McHale, IG, Scarf, PA and Folker, DE 2012, 'On the development of a soccer player performance rating system for the English premier league' , Interfaces, 42 (4) , pp. 339-351.

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Abstract

The EA Sports Player Performance Index is a rating system for soccer players used in the top two tiers of soccer in England—the Premier League and the Championship. Its development was a collaboration among professional soccer leagues, a news media association, and academia. In this paper, we describe the index and its construction. The novelty of the index lies in its attempts to rate all players using a single score, regardless of their playing specialty, based on player contributions to winning performances. As one might expect, players from leading teams lead the index, although surprises happen.

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