Recoveries : 1- Mauro Silva 94 : 78 2- Dunga 94 : 76 3- Moore 66 : 73 4- Beckenbauer 74 : 72 6- Batista 78 = Maldini 94 : 68 7- Pirlo 06 = Deyna 74 = Aldair 94 : 62 10- Marcio Santos 94 = Schweinsteiger 10 : 60 12- Desailly = Krol 78 : 59 14- Gattuso 06 = Tigana 86 : 58 Clearances (+ 50 clearances only) : 1- Cannavaro 06 : 65 2- Jack Charlon 66 : 64 3- Passarella 78 : 63 4- Scirea 78 : 62 5- Ancheta 70 = Brown 86 = Oscar 78 : 59 8- Hulz 66 : 53 9- Lucio 02 : 52 10- Stam 98 : 51 11- Desailly 98 : 50 Blocks : 1- Baresi 90 : 14 2- Scirea 78 : 11 3- Schulz 66 : 10 4- Mantosas 70 = Scirea 82 = Oscar 82 = Ernesto Simon 90 : 9 8- Shesternev 66 = Moore 66 = J Charton 66 = Ruggeri 86 = Andersson 94 : 8 13- Moore 66 = Brito 70 = Cannavaro 06 = Julio Cesar 86 = Brown 86 = Thuram 06 = Ayala 06 : 7 Interceptions : 1- Desailly 98 : 38 2- Dunga 94 : 35 3- Arevalo 10 : 34 4- Batista 78 = Dunga 98 : 33 6- Berti Vogts = Oscar 78 : 31 8- Russman 78 : 30 9- Maldini 94 = Van de Kherkof 78 : 29 10- Cannavaro 06 : 28
Dunga is particularly impressive, being in tackles, recoveries or interceptions. Not only that, but he was great in 2 WC (94 and 98).
Still struggle to understand what they exactly mean with a recovery vs interception. Also strange that Dunga wasn't highly rated in Italy (except first two seasons) or during his days at VFB Stuttgart. See dbscalcio.it and kicker. And during 1998WC he was for three years playing in Japan!
I agree that their criterias are sometimes unclear. Looking at this, Dunga was no less important than Romario/Bebeto/Ronaldo/Rivaldo despite being in their shadows. Mauro Silva was also quite good. Anyway looking at these stats it's virtually impossible to make an all-time (or dare I say post 1966) WC defensive unit (ie back-four + defensive midfield pair). You would usually say Beckenbauer, Moore, Maldini, maybe Maldini, Baresi or Scirea but there are actually other serious or even better contenders. The most obvious one pick might actually and surprinsingly be... Dunga.
...On the other hand 'big names' like Gentile, Cafu or Roberto have stats that don't look that great IMHO.
Maldini neither for someone who won almost the Ballon d'Or solely for his WC94 performance alone. At least, all the plaudits he received that year was based on the WC. With people overlooking that he escaped a red card and multiple match ban against Nigeria. Cannavaro also overrated it seems but 1) not every WC is the same and 2) it is in some ways problematic to individualize and transcode a team sport in numbers. Not saying this a 100% credible source (far from it) but this one ranks Dunga on a shared 27th place and a 10th place among midfielders at 1998WC. Very noteworthy discrepancy between stats and perception. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...ft/1998/topspieler-der-saison-mittelfeld.html Same with other sources (France Football etcetera). Dunga was shortlisted for Golden Ball though.
I'm not particularly fond of Cannavaro but he appears to be very high in some areas though. He did very little except defending (zero chance created for and an awful passing accuracy in the opposite half for example), but he was extremely reliable in the defensive job, more than I thought before I saw these stats actually. Maldini was excellent for sure in WC94, but not better than other fullbacks like Vogts, Krol, Lizarazu or Thuram. I agree that these stats are useful as they allow us to put our perceptions into perspective.
I calculated tackle + duels + air duel % - Marco Materazzi & Laurent Blanc were the once with more than 10 per game and over 80% wins.
Thank you very much Schwuppe & Comme for providing the overview! I've had a look at the 1966 World Cup: 1966 Number of Passes Defenders 335 Moore (Eng) 238 Schnellinger (Ger) 238 Wilson (Eng) 197 Schulz (Ger) 158 Cohen (Eng) Midfielders 321 Overath (Ger) 303 R.Charlton (Eng) 243 Haller (Ger) 222 Beckenbauer (Ger) 199 Ball (Eng) Forwards 271 Jose Augusto (Por) 248 Eusebio (Por) 231 Torres (Por) 171 Held (Ger) 169 Seeler (Ger) Passing accuracy Defenders 87.1 Weber (Ger) 86.9 Moore (Eng) 86.1 Wilson (Eng) 81.7 Schulz (Ger) Midfielders 84.2 Stiles (Eng) 82.9 Beckenbauer (Ger) 79.9 Ball (Eng) 79.0 Haller (Ger) 77.2 R.Charlton (Eng) Forwards 83.1 Eusebio (Por) 83.0 Jose Augusto (Por) 82.5 Malofeev (USSR) 81.9 Held (Ger) 79.3 Hurst (Eng) Passing accuracy opp. half Defenders 79.4 Weber (Ger) 77.0 Moore (Eng) 64.6 Schnellinger (Ger) 62.6 Wilson (Eng) 60.5 J.Charlton (Eng) Midfielders 76.1 Beckenbauer (Ger) 74.6 Stiles (Eng) 69.2 Overath (Ger) 68.4 R.Charlton (Eng) 66.7 Ball (Eng) Forwards 76.4 Malofeev (USSR) 73.6 Jose Augusto (Por) 69.5 Seeler (Ger) 69.1 Eusebio (Por) 67.5 Hurst (Eng) Duels won (%) Defenders 76.1 Weber (Ger) 72.4 Shesterniev (USSR) 66.2 Schnellinger (Ger) 62.0 Schulz (Ger) 61.1 Wilson (Eng) Midfielders 60.3 Beckenbauer (Ger) 60.3 Haller (Ger) 58.5 Peters (Eng) 57.9 Ball (Eng) 52.8 Stiles (Eng) Forwards 61.3 Eusebio (Por) 53.4 Seeler (Ger) 49.4 Jose Augusto (Por) 49.2 Torres (Por) 40.4 Hurst (Eng) Aerial duels won (%) Defenders 87.5 Schnellinger (Ger) (14/2) 78.1 J.Charlton (Eng) (25/7) 69.2 Weber (Ger) (9/4) 66.0 Shesterniev (USSR) (4/2) 50.0 Höttges (Ger) (2/2) 50.0 Wilson (Eng) (3/3) Midfielders 88.9 Peters (Eng) (8/1) 66.7 Stiles (Eng) (4/2) 66.7 Beckenbauer (Ger) (2/1) 60.0 R.Charlton (Eng) (3/2) 55.6 Mazzola (Ita) (5/4) Forwards 80.0 Eusebio (Por) (4/1) 61.5 Hurst (Eng) (8/5) 54.7 Torres (Por) (41/34) 51.9 Seeler (Ger) (14/13) 50.0 Held (Ger) (2/2) Recoveries Defenders 73 Moore (Eng) 52 Schulz (Ger) 44 Wilson (Eng) 34 Schnellinger (Ger) 33 Cohen (Eng) Midfielders 53 R.Charlton (Eng) 49 Overath (Ger) 42 Peters (Eng) 41 Ball (Eng) 38 Stiles (Eng) Forwards 37 Eusebio (Por) 36 Jose Augusto (Por) 20 Torres (Por) 19 Held (Ger) 15 Seeler (Ger) Tackles won (%) (minimum 5 tackles) Defenders 75.0 Weber (Ger) (9/3) 72.0 Schulz (Ger) (18/7) 66.7 J.Charlton (Eng) (14/7) 66.7 Schnellinger (Ger) (14/7) 66.7 Cohen (Eng) (14/7) 66.7 Shesterniev (USSR) (6/3) Midfielders 95.2 Overath (Ger) (20/1) 83.3 R.Charlton (Eng) (15/3) 78.3 Stiles (Eng) (18/5) 73.9 Beckenbauer (Ger) (17/6) 72.7 Haller (Ger) (8/3) Forwards 100.0 Jose Augusto (Por) (16/0) 90.9 Eusebio (Por) (10/1) 80.0 Banishefsky (USSR) (4/1) 77.8 Torres (Por) (7/2) 60.0 Seeler (Ger) (3/2) 60.0 Porkujan (USSR) (3/2) Clearances Defenders 53 Schulz (Ger) 49 Shesterniev (USSR) 47 Weber (Ger) 34 Moore (Eng) 29 Schnellinger (Ger) Midfielders 16 Beckenbauer 14 Peters (Eng) 14 Stiles (Eng) 4 R.Charlton (Eng) 4 Overath (Ger) Forwards 4 Jose Augusto (Por) 3 Porkujan (USSR) 2 Torres (Por) Blocks Defenders 10 Schulz (Ger) 8 Shesterniev (USSR) 7 Moore (Eng) 6 Wilson (Eng) 4 Höttges (Ger) 4 Schnellinger (Ger) Midfielders 9 Stiles (Eng) 5 Beckenbauer (Ger) 3 Peters (Eng) 2 R.Charlton (Eng) Forwards 1 Seeler (Ger) 1 Held (Ger) 1 Porkujan (USSR) Interceptions Defenders 26 Weber (Ger) 24 Moore (Eng) 24 Schnellinger (Ger) 16 Höttges (Ger) 15 Schulz (Ger) Midfielders 22 Overath (Ger) 22 Peters (Eng) 20 Stiles (Eng) 16 Beckenbauer (Ger) 10 R.Charlton (Eng) 10 Haller (Ger) Forwards 18 Jose Augusto (Por) 9 Seeler (Ger) 7 Eusebio (Por) 5 Malofeev (USSR) 5 Torres (Por) 5 Hurst (Eng) Goals Defenders 1 Weber (Ger) Midfielders 6 Haller (Ger) (1 penalty) 4 Beckenbauer (Ger) 3 R.Charlton (Eng) Forwards 9 Eusebio (Por) (4 penalties) 4 Porkujan (USSR) 4 Hurst (Eng) 3 Jose Augusto (Por) 3 Torres (Por) Short accuracy Defenders 50.0 Weber (Ger) (1/1) 50.0 Höttges (Ger) (1/1) 33.3 Moore (Eng) (1/2) 30.0 J.Charlton (Eng) (3/7) 25.0 Schnellinger (1/3) Midfielders 66.7 Ball (Eng) (2/1) 62.5 Mazzola (Ita) (5/3) 61.9 Beckenbauer (Ger) (13/8) 53.3 Haller (Ger) (8/7) 44.0 R.Charlton (Eng) (11/14) Forwards 66.7 Hurst (Eng) (10/5) 58.3 Seeler (Ger) (14/10) 58.3 Porkujan (USSR) (7/5) 55.0 Torres (Por) (11/9) 50.8 Eusebio (Por) (31/30) Successful crosses (minimum 5 crosses) Defenders 23.5 Cohen (Eng) (8/26) 22.2 J.Charlton (Eng) (2/7) 20.5 Wilson (Eng) (8/31) 12.5 Höttges (Ger) (1/7) 8.3 Schnellinger (Ger) (1/11) 8.3 Moore (Eng) (1/11) Midfielders 45.5 Mazzola (Ita) (5/6) 34.5 R.Charlton (Eng) (10/19) 33.3 Peters (Eng) (5/10) 25.0 Overath (Ger) (3/9) 23.5 Ball (Eng) (4/13) Forwards 33.3 Porkujan (USSR) (3/6) 30.6 Held (Ger) (11/25) 25.7 Eusebio (Por) (9/26) 24.0 Jose Augusto (Por) 6/19) 22.2 Malofeev (USSR) (2/7) Assists Defenders 2 Moore (Eng) 2 Schnellinger (Ger) Midfielders 2 Haller (Ger) 2 Overath (Ger) 1 Peters (Eng) 1 Ball (Eng) Forwards 3 Torres (Por) 3 Held (Ger) 2 Jose Augusto (Por) 1 Seeler (Ger) 1 Hurst (Eng) 1 Eusebio (Por) 1 Banishefsky (USSR) Chances created Defenders 13 Moore (Eng) 10 Schnellinger (Ger) 6 Wilson (Eng) 5 Cohen (Eng) 3 Schulz (Ger) Midfielders 18 R.Charlton (Eng) 17 Overath (Eng) 14 Haller (Ger) 13 Peters (Eng) 11 Mazzola (Ita) Forwards 19 Held (Ger) 17 Torres (Por) 13 Banishevsky (USSR) 12 Malofeev (USSR) 10 Eusebio (Por) 10 Seeler (Ger) 10 Jose Augusto (Por)
Using a simple points system (5 points for 1st-ranked, 4 pts 2nd-ranked, 3 pts 3rd ranked, 2 pts 4th-ranked and 1 pt 5th ranked), I arrive at the following results: Top Defenders 41 Moore 41 Weber 35 Schnellinger 26 Schulz 22 Wilson 16 Shesterniev 14 J.Charlton 11 Cohen 11 Höttges Top Midfielders 39 Beckenbauer 36 R.Charlton 34 Overath 30 Stiles 30 Peters 27 Haller 18 Ball 11 Mazzola Top Forwards 45 Eusebio 43 Jose Augusto 31 Torres 28 Seeler 26 Held 22 Porkujan 20 Hurst 13 Malofeev 8 Banishefsky Overall 45 Eusebio 43 Jose Augusto 41 Moore 41 Weber 39 Beckenbauer 36 R.Charlton 35 Schnellinger 34 Overath 31 Torres 30 Stiles 30 Peters 28 Seeler 27 Haller 26 Held 26 Schulz 22 Wilson 22 Porkujan 20 Hurst
Some categories have a treshold (crosses, tackles) while others not (aerial duels). Not every category is included either in this index (which is defensible but this index includes all available passing indicators while not all tackles indicators - it does not include the 'foul' indicators) and some players are not included in the file posted on page 1. Simoes for example is not included in the file while he had the most chances created at WC66 (31 chances in 540 minutes; 6 games). Some things to realize.
I'm sure you will like this A British pundit team with Don Revie and Billy Wright had this as all star team for this WC: Banks; Sanchis, Schulz, Moore, Marzolini; Beckenbauer, Charlton; Voronin, Bene, Pelé, Eusebio Associated Press: Banks; D. Santos, Schulz, Moore, Marzolini; Beckenbauer, Charlton, Voronin; Bene, Eusebio, Simoes According to France Football the best was Charlton followed by Beckenbauer, Eusebio and Voronin.
It was done rather quickly. I didn't have the nerves to include every category offered. Simoes was not part of the file I downloaded on 20 December. I will have to add him later. Thanks for pointing out.
To amend my earlier observations about chances created per minute: Simoes would edge Cruyff, with one chance created in just under 17.5 minutes on average. But...Rivera has a better rate in 1966 than in 1970 even (which means in two seperate tournaments he created a chance in under 20 minutes on average) but again didn't play many minutes - this time largely due to Italy not getting far - he created one chance in about every 13 minutes in '66. Sandro Mazzola's rate is pretty good too (about 25 mins IIRC) so it'd be interesting to know how good some of these Italian chances created were!
Perico Leon of Peru at 1970WC has more too. 18 chances in 297 minutes. But as said, OPTA has revealed too that in the category of 'open play chances' Cruijff has the most per minute (one in every 22 minutes). Leon and Simoes edges him thanks to their set piece ability though Cruijff also took set pieces at 1974WC of course (maybe just not as good?). Eusebio has often praised Simoes I remember now btw. Funny is that some more disagreement existed at the 1970WC. For example, Associated Press consulted more than 20 journalists and came with this team: Banks; Ancheta, Pena, Moore, Faccheti; Van Moer, Beckenbauer; Rivelino, Pelé, Müller, Jairzinho Another agency DPA consulted more than 40 journalists with some big differences. Banks; C. Alberto, Shesternev, Moore, Cooper; Beckenbauer, Gerson; Rivelino, Müller, Pelé, Jairzinho Unfortunately I'm not aware of a vote about 'MVP' of the tournament, Golden Ball or so.
Yes I know that Simoes was/is not part of the file, that is what I meant. Sorry if that is not clear. I looked at how much points Maradona1986 would end in this way. Note: only 6 forwards of 1986WC included in the file (9 forwards of 1966WC included in file). Number passes - 1 among forwards Passing accuracy - 5 Passing acc opponents half - 5 Duels won % - 1 Aerial duels won % - 3 Recoveries - 2 Tackles won % (min 5 tackles) - 1 Clearances - N/A Blocks - N/A Interceptions - 2 Goals - 2 Shot accuracy - 3 Successful crosses % (min 5 crosses) - 2 Assists - 1 Chances created - 1 5 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 49 points
Having a quick look for Italy games from 1966 on Youtube, I found this also - there is a second video for the second half I think by the same user: I'll probably go back and watch it myself, and it'll be interesting to inspect Simoes as well as the players the video maker picks out Eusebio and Albert who btw created a chance every 30-35 mins in the tournament though he certainly had a hand starting moves from deep at times as shown to great effect vs Brazil. Anyway I did find a highlight video for North Korea vs Italy and there are a couple of good chances created by Rivera, as well as a trademark dribble and shot by him that was well saved. I guess Rivera did take a few set pieces, but I suppose it could be that he played too few minutes if there was a limit set by Opta when judging chances per miute (if not then a greater share of his chances created must have been from set pieces as compared to Cruyff too, in both '66 and '70):
Pele 70 (note: 5 forwards included in file) Number passes - 1 Passing accuracy - 3 Passing acc opponents half - 3 Duels won % - 2 Aerial duels won % - 3 Recoveries - 2 Tackles won % (min 5 tackles) - 1 Clearances - N/A Blocks - 1 Interceptions - 4 Goals - 2 Shot accuracy - 3 Successful crosses % (min 5 crosses) - N/A Assists - 1 Chances created - 1 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 5+ 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 51 points Cruyff74 (note: 6 forwards included) Number passes - 1 Pass accuracy - 3 Passing acc opponents half - 4 Duels won % - 2 Aerial duels won % - 5 Recoveries - 1 Tackles won % (min 5 tackles) - 1 Clearances - 3 Blocks - 1 Interceptions - 1 Goals - 3 Shot accuracy - 1 Successful crosses % (min 5 crosses) - 3 Assists - 1 Chances created - 1 5 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 59 points
1970 Number of Passes Defenders 394 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 264 Ubinas (Uru) 237 Mujica (Uru) 226 Moore (Eng) 217 Matosas (Uru) Midfielders 475 Overath (Ger) 331 Challe (Peru) 317 Beckenbauer (Ger) 317 Clodoaldo (Bra) 281 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) Forwards 249 Pelé (Bra) 211 Seeler (Ger) 180 Müller (Ger) 178 Domenghini (Ita) 166 Tostao (Bra) Passing accuracy Defenders 95.3 Piazza (Bra) 92.1 Brito (Bra) 91.7 Burgnich (Ita) 91.7 Chumpitaz (Peru) 90.0 Höttges (Ger) Midfielders 93.1 Clodoaldo (Bra) 92.1 F.Vesely (CSSR) 91.5 Dembrovski (Rom) 91.2 Gerson (Bra) 90.8 Mullery (Eng) Forwards 89.4 Löhr (Ger) 88.6 Libuda (Ger) 86.7 Lee (Eng) 86.2 Gallardo (Peru) 85.6 Müller (Ger) Passing accuracy opp. half Defenders 91.3 Höttges (Ger) 90.4 Piazza (Bra) 85.1 Dinu (Rom) 83.8 Dobias (CSSR) 81.0 Schulz (Ger) Midfielders 91.2 Clodoaldo (Bra) 87.4 Gerson (Bra) 85.6 Dembrovski (Rom) 84.8 Olsson (Swe) 83.3 Mifflin (Peru) Forwards 83.0 Müller (Ger) 79.9 Tostao (Bra) 78.2 Pelé (Bra) 78.0 Leon (Peru) 75.8 van Himst (Bel) Duels won (%) Defenders 79.2 Selander (Swe) (19/5) 69.7 Carlos Alberto (Bra) (23/10) 67.9 Shesterniev (USSR) (19/9) 67.5 Cooper (Eng) (52/25) 66.7 Penev (Bul) (14/7) Midfielders 77.8 Olsson (Swe) (14/4) 70.7 Beckenbauer (Ger) (58/24) 61.4 Mazzola (Ita) (43/27) 61.2 van Moer (Bel) (30/19) 60.0 Clodoaldo (Bra) (42/28) Forwards 63.3 Hurst (Eng) (19/11) 60.8 Jairzinho (Bra) (79/51) 57.4 Grabowski (Ger) (35/26) 56.0 Seeler (Ger) (42/33) 55.6 Jokl (CSSR) (10/8) Aerial duels won (%) Defenders (minimum 5 duels) 88.9 Rosato (Ita) (8/1) 80.0 Chumpitaz (Peru) (4/1) 80.0 Khurtsilava (USSR) (4/1) 78.9 Ancheta (Uru) (15/4) 71.4 Labone (Eng) (5/2) Midfielders (minimum 3 duels) 100.0 Nunweiler (Rom) (3/0) 75.0 De Sisti (Ita) (3/1) 66.7 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) (4/2) 66.7 Beckenbauer (Ger) (2/1) 66.7 Muntian (USSR) (2/1) Forwards (minimum 4 duels) 83.3 Hurst (Eng) (5/1) 75.0 Domenghini (Ita) (3/1) 59.3 Seeler (Ger) (16/11) 54.5 Riva (Ita) (12/10) 54.5 van Himst (Bel) (6/5) Recoveries Defenders 47 Moore (Eng) 40 Cera (Ita) 37 Shesterniev (USSR) 34 Schnellinger (Ger) 33 Ubinas (Uru) 33 Cooper (Eng) Midfielders 40 De Sisti (Ita) 39 Overath (Ger) 35 Mazzola (Ita) 35 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) 33 Muntian (USSR) Forwards 32 Seeler (Ger) 24 Jairzinho (Bra) 24 Domenghini (Ita) 23 Pelé (Bra) 20 Libuda (Ger) Tackles won (%) Defenders (minimum 10 tackles) 100.0 Moore (Eng) (12/0) 93.8 Burgnich (Ita) (15/1) 92.9 Carlos Alberto (Bra) (13/1) 91.7 Kaplichny (USSR) (11/1) 86.7 Fuentes (Peru) (13/2) Midfielders (minimum 5 tackles) 100.0 Mifflin (Peru) (11/0) 100.0 Peters (Eng) (9/0) 91.7 Rivelino (Bra) (11/1) 87.5 Bonev (Bul) (7/1) 85.7 Asatiani (USSR) (6/1) Forwards (minimum 5 tackles) 90.9 Gallardo (Peru) (10/1) 85.7 van Himst (Bel) (6/1) 83.3 Libuda (Ger) (5/1) 80.0 Grabowski (Ger) (4/1) 80.0 Jairzinho (Bra) (4/1) Clearances Defenders 59 Ancheta (Uru) 46 Brito (Bra) 44 Burgnich (Ita) 35 Facchetti (Ita) 34 Rosato (Ita) Midfielders 12 Olsson (Swe) 11 Bertini (Ita) 10 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) 8 Beckenbauer (Ger) 8 De Sisti (Ita) Forwards 6 Seeler (Ger) 5 Domenghini (Ita) 2 Jairzinho (Bra) 1 Tostao (Bra) 1 Löhr (Ger) 1 Jokl (CSSR) Blocks Defenders 9 Rosato (Ita) 8 Moore (Eng) 7 Brito (Bra) 7 Cera (Ita) 6 Matosas (Uru) 6 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 6 Schnellinger (Ger) Midfielders 5 Beckenbauer (Ger) 4 Clodoaldo (Bra) 4 Olsson (Swe) 4 Peters (Eng) 3 Gerson (Bra) 3 De Sisti (Ita) 3 Mullery (Eng) 3 Mazzola (Ita) Forwards 2 Pelé (Bra) 2 Seeler (Ger) 1 Domenghini (Ita) 1 Lee (Eng) 1 Löhr (Ger) Interceptions Defenders 27 Matosas (Uru) 22 Everaldo (Bra) 19 Piazza (Bra) 18 Shesterniev (USSR) 18 Rosato (Ita) Midfielders 17 Dockx (Bel) 14 Cortes (Uru) 13 van Moer (Bel) 12 Overath (Ger) 12 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) 12 De Sisti (Ita) Forwards 10 Seeler (Ger) 8 Domenghini (Ita) 8 Yevruzhikin (USSR) 7 Jokl (CSSR) 5 Müller (Ger) 5 Riva (Ita) Goals Defenders 1 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 1 Mujica (Uru) 1 Burgnich (Ita) 1 Schnellinger (Ger) 1 Chumpitaz (Peru) Midfielders 5 Cubillas (Peru) 4 Byshovets (USSR) 3 Rivelino (Bra) 2 Rivera (Ita) 2 van Moer (Bel) Forwards 10 Müller (Ger) 7 Jairzinho (Bra) 4 Pelé (Bra) 3 Seeler (Ger) 3 Riva (Ita) Short accuracy Defenders (minimum 3 shots) 66.7 Chumpitaz (Peru) (6/3) 66.7 Rosato (Ita) (2/1) 66.7 Cooper (Eng) (2/1) 50.0 Ancheta (Uru) (2/2) 40.0 Everaldo (Bra) (2/3) Midfielders (minimum 5 shots) 75.0 van Moer (Bel) (6/2) 66.7 Rivera (Ita) (4/2) 63.5 Overath (Ger) (7/4) 62.5 Mazzola (Ita) (5/3) 60.0 Challe (Peru) (3/2) 60.0 Muntian (USSR) (9/6) Forwards (minimum 5 shots) 76.9 Müller (Ger) (20/6) 60.0 Asparukhov (Bul) (6/4) 60.0 Dumitrache (Rom) (3/2) 58.3 Jairzinho (Bra) (7/5) 41.2 Tostao (Bra) (7/10) Successful crosses (minimum 5 crosses) Defenders 40.0 Fuentes (Peru) (2/3) 29.4 Satmareanu (Rom) (5/12) 28.9 Mujica (Uru) (11/27) 27.6 Ubinas (Uru) (8/21) 25.0 Shalamanov (Bul) (2/6) Midfielders 50.0 Gerson (Bra) (3/3) 44.4 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) (4/5) 41.7 Rivera (Ita) (5/7) 38.5 Bertini (Ita) (5/8) 37.5 Peters (Eng) (3/5) Forwards 43.8 Libuda (Ger) (21/27) 32.0 Grabowski (Ger) (8/17) 28.6 Seeler (Ger) (2/5) 28.6 Domenghini (Ita) (6/15) 22.2 Löhr (Ger) (4/14) Assists Defenders 1 Shesterniev (USSR) 1 Mujica (Uru) 1 Schnellinger (Ger) 1 Selander (Swe) 1 Facchetti (Ita) 1 Chumpitaz (Peru) 1 Satmareanu (Rom) Midfielders 3 Rivelino (Bra) 3 Bonev (Bul) 2 Gerson (Bra) 2 Muntian (USSR) Forwards 6 Pelé (Bra) 4 Tostao (Bra) 3 Müller (Ger) 3 Seeler (Ger) 3 Libuda (Ger) Chances created Defenders 13 Mujica (Uru) 9 Ubinas (Uru) 9 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 9 Satmareanu (Rom) 7 Dobias (CSSR) Midfielders 24 Overath (Ger) 18 De Sisti (Ita) 16 Mazzola (Ita) 15 Challe (Peru) 15 Gerson (Bra) Forwards 28 Pelé (Bra) 18 Leon (Peru) 17 Boninsegna (Ita) 15 Tostao (Bra) 15 Libuda (Ger) Conclusion based on the following points system: 1st place 5 points 2nd place 4 pts 3rd place 3 pts 4th place 2 pts 5th place 1 pt Top Defenders 22 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 21 Mujica (Uru) 18 Rosato (Ita) 17 Chumpitaz (Peru) 16 Moore (Eng) 15 Burgnich (Ita) 13 Satmareanu (Rom) 13 Schnellinger (Ger) 13 Shesterniev (USSR) 12 Piazza (Bra) 11 Ubinas (Uru) 11 Brito (Bra) 10 Selander (Swe) 9 Ancheta (Uru) 8 Cooper (Eng) 7 Facchetti (Ita) 7 Matosas (Uru) 6 Höttges (Ger) 6 Fuentes (Peru) 5 Everaldo (Bra) 4 Cera (Ita) 3 Dinu (Rom) 3 Dobias (CSSR) 3 Khurtsilava (USSR) Top Midfielders 19 Overath (Ger) 18 De Sisti (Ita) 17 Clodoaldo (Bra) 16 Beckenbauer (Ger) 16 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) 16 Gerson (Bra) 16 Olsson (Swe) 12 Mazzola (Ita) 12 van Moer (Bel) 11 Rivelino (Bra) 10 Peters (Eng) 9 Rivera (Ita) 7 Challe (Peru) 7 Bonev (Bul) 6 Bertini (Ita) 6 Mifflin (Uru) 6 Muntian (USSR) 6 Dembrovski (Rom) 5 Nunweiler (Rom) 5 Dockx (Bel) 5 Cubillas (Peru) 4 Byshovets (USSR) 4 Cortes (Uru) 4 F.Vesely (CSSR) Top Forwards 33 Pelé (Bra) 32 Seeler (Ger) 23 Müller (Ger) 23 Domenghini (Ita) 18 Jairzinho (Bra) 18 Libuda (Ger) 13 Tostao (Bra) 10 Löhr (Ger) 10 Leon (Peru) 10 Hurst (Eng) 9 Grabowski (Ger) 7 Gallardo (Peru) 6 Lee (Eng) 6 van Himst (Bel) 5 Riva (Ita) 4 Yevruzhikin (USSR) 4 Asparukhov (Bul) 4 Dumitrache (Rom) 4 Jokl (CSSR) 3 Boninsegna (Ita) Overall 33 Pelé (Bra) 32 Seeler (Ger) 23 Müller (Ger) 23 Domenghini (Ita) 22 Carlos Alberto (Bra) 21 Mujica (Uru) 19 Overath (Ger) 18 De Sisti (Ita) 18 Jairzinho (Bra) 18 Libuda (Ger) 18 Rosato (Ita) 17 Clodoaldo (Bra) 17 Chumpitaz (Peru) 16 Beckenbauer (Ger) 16 Castillo-Monteiro (Uru) 16 Gerson (Bra) 16 Olsson (Swe) 16 Moore (Eng) 15 Burgnich (Ita) 13 Satmareanu (Rom) 13 Tostao (Bra) 13 Shesterniev (USSR) 13 Schnellinger (Ger) 12 Mazzola (Ita) 12 van Moer (Bel) 12 Piazza (Bra) 11 Ubinas (Uru) 11 Rivelino (Bra) 11 Brito (Bra) 10 Selander (Swe) 10 Peters (Eng) 10 Löhr (Ger) 10 Leon (Peru) 10 Hurst (Eng)
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