CIES Football Observatory Issue n°105 - 31/03/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post Best performing players per position, since January 1st* *At least 66% of minutes 1. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen/GER) 100 1. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund/GER) 100 2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City/ENG) 89 2. Paul Pogba (Juventus/ITA) 96 3. Mats Hummels (Dortmund/GER) 79 3. Luiz Fernandinho (Man. City/ENG) 94 4. Chris Smalling (Man. United/ENG) 76 4. Lucas Biglia (Lazio/ITA) 89 5. Thiago Silva (Paris SG/FRA) 71 5. Ilkay Gündoğan (Dortmund/GER) 87 Centre backs Centre 6. David Luiz (Paris SG/FRA) 69 6. Marco Verratti (Paris SG/FRA) 85 . Stefan de Vrij (Lazio/ITA) 69 7. Clément Chantôme (Bordeaux/FRA) 84 8. Marcos Rojo (Man. United/ENG) 68 8. Xabi Alonso (Bayern/GER) 79 9. Konstantinos Manolas (AS Roma/ITA) 64 9. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern/GER) 78 . Neven Subotić (Dortmund/GER) 64 10. Arturo Vidal (Juventus/ITA) 77 11. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/ITA) 63 11. Milan Badelj (Fiorentina/ITA) 75 12. Dany Nounkeu (Evian Thonon/FRA) 62 12. Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea/ENG) 73 . Javier Mascherano (Barcelona/ESP) 62 midfielders Central/Defensive 13. Adama Traoré (Lille/FRA) 71 14. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern/GER) 61 14. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma/ITA) 68 . Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin/GER) 61 . Radja Nainggolan (AS Roma/ITA) 68 1. Gaël Clichy (Man. City/ENG) 100 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea/ENG) 100 2. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid/ESP) 75 . Mesut Özil (Arsenal/ENG) 100 3. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern/GER) 72 3. Jesús Navas (Man. City/ENG) 86 . Wendell Nascimento (Leverkusen/GER) 72 4. Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg/GER) 85 Full backs Full 5. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City/ENG) 70 5. Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER) 84 6. David Alaba (Bayern/GER) 69 6. Marek Hamšík (Napoli/ITA) 79 . Jordi Alba (Barcelona/ESP) 69 7. David Silva (Man. City/ENG) 77 8. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco/FRA) 68 8. Maximilian Meyer (Schalke 04/GER) 73 9. Dušan Basta (Lazio/ITA) 67 9. Roberto Pereyra (Juventus/ITA) 72 Attacking midfielders Attacking 10. Juan Bernat (Bayern/GER) 65 . Javier Pastore (Paris SG/FRA) 72 11. Dani Alves (Barcelona/ESP) 63 11. Pablo de Blasis (Mainz/GER) 71 . Abdul Rahman Baba (Augsburg/GER) 63 . Joaquín Sánchez (Fiorentina/ITA) 71 13. Roberto Hilbert (Leverkusen/GER) 62 . Santi Cazorla (Arsenal/ENG) 71 . Lamine Gassama (Lorient/FRA) 62 14. Patrick Herrmann (M'gladbach/GER) 70 15. Djibril Sidibé (Lille/FRA) 61 15. Karim Bellarabi (Leverkusen/GER) 62 Key performance indicators 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ESP) 100 2. Arjen Robben (Bayern/GER) 92 3. Bas Dost (Wolfsburg/GER) 77 4. Forwards Luis Suárez (Barcelona/ESP) 71 Rigour Recovery 5. Diego Costa (Chelsea/ENG) 61 6. Harry Kane (Tottenham/ENG) 57 . Marco Reus (Dortmund/GER) 57 8. Lucas Barrios (Montpellier/FRA) 56 Pitch Shooting Distribution performance 9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund/GER) 55 10. Christophe Mandanne (Guingamp/FRA) 54 11. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid/ESP) 52 12. Neymar Júnior (Barcelona/ESP) 51 Chance Take on . Olivier Giroud (Arsenal/ENG) 51 creation . Carlos Bacca (Sevilla/ESP) 51 15. Éder Martins (Sampdoria/ITA) 50 Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com.