott Bennett Midfielder 2042 -0.111
Moussa Dembélé Central Midfielder 2945 -0.117
Jonathan Howson Central Midfielder 951 -0.121
James Morrison Right Winger 2144 -0.122
Charlie Adam Central Midfielder 2234 -0.127
Craig Gardner Midfielder 2139 -0.130
Mohamed Diamé Central Midfielder 1623 -0.156
Alejandro Faurlín Midfielder 1799 -0.159
Nani Left Winger 2121 -0.164
Lee Cattermole Midfielder 1957 -0.177
Florent Malouda Left Winger 1163 -0.178
Frank Lampard Midfielder 2250 -0.179
David Dunn Midfielder 1663 -0.179
Andrew Crofts Midfielder 1306 -0.195
Glenn Whelan Central Midfielder 2493 -0.229
Steven N’Zonzi Midfielder 2844 -0.229
Ben Watson Midfielder 1278 -0.230
Jack Rodwell Midfielder 945 -0.230
Danny Guthrie Midfielder 1145 -0.277
Dickson Etuhu Central Midfielder 910 -0.281
Anthony Pilkington Midfielder 1987 -0.282
Morten Gamst Pedersen Midfielder 2855 -0.318
Rafael van der Vaart Midfielder 2329 -0.322
Rory Delap Midfielder 1546 -0.344
Chris Brunt Midfielder 2309 -0.351
Shaun Wright-Phillips Right Winger 2214 -0.357
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder 2481 -0.377
Joe Allen Midfielder 2917 -0.456
David Jones Midfielder 1191 -0.524
Adam Johnson Right Winger 1144 -0.550
Nigel de Jong Midfielder 1081 -0.568
Hatem Ben Arfa Midfielder 1580 -0.575
Jay Spearing Midfielder 1298 -0.575
Michael Kightly Midfielder 1189 -0.581

Forwards/Strikers:

Leon Best Striker 1163 0.800
Edin Džeko Striker 1513 0.518
Emmanuel Adebayor Striker 2844 0.429
Gervinho Left Forward 1691 0.377
Yakubu Striker 2462 0.350
Didier Drogba Striker 1483 0.337
Sergio Agüero Striker 2583 0.332
Darren Bent Striker 1857 0.329
Kevin Davies Striker 1878 0.290
Pavel Pogrebnyak Striker 943 0.244
Simeon Jackson Striker 962 0.239
Shola Ameobi Striker 1043 0.220
Mario Balotelli Striker 1348 0.213
Jermain Defoe Striker 1315 0.202
Bobby Zamora Striker 2386 0.189
Andy Carroll Striker 2080 0.176
Danny Graham Striker 2856 0.169
Grant Holt Striker 2278 0.163
Marc-Antoine Fortuné Striker 1099 0.160
Dirk Kuyt Right Forward 2005 0.152
Sylvain Ebanks-Blake Striker 1012 0.113
Peter Odemwingie Striker 2285 0.089
Steve Morison Striker 2122 0.075
Theo Walcott Striker 2754 0.072
Ivan Klasnić Striker 1521 0.072
Heiðar Helguson Striker 1154 0.069
Franco Di Santo Striker 2038 0.069
Kevin Doyle Striker 2348 0.058
Fernando Torres Striker 1920 0.042
Emile Heskey Striker 1454 0.029
Jay Bothroyd Striker 1103 0.027
Nikica Jelavić Striker 966 0.020
Wayne Rooney Central Forward 2845 0.012
Jonathan Walters Striker 3336 0.008
Junior Hoilett Striker 2971 -0.009
Craig Bellamy Striker 1255 -0.011
Robin van Persie Striker 3360 -0.026
Kenwyne Jones Striker 986 -0.026
Gabriel Agbonlahor Striker 2765 -0.037
Louis Saha Striker 1691 -0.061
Clint Dempsey Striker 3334 -0.088
Luis Suárez Striker 2556 -0.088
Demba Ba Striker 2756 -0.091
Shane Long Striker 2181 -0.093
Nicklas Bendtner Striker 2261 -0.115
Nathan Dyer Right Forward 2369 -0.124
Javier Hernández Striker 1500 -0.215
Peter Crouch Striker 2785 -0.218
Danny Welbeck Central Forward 2022 -0.223
Jamie Mackie Striker 2189 -0.236
Bryan Ruiz Central Forward 1523 -0.311
Papiss Demba Cissé Striker 1118 -0.342
Daniel Sturridge Striker 2261 -0.373
Steven Fletcher Striker 2351 -0.395
David Ngog Striker 2049 -0.396
Hugo Rodallega Central Forward 1277 -0.512
Andrew Johnson Striker 1256 -0.601

I think overall there might be numbers that make some sense, but the model could definitely use more data from previous seasons.  Perhaps a three-year APM would be a great idea.

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