Why do you assume it is misleading? Perhaps some of these players which are not rated highly as passers were actually quite good at it? I wouldn't just dismiss it as "misleading", it could just as well be revealing.
I notice the person who put this video on Youtube also posted it recently on a thread in Big Soccer: I feel that is a great example of a great passer who plays in defence - accurate and well-timed passes over various distances and rarely giving possession away. It's not inconceivable a player could statistically get as good a pass completion percentage by mostly passing the ball sideways under no pressure over distances of 0-10 yards though I suppose. Also, if clearances are not counted as also inaacurate passes then the occasions Moore for example (in that game or generally) decides to make a pass rather than just clear the ball would not be noticeable in the statistical summary of the game. I'm not sure exactly how the clearance statistics work - presumably if Moore clears a ball straight to a player on his team that is also/only an accurate pass but if in a similar situation a player boots the ball out of play or downfield back to the opposition then that will be a clearance assuming it happens when the opposition are attacking (and would be distinct from an interception or block always/mostly I assume) but I'm not sure whether it'll also be an inaacurate pass?? (probably not??).
Moore in 1966 is one of the very few defenders who created more than 2.00 chances per 90 minutes (he had 2.05). That includes set-piece taking as well, can also lead to a chance, but it is testament to his passing in a way and that he didn't solely attempted 'meaningless' sideways passes. He also had 34 clearances, which is a reasonable amount (almost all, 99%, of the central defenders have more as 15). The criteria that some central defenders do not meet is the minimum of '10 tackles'. Compared with his fellow defensive team-mates he had this as pass accuracy in opposition half: Moore (ENG) 77.0% Stiles (ENG) 74.6% Wilson (ENG) 62.6% J. Charlton (ENG) 60.5% Cohen (ENG) 52.3% So in his case it is visible but I think in other instances it gives an deceiving picture. But we talk here about a man who was by a poll among the European press seen as best player of the tournament. But OK, if people here want to see that I'll include the ladder of 'opponents half pass accuracy' too, next to the ladder of 'number of passes made' and 'duels won', i.e. the stats that aren't categorized as defensive statistics.
2010 World Cup Tackles won % (min 10 tackles) 1. Fucile (URU) 100.0% 1. John Mensah (GHA) 100.0% 3. Friedrich (GER) 89.5% 4. Maxi Pereira (URU) 88.9% 5. Pique (ESP) 86.7% 6. Heitinga (NED) 83.3% 7. Ramos (ESP) 81.8% 8. Jerome Boateng (GER) 80.0% 8. Lugano (URU) 80.0% 8. Van Bommel (NED) 80.0% 11. Godin (URU) 72.7% 12. Capdevilla (ESP) 71.4% 13. Rios (URU) 70.4% 14. Puyol (ESP) 70.0% 15. Alcarez (PAR) 69.2% 16. Da Silva (PAR) 63.6% 17. Mathijsen (NED) 60.0% 18. Lucio (BRA) 57.1% 19. Mertesacker (GER) 50.0% Tackles won per 90 minutes 1. Fucile (URU) 3.90 2. Van Bommel (NED) 3.82 3. Jerome Boateng (GER) 2.86 4. Rios (URU) 2.59 5. Friedrich (GER) 2.43 6. Maxi Pereira (URU) 2.18 7. John Mensah (GHA) 2.14 8. Alcarez (PAR) 2.08 9. Godin (URU) 1.78 10. Pique (ESP) 1.77 11. Lucio (BRA) 1.60 12. Lugano (URU) 1.48 13. Heitinga (NED) 1.39 14. Capdevilla (ESP) 1.36 15. Da Silva (PAR) 1.31 16. Ramos (ESP) 1.25 17. Puyol (ESP) 0.96 18. Mathijsen (NED) 0.95 19. Mertesacker (GER) 0.71 Clearances per 90 minutes (min 15 clearances) 1. Godin (URU) 8.89 2. Alcarez (PAR) 7.85 3. John Mensah (GHA) 6.43 4. Friedrich (GER) 6.00 5. Heitinga (NED) 5.96 6. Lugano (URU) 5.90 7. Pique (ESP) 5.45 8. Mertesacker (GER) 4.86 9. Da Silva (PAR) 4.69 10. Mathijsen (NED) 4.42 11. Jerome Boateng (GER) 4.06 12. Puyol (ESP) 3.85 13. Fucile (URU) 3.71 14. Ramos (ESP) 3.48 15. Lucio (BRA) 3.20 16. Maxi Pereira (URU) 2.73 17. Rios (URU) 2.59 18. Capdevilla (ESP) 2.45 19. Van Bommel (NED) 2.18 Blocks per 90 minutes 1. Heitinga (NED) 1.25 2. Lugano (URU) 1.11 3. Mertesacker (GER) 1.00 4. Godin (URU) 0.89 5. Pique (ESP) 0.82 6. Puyol (ESP) 0.69 7. John Mensah (GHA) 0.64 8. Mathijsen (NED) 0.63 9. Fucile (URU) 0.59 10. Da Silva (PAR) 0.56 11. Alcarez (PAR) 0.46 12. Capdevilla (ESP) 0.41 12. Rios (URU) 0.41 14. Lucio (BRA) 0.40 15. Friedrich (GER) 0.29 16. Maxi Pereira (URU) 0.27 16. Van Bommel (NED) 0.27 18. Jerome Boateng (GER) 0.24 19. Ramos (ESP) 0.14 Interceptions per 90 minutes 1. Fucile (URU) 5.08 2. Rios (URU) 4.64 3. Godin (URU) 4.44 4. Ramos (ESP) 3.48 5. Van Bommel (NED) 3.41 6. Lucio (BRA) 3.00 7. Mathijsen (NED) 2.84 8. Alcarez (PAR) 2.54 9. John Mensah (GHA) 2.36 10. Friedrich (GER) 2.29 11. Jerome Boateng (GER) 2.15 12. Mertesacker (GER) 2.00 13. Lugano (URU) 1.84 14. Puyol (ESP) 1.79 15. Pique (ESP) 1.77 16. Heitinga (NED) 1.66 17. Maxi Pereira (URU) 1.36 18. Da Silva (PAR) 1.31 19. Capdevilla (ESP) 0.82 Cumulative position (chances created per 90 minutes in parentheses – min 5 chances created) Fucile (URU) 1 + 1 + 13 + 9 + 1 = 25 John Mensah (GHA) 1 + 7 + 3 + 7 + 9 = 27 Godin (URU) 11 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 28 Friedrich (GER) 3 + 5 + 4 + 15 + 10 = 37 Heitinga (NED) 6 + 13 + 5 + 1 + 16 = 41 Lugano (URU) 8 + 12 + 6 + 2 + 13 = 41 Pique (ESP) 5 + 10 + 7 + 5 + 15 = 42 Alcarez (PAR) 15 + 8 + 2 + 11 + 8 = 44 Rios (URU) 13 + 4 + 17 + 12 + 2 = 48 Van Bommel (NED) 8 + 2 + 19 + 16 + 5 = 50 (1.36) Jerome Boateng (GER) 8 + 3 + 11 + 18 + 11 = 51 Maxi Pereira (URU) 4 + 6 + 16 + 16 + 17 = 59 (0.82) Mathijsen (NED) 17 + 18 + 10 + 8 + 7 = 60 Ramos (ESP) 7 + 16 + 14 + 19 + 4 = 60 Mertesacker (GER) 19 + 19 + 8 + 3 + 12 = 61 Puyol (ESP) 14 + 17 + 12 + 6 + 14 = 63 Lucio (BRA) 18 + 11 + 15 + 14 + 6 = 64 Da Silva (PAR) 16 + 15 + 9 + 10 + 18 = 68 Capdevilla (ESP) 12 + 14 + 18 + 12 + 19 = 75 (1.09) A recap of all World Cups will be posted and in a cross World Cup comparison I will take the suggestion of msioux into account.
Yeah, he was a leading protagonist for the Zidane's headbutt, LOL For me, the italian full backs played better the whole tournament. But, actually was more like a Cannavaro + Buffon, stopping the opposing attacks by themselves.
Here the recap of every World Cup: [chances created per 90 minutes is in parentheses, captures ability to create direct danger] ['maximum 108 points' means the amount of 'points' a player would get if he would finish on last place in all five categories] 1966 World Cup (maximum 108 points) Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 11 Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 2 + 1 + 7 + 14 + 1 = 25 Goncalves (URU) 1 + 4 + 4 + 11 + 10 = 30 Matrai (HUN) 3 + 4 + 10 + 2 + 12 = 31 Schulz (GER) 8 + 8 + 6 + 3 + 17 = 42 Ponomarev (USSR) 9 + 12 + 11 + 7 + 4 = 43 (1.20) J. Charlton (ENG) 9 + 14 + 2 + 5 + 15 = 45 Hilario (POR) 7 + 6 + 15 + 21 + 3 = 52 Weber (GER) 5 + 21 + 9 + 16 + 5 = 56 Lucas (POR) 17 + 20 + 5 + 4 + 12 = 58 Moore (ENG) 16 + 19 + 12 + 6 + 6 = 59 (2.05) Korneyev (USSR) 9 + 2 + 7 + 21 + 20 = 59 [180 minutes] Khurtsilava (USSR) 17 + 17 + 13 + 7 + 8 = 62 Schnellinger (GER) 9 + 16 + 16 + 15 + 6 = 62 (1.58) Beckenbauer (GER) 6 + 9 + 22 + 10 + 16 = 63 (1.42) Ubinas (URU) 9 + 10 + 17 + 19 + 10 = 65 Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 15 + 13 + 3 + 20 + 18 = 69 Höttges (GER) 20 + 18 + 14 + 11 + 12 = 75 Coluna (POR) 22 + 7 + 21 + 18 + 8 = 76 Meszoly (HUN) 21 + 10 + 17 + 11 + 20 = 79 Cohen (ENG) 9 + 14 + 19 + 16 + 22 = 80 (0.79) Wilson (ENG) 17 + 21 + 20 + 9 + 19 = 86 (0.95) 1970 World Cup (maximum 85 points) Colin (MEX) 5 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 13 = 26 Chumpitaz (PER) 2 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 5 = 33 (1.25) Everaldo (BRA) 9 + 6 + 8 + 11 + 1 = 35 Facchetti (ITA) 3 + 2 + 7 + 15 + 9 = 36 (0.79) Shesternev (USSR) 6 + 12 + 5 + 10 + 4 = 37 Burgnich (ITA) 1 + 6 + 4 + 12 + 15 = 38 Vantolra (MEX) 15 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 12 = 42 (1.25) Vogts (GER) 6 + 1 + 13 + 8 + 14 = 42 Guadarrama (MEX) 6 + 9 + 11 + 14 + 3 = 43 Brito (BRA) 10 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 17 = 44 Schnellinger (GER) 17 + 3 + 10 + 3 + 11 = 44 (0.97) Ancheta (URU) 10 + 14 + 1 + 13 + 9 = 47 Matosas (URU) 10 + 17 + 12 + 6 + 2 = 47 Cera (ITA) 14 + 16 + 14 + 4 + 8 = 56 Piazza (BRA) 13 + 8 + 17 + 7 + 17 = 62 Ubinas (URU) 15 + 11 + 15 + 16 + 7 = 64 (1.42) Mujica (URU) 4 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 16 = 68 (2.05) 1974 World Cup (maximum 147 points) Zmuda (POL) 4 + 4 + 5 + 8 + 9 = 30 Perfumo (ARG) 6 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 14 = 34 Bogicevic (YUG) 2 + 10 + 18 + 5 + 3 = 38 (1.00) Schwarzenbeck (GER) 14 + 3 + 15 + 11 + 6 = 49 Gorgon (POL) 5 + 12 + 1 + 5 + 29 = 52 Luis Pereira (BRA) 9 + 9 + 9 + 15 + 10 = 52 Szymanowski (POL) 8 + 1 + 13 + 22 + 14 = 58 (0.86) Nordqvist (SWE) 11 + 25 + 4 + 1 + 19 = 60 Weise (GDR) 27 + 14 + 3 + 5 + 11 = 60 Buljan (YUG) 13 + 11 + 17 + 20 + 1 = 62 (1.00) Musial (POL) 26 + 8 + 20 + 9 + 4 = 67 (1.55) Suurbier (NED) 1 + 19 + 16 + 26 + 8 = 70 (0.72) Kische (GDR) 20 + 21 + 10 + 10 + 12 = 73 Olsson (SWE) 17 + 21 + 8 + 4 + 23 = 73 Marinho Peres (BRA) 17 + 14 + 6 + 19 + 18 = 74 Deyna (POL) 16 + 7 + 27 + 22 + 5 = 77 (4.34) Vogts (GER) 10 + 1 + 26 + 27 + 14 = 78 (0.71) Haan (NED) 14 + 12 + 11 + 22 + 20 = 79 Karlsson (SWE) 23 + 29 + 2 + 2 + 24 = 80 Katalinski (YUG) 22 + 14 + 22 + 16 + 7 = 81 Krol (NED) 3 + 6 + 28 + 27 + 20 = 84 Hadziabdic (YUG) 19 + 27 + 25 + 16 + 2 = 89 Rijsbergen (NED) 25 + 24 + 19 + 11 + 13 = 92 Breitner (GER) 6 + 20 + 28 + 13 + 26 = 93 (2.14) Heredia (ARG) 11 + 28 + 22 + 20 + 14 = 95 Beckenbauer (GER) 20 + 26 + 11 + 13 + 26 = 96 (1.29) Francisco Marinho (BRA) 23 + 14 + 30 + 22 + 22 = 111 (0.86) Grahn (SWE) 29 + 21 + 21 + 16 + 25 = 112 Wätzlich (GDR) 28 + 14 + 13 + 27 + 30 = 112 Edström (SWE) 30 + 30 + 22 + 27 + 28 = 137 (2.67) 1978 World Cup (maximum 127 points) Chumpitaz (PER) 1 + 12 + 7 + 5 + 8 = 33 Pezzey (AUT) 11 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 9 = 33 (0.83) Galvan (ARG) 3 + 9 + 5 + 19 + 5 = 41 (0.68) Manzo (PER) 9 + 20 + 3 + 4 + 7 = 43 Velasquez (PER) 15 + 2 + 21 + 3 + 2 = 43 Passarella (ARG) 6 + 13 + 4 + 8 + 17 = 48 (1.23) Scirea (ITA) 10 + 19 + 1 + 1 + 17 = 48 Olguin (ARG) 4 + 1 + 14 + 19 + 13 = 51 Vogts (GER) 8 + 15 + 14 + 16 + 1 = 54 Krol (NED) 13 + 7 + 12 + 9 + 16 = 57 (1.09) Rüssmann (GER) 22 + 21 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 57 Maculewicz (POL) 7 + 3 + 19 + 15 + 14 = 58 Dietz (GER) 14 + 5 + 17 + 10 + 14 = 60 Tardelli (ITA) 2 + 15 + 23 + 12 + 11 = 63 Gentile (ITA) 19 + 14 + 10 + 14 + 10 = 67 Batista (BRA) 20 + 4 + 26 + 19 + 6 = 75 (1.00) Obermayer (AUT) 25 + 24 + 8 + 7 + 11 = 75 Brandts (NED) 17 + 18 + 9 + 13 + 21 = 78 Toninho (BRA) 5 + 9 + 22 + 23 + 19 = 78 (0.83) Szymanowski (POL) 12 + 8 + 23 + 16 + 20 = 79 Zmuda (POL) 21 + 6 + 14 + 23 + 22 = 86 Gorgon (POL) 23 + 23 + 11 + 10 + 26 = 93 Gallego (ARG) 26 + 26 + 20 + 18 + 4 = 94 Duarte (PER) 17 + 17 + 18 + 23 + 25 = 100 Breitenberger (AUT) 24 + 22 + 13 + 23 + 24 = 106 Tarantini (ARG) 16 + 25 + 23 + 19 + 23 = 106 1982 World Cup (maximum 118 points) Zmuda (POL) 3 + 16 + 2 + 4 + 2 = 27 Oscar (BRA) 1 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 10 = 28 Pezzey (AUT) 10 + 1 + 16 + 2 + 5 = 32 B. Förster (GER) 12 + 13 + 1 + 3 + 4 = 33 Butcher (ENG) 3 + 2 + 8 + 20 + 1 = 34 K.H. Förster (GER) 6 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 11 = 40 Obermayer (AUT) 10 + 2 + 6 + 11 + 15 = 44 Demyanenko (USSR) 1 + 6 + 11 + 18 + 9 = 45 (1.00) Stielike (GER) 7 + 11 + 13 + 10 + 12 = 53 (0.82) Collovati (ITA) 16 + 14 + 5 + 16 + 3 = 54 Janvion (FRA) 9 + 15 + 9 + 8 + 14 = 55 Matysik (POL) 15 + 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 = 55 (1.27) Bossis (FRA) 3 + 4 + 15 + 15 + 19 = 56 (0.79) Janas (POL) 8 + 16 + 4 + 17 + 13 = 58 Scirea (ITA) 18 + 19 + 7 + 1 + 20 = 65 Baltacha (USSR) 20 + 10 + 12 + 11 + 15 = 68 Majewski (POL) 19 + 19 + 17 + 6 + 8 = 69 Cabrini (ITA) 14 + 12 + 20 + 6 + 18 = 70 (1.57) Luizinho (BRA) 13 + 18 + 17 + 18 + 5 = 71 (1.00) Gentile (ITA) 17 + 8 + 17 + 14 + 17 = 73 1986 World Cup (maximum 100 points) Battiston (FRA) 2 + 3 + 9 + 7 + 10 = 31 Vervoort (BEL) 1 + 4 + 11 + 9 + 7 = 32 Julio Cesar (BRA) 5 + 12 + 7 + 1 + 8 = 33 Jakobs (GER) 3 + 11 + 4 + 16 + 1 = 35 Grün (BEL) 11 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 13 = 35 Quirarte (MEX) 17 + 12 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 43 Edinho (BRA) 15 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 3 = 44 Amoros (FRA) 4 + 2 + 16 + 19 + 4 = 45 (1.30) Gerets (BEL) 6 + 6 + 12 + 5 + 18 = 47 Brown (ARG) 6 + 19 + 1 + 2 + 19 = 47 Cuciuffo (ARG) 11 + 8 + 15 + 17 + 2 = 53 Bossis (FRA) 16 + 10 + 3 + 11 + 15 = 55 Butcher (ENG) 18 + 17 + 5 + 13 + 5 = 58 Raul Servin (MEX) 6 + 7 + 10 + 20 + 17 = 60 Batista (ARG) 14 + 15 + 18 + 6 + 10 = 63 Briegel (GER) 9 + 5 + 19 + 17 + 14 = 64 Sansom (ENG) 10 + 8 + 13 + 15 + 20 = 66 Stevens (ENG) 20 + 20 + 13 + 10 + 5 = 68 K.H. Förster (GER) 11 + 18 + 17 + 12 + 12 = 70 Demol (BEL) 19 + 16 + 20 + 14 + 15 = 84 1990 World Cup (maximum 118 points) Akem (CMR) 12 + 4 + 3 + 9 + 4 = 32 Kadlec (TCH) 9 + 13 + 4 + 2 + 9 = 37 Spasic (YUG) 5 + 8 + 5 + 8 + 14 = 40 Serrizuela (ARG) 4 + 5 + 10 + 12 + 10 = 41 Pearce (ENG) 9 + 3 + 6 + 10 + 18 = 46 (0.71) McGrath (IRL) 14 + 2 + 23 + 7 + 2 = 48 Buchwald (GER) 13 + 1 + 15 + 18 + 3 = 50 Staunton (IRL) 3 + 6 + 19 + 16 + 6 = 50 Hadzibegic (YUG) 6 + 14 + 11 + 4 + 17 = 52 Walker (ENG) 14 + 11 + 1 + 21 + 11 = 58 Baresi (ITA) 1 + 17 + 17 + 1 + 23 = 59 (0.68) Simon (ARG) 17 + 12 + 8 + 3 + 20 = 60 Maldini (ITA) 18 + 6 + 14 + 18 + 5 = 61 (0.68) Wright (ENG) 19 + 21 + 2 + 5 + 15 = 62 Jozic (YUG) 22 + 23 + 12 + 6 + 1 = 64 Parker (ENG) 2 + 16 + 9 + 18 + 20 = 65 Ndingue (CMR) 9 + 19 + 20 + 12 + 12 = 72 Augenthaler (GER) 14 + 9 + 17 + 11 + 22 = 73 (1.09) Bergomi (ITA) 8 + 10 + 21 + 22 + 16 = 77 Tataw Ewa (CMR) 21 + 14 + 24 + 12 + 12 = 83 Ferri (ITA) 20 + 22 + 13 + 22 + 7 = 84 Olartichoechea (ARG) 23 + 18 + 22 + 16 + 8 = 87 Ruggeri (ARG) 24 + 24 + 6 + 15 + 18 = 87 Berthold (GER) 6 + 20 + 16 + 22 + 24 = 88 1994 World Cup (maximum 65 points) Aldair (BRA) 3 + 6 + 3 + 12 + 4 = 28 Ivanov (BUL) 6 + 3 + 13 + 5 + 1 = 28 P. Andersson (SWE) 9 + 13 + 1 + 1 + 5 = 29 Matthäus (GER) 1 + 4 + 7 + 7 + 10 = 29 (1.66) Costacurta (ITA) 7 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 8 = 30 Maldini (ITA) 11 + 5 + 2 + 11 + 2 = 31 (0.65) Marcio Santos (BRA) 5 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 33 Prodan (ROU) 12 + 7 + 6 + 4 + 6 = 35 Yankov (BUL) 4 + 2 + 10 + 10 + 9 = 35 (0.83) Abelardo (ESP) 2 + 1 + 12 + 13 + 11 = 39 Björklund (SWE) 9 + 11 + 5 + 9 + 7 = 41 Belodedici (ROU) 8 + 7 + 8 + 8 + 12 = 43 Houbtchev (BUL) 13 + 12 + 11 + 2 + 13 = 51 1998 World Cup (maximum 102 points) Cannavaro (ITA) 6 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 6 = 20 Desailly (FRA) 3 + 12 + 6 + 5 + 1 = 27 Lizerazu (FRA) 7 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 3 = 38 (1.36) Simic (CRO) 2 + 11 + 7 + 3 + 15 = 38 Heintze (DEN) 16 + 1 + 16 + 8 + 5 = 46 Chamot (ARG) 4 + 3 + 17 + 9 + 14 = 47 Baiano (BRA) 1 + 17 + 5 + 12 + 13 = 48 Soldo (CRO) 17 + 10 + 12 + 4 + 7 = 50 Stimac (CRO) 11 + 19 + 2 + 1 + 18 = 51 Maldini (ITA) 10 + 2 + 11 + 19 + 10 = 52 Stam (NED) 8 + 14 + 4 + 12 + 16 = 54 Stanic (CRO) 13 + 9 + 21 + 11 + 2 = 56 Thuram (FRA) 9 + 6 + 18 + 16 + 9 = 58 (1.06) Numan (NED) 13 + 7 + 20 + 15 + 4 = 59 Wörns (GER) 19 + 8 + 13 + 7 + 12 = 59 Kohler (GER) 11 + 13 + 10 + 19 + 11 = 64 Aldair (BRA) 20 + 21 + 9 + 10 + 8 = 68 Costacurta (ITA) 21 + 20 + 3 + 6 + 20 = 70 F. de Boer (NED) 15 + 14 + 14 + 12 + 16 = 71 (1.09) Roberto Carlos (BRA) 5 + 18 + 19 + 19 + 20 = 81 (0.82) Bilic (CRO) 17 + 16 + 15 + 18 + 18 = 84 2002 World Cup (maximum 126 points) Lucio (BRA) 5 + 9 + 2 + 6 + 5 = 27 Reyna (USA) 9 + 4 + 14 + 1 + 2 = 30 (1.75) Helguera (ESP) 1 + 2 + 8 + 14 + 12 = 37 Alpay (TUR) 8 + 13 + 5 + 4 + 14 = 44 Linke (GER) 14 + 15 + 3 + 17 + 5 = 54 Gilberto Silva (BRA) 15 + 8 + 21 + 6 + 5 = 55 (1.29) Hierro (ESP) 4 + 17 + 1 + 9 + 26 = 57 Tae-young Kim (KOR) 3 + 21 + 7 + 22 + 8 = 61 Daf (SEN) 12 + 1 + 18 + 16 + 15 = 62 Sanneh (USA) 6 + 10 + 22 + 1 + 24 = 63 Frings (GER) 9 + 6 + 16 + 22 + 12 = 65 (2.14) Metzelder (GER) 15 + 19 + 17 + 5 + 9 = 65 Coly (SEN) 19 + 14 + 11 + 19 + 3 = 66 Puyol (ESP) 26 + 17 + 10 + 9 + 4 = 66 (1.50) Ashley Cole (ENG) 21 + 5 + 13 + 11 + 19 = 69 Bouba Diop (SEN) 6 + 12 + 23 + 12 + 18 = 71 Kim Nam-Il (KOR) 12 + 22 + 15 + 22 + 1 = 72 (1.46) Hejduk (USA) 23 + 3 + 9 + 18 + 22 = 75 Edmilson (BRA) 11 + 19 + 20 + 3 + 23 = 76 Sang-chul Yoo (KOR) 2 + 19 + 24 + 22 + 11 = 78 Korkmaz (TUR) 22 + 24 + 6 + 8 + 21 = 81 Mills (ENG) 19 + 16 + 12 + 22 + 17 = 86 (1.00) Song Chong-Gug (KOR) 18 + 7 + 26 + 21 + 16 = 88 (1.84) Akyel (TUR) 25 + 23 + 19 + 13 + 10 = 90 Cafu (BRA) 17 + 11 + 25 + 20 + 20 = 93 (0.71) Jin-Chul Choi (KOR) 24 + 26 + 4 + 15 + 24 = 93 2006 World Cup (maximum 83 points) Gusin (UKR) 3 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 1 = 17 Materazzi (ITA) 5 + 2 + 1 + 10 + 6 = 24 Ayala (ARG) 1 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 13 = 27 Cannavaro (ITA) 8 + 10 + 2 + 5 + 3 = 28 Lucio (BRA) 4 + 4 + 11 + 8 + 5 = 32 Juan (BRA) 12 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 10 = 35 Abidal (FRA) 9 + 1 + 13 + 16 + 4 = 43 Metzelder (GER) 5 + 14 + 9 + 6 + 12 = 46 Terry (ENG) 10 + 11 + 7 + 2 + 17 = 47 Meira (POR) 11 + 5 + 12 + 12 + 8 = 48 Rusol (UKR) 13 + 13 + 5 + 7 + 14 = 52 Carvalho (POR) 15 + 16 + 8 + 9 + 9 = 57 Sagnol (FRA) 1 + 12 + 16 + 12 + 16 = 57 Friedrich (GER) 13 + 8 + 15 + 15 + 7 = 58 Valente (POR) 17 + 7 + 14 + 11 + 11 = 60 (0.82) Nesmachniy (UKR) 15 + 15 + 16 + 14 + 2 = 62 (1.13) Mertesacker (GER) 7 + 17 + 9 + 16 + 15 = 64 2010 World Cup (maximum 95 points) Fucile (URU) 1 + 1 + 13 + 9 + 1 = 25 John Mensah (GHA) 1 + 7 + 3 + 7 + 9 = 27 Godin (URU) 11 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 28 Friedrich (GER) 3 + 5 + 4 + 15 + 10 = 37 Heitinga (NED) 6 + 13 + 5 + 1 + 16 = 41 Lugano (URU) 8 + 12 + 6 + 2 + 13 = 41 Pique (ESP) 5 + 10 + 7 + 5 + 15 = 42 Alcarez (PAR) 15 + 8 + 2 + 11 + 8 = 44 Rios (URU) 13 + 4 + 17 + 12 + 2 = 48 Van Bommel (NED) 8 + 2 + 19 + 16 + 5 = 50 (1.36) Jerome Boateng (GER) 8 + 3 + 11 + 18 + 11 = 51 Maxi Pereira (URU) 4 + 6 + 16 + 16 + 17 = 59 (0.82) Mathijsen (NED) 17 + 18 + 10 + 8 + 7 = 60 Ramos (ESP) 7 + 16 + 14 + 19 + 4 = 60 Mertesacker (GER) 19 + 19 + 8 + 3 + 12 = 61 Puyol (ESP) 14 + 17 + 12 + 6 + 14 = 63 Lucio (BRA) 18 + 11 + 15 + 14 + 6 = 64 Da Silva (PAR) 16 + 15 + 9 + 10 + 18 = 68 Capdevilla (ESP) 12 + 14 + 18 + 12 + 19 = 75 (1.09)
Wow what a great effort Puck Wonder Cafu 93 (2002) and Carlos 81 (98) got so high in points ... (much more than others)
Thanks, I made one mistake: This should be: '1982 World Cup (maximum 99 points)' For some reason the 118 points of 1990 World Cup was also typed down at the 1982 World Cup.
That would be more likely to reality. The era 80-90 represented a greatest DEFENSIVE era in football history.
This is are the 'non defensive stats' for the 1966 World Cup. All of those statistics aren't defensive in nature. Included are the previous names. Those met the following conditions: Played a minimum of 270 minutes in the tournament Minimum of 15 clearances (to filter out the ones without a defensive role and/or position) Minimum of 10 attempted tackles (for reliability in data) On top of that, of those best 8 teams (quarter-finalists) the names who are listed as 'DF' (defender) by OPTA are included as well. Only requirement is that they played 270 minutes or more. Those extra names are marked with an asterisk ( * ), to make visible who didn't meet the original criteria and weren't part of the original list. 1966 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) Moore (ENG) 52.89 (2.05) * Festa (POR) 51.33 * Kaposzta (HUN) 42.25 (1.75) * Szepesi (HUN) 40.33 Coluna (POR) 39.67 Schnellinger (GER) 37.58 (1.58) Wilson (ENG) 37.58 (0.95) Meszoly (HUN) 37.50 Goncalves (URU) 37.25 Hilario (POR) 36.17 * Morais (POR) 53.33 Beckenbauer (GER) 35.05 (1.42) Ubinas (URU) 34.50 Matrai (HUN) 31.50 Schulz (GER) 31.11 Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 31.00 Korneyev (USSR) 29.00 Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 29.00 Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 27.75 Ponomarev (USSR) 27.20 (1.20) Höttges (GER) 26.44 Cohen (ENG) 24.95 (0.79) * Manicera (URU) 22.50 * Shesternev (USSR) 22.20 * Baptista (POR) 21.80 J. Charlton (ENG) 21.63 Khurtsilava (USSR) 21.00 * Troche (URU) 20.03 Lucas (POR) 17.50 Weber (GER) 15.95 Pass accuracy opposition half - percentage Weber (GER) 79.4% Moore (ENG) 77.0% Beckenbauer (GER) 76.1% Goncalves (URU) 75.7% * Szepesi (HUN) 73.8% * Manicera (URU) 71.4% Coluna (POR) 71.0% Lucas (POR) 68.8% Meszoly (HUN) 68.5% * Baptista (POR) 68.4% * Morais (POR) 67.7% * Festa (POR) 65.0% Matrai (HUN) 64.6% Schnellinger (GER) 64.6% Hilario (POR) 64.3% Wilson (ENG) 62.6% Khurtsilava (USSR) 62.5% Ubinas (URU) 62.2% * Kaposzta (HUN) 61.6% J. Charlton (ENG) 60.5% Korneyev (USSR) 60.0% Ponomarev (USSR) 57.6% Höttges (GER) 53.2% Schulz (GER) 52.9% Cohen (ENG) 52.3% Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 51.7% Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 51.3% * Troche (URU) 50.0% * Shesternev (USSR) 45.5% Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 44.9% Duels won - percentage * Troche (URU) 81.0% [17/4] Weber (GER) 76.1% [35/11] * Shesternev (USSR) 72.4% [21/8] * Festa (POR) 70.8% [17/7] Ponomarev (USSR) 68.6% [24/11] Goncalves (URU) 68.1% [32/15] Schnellinger (GER) 66.2% [45/23] Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 66.0% [33/17] J. Charlton (ENG) 64.9% [50/27] Schulz (GER) 62.0% [31/19] Wilson (ENG) 61.1% [22/14] Beckenbauer (GER) 60.3% [47/31] Korneyev (USSR) 59.3% [16/11] Hilario (POR) 58.6% [34/24] * Morais (POR) 58.6% [17/12] Coluna (POR) 58.2% [64/46] Höttges (GER) 57.4% [27/20] * Szepesi (HUN) 56.8% [21/16] Ubinas (URU) 56.3% [27/21] * Kaposzta (HUN) 55.3% [21/17] * Baptista (POR) 54.8% [17/14] Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 54.8% [23/19] Khurtsilava (USSR) 54.5% [18/15] Lucas (POR) 53.8% [14/12] Cohen (ENG) 53.6% [30/26] * Manicera (URU) 53.1% [17/15] Moore (ENG) 50.8% [33/32] Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 50.0% [23/23] Matrai (HUN) 50.0% [18/18] Meszoly (HUN) 48.3% [28/30]
My apologies for leaving out Argentina. This is the correct version. 1966 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) Moore (ENG) 52.89 (2.05) * Festa (POR) 51.33 * Marzolini (ARG) 47.75 * Kaposzta (HUN) 42.25 (1.75) * Szepesi (HUN) 40.33 Coluna (POR) 39.67 Schnellinger (GER) 37.58 (1.58) Wilson (ENG) 37.58 (0.95) Meszoly (HUN) 37.50 Goncalves (URU) 37.25 Hilario (POR) 36.17 * Morais (POR) 53.33 Beckenbauer (GER) 35.05 (1.42) Ubinas (URU) 34.50 * Ferreiro (ARG) 34.00 Matrai (HUN) 31.50 Schulz (GER) 31.11 Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 31.00 Korneyev (USSR) 29.00 Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 29.00 Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 27.75 Ponomarev (USSR) 27.20 (1.20) Höttges (GER) 26.44 Cohen (ENG) 24.95 (0.79) * Manicera (URU) 22.50 * Shesternev (USSR) 22.20 * Baptista (POR) 21.80 J. Charlton (ENG) 21.63 Khurtsilava (USSR) 21.00 * Perfumo (ARG) 21.00 * Troche (URU) 20.03 Lucas (POR) 17.50 Weber (GER) 15.95 Pass accuracy opposition half - percentage Weber (GER) 79.4% Moore (ENG) 77.0% Beckenbauer (GER) 76.1% Goncalves (URU) 75.7% * Szepesi (HUN) 73.8% * Manicera (URU) 71.4% Coluna (POR) 71.0% Lucas (POR) 68.8% * Ferreiro (ARG) 68.6% Meszoly (HUN) 68.5% * Baptista (POR) 68.4% * Morais (POR) 67.7% * Perfumo (ARG) 66.7% * Festa (POR) 65.0% Matrai (HUN) 64.6% Schnellinger (GER) 64.6% Hilario (POR) 64.3% Wilson (ENG) 62.6% Khurtsilava (USSR) 62.5% Ubinas (URU) 62.2% * Kaposzta (HUN) 61.6% * Marzolini (ARG) 61.3% J. Charlton (ENG) 60.5% Korneyev (USSR) 60.0% Ponomarev (USSR) 57.6% Höttges (GER) 53.2% Schulz (GER) 52.9% Cohen (ENG) 52.3% Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 51.7% Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 51.3% * Troche (URU) 50.0% * Shesternev (USSR) 45.5% Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 44.9% Duels won % (min 20 duels) * Troche (URU) 81.0% [17/4] Weber (GER) 76.1% [35/11] * Ferreiro (ARG) 72.5% [29/11] * Shesternev (USSR) 72.4% [21/8] * Festa (POR) 70.8% [17/7] Ponomarev (USSR) 68.6% [24/11] * Perfumo (ARG) 68.2% [15/7] Goncalves (URU) 68.1% [32/15] Schnellinger (GER) 66.2% [45/23] Yung Kioo Shin (PRK) 66.0% [33/17] J. Charlton (ENG) 64.9% [50/27] Schulz (GER) 62.0% [31/19] Wilson (ENG) 61.1% [22/14] Beckenbauer (GER) 60.3% [47/31] Korneyev (USSR) 59.3% [16/11] Hilario (POR) 58.6% [34/24] * Morais (POR) 58.6% [17/12] Coluna (POR) 58.2% [64/46] Höttges (GER) 57.4% [27/20] * Szepesi (HUN) 56.8% [21/16] Ubinas (URU) 56.3% [27/21] * Kaposzta (HUN) 55.3% [21/17] * Baptista (POR) 54.8% [17/14] Yoon Kyung Oh (PRK) 54.8% [23/19] Khurtsilava (USSR) 54.5% [18/15] Lucas (POR) 53.8% [14/12] Cohen (ENG) 53.6% [30/26] * Manicera (URU) 53.1% [17/15] * Marzolini (ARG) 51.2% [21/20] Moore (ENG) 50.8% [33/32] Zoong Sun Lim (PRK) 50.0% [23/23] Matrai (HUN) 50.0% [18/18] Meszoly (HUN) 48.3% [28/30]
1970 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) * Carlos Alberto (BRA) 65.67 (1.50) * Moore (ENG) 52.15 (1.15) Everaldo (BRA) 43.17 Vantolra (MEX) 42.25 (1.25) Ubinas (URU) 41.68 (1.42) Shesternev (USSR) 40.15 Guadarrama (MEX) 38.25 Mujica (URU) 37.42 (2.05) * Fuentes (PER) 36.00 * Pena (MEX) 35.00 Matosas (URU) 34.26 Cera (ITA) 34.11 Schnellinger (GER) 33.68 (0.97) * Afonin (USSR) 33.30 Piazza (BRA) 32.00 * Schulz (GER) 31.26 Chumpitaz (PER) 30.25 (1.25) * Cooper (ENG) 29.77 (1.15) * Fichtel (GER) 28.69 (0.94) Colin (MEX) 27.25 * Dzodzuashvilli (USSR) 26.94 * De la Torre (PER) 26.67 Vogts (GER) 25.95 Facchetti (ITA) 20.84 (0.79) Ancheta (URU) 19.58 Brito (BRA) 16.83 * Labone (ENG) 14.40 * Rosato (ITA) 13.80 Burgnich (ITA) 13.26 Pass accuracy opposition half – percentage Piazza (BRA) 90.4% * Schulz (GER) 81.0% Burgnich (ITA) 79.2% * Moore (ENG) 78.8% * Fuentes (PER) 78.7% Chumpitaz (PER) 78.4% Vogts (GER) 78.4% * Fichtel (GER) 77.6% Brito (BRA) 76.5% * Carlos Alberto (BRA) 75.7% * De la Torre (PER) 75.0% Shesternev (USSR) 74.6% Everaldo (BRA) 72.9% * Afonin (USSR) 70.0% * Pena (MEX) 69.8% * Dzodzuashvilli (USSR) 69.0% Vantolra (MEX) 67.6% * Labone (ENG) 66.7% Facchetti (ITA) 65.9% Guadarrama (MEX) 65.5% * Rosato (ITA) 65.5% Cera (ITA) 64.4% Matosas (URU) 64.2% Colin (MEX) 63.5% Schnellinger (GER) 63.5% Mujica (URU) 62.3% Ancheta (URU) 61.7% Ubinas (URU) 61.1% * Cooper (ENG) 60.2% Duels won – percentage * Carlos Alberto (BRA) 69.7% [23/10] Colin (MEX) 68.8% [22/10] Shesternev (USSR) 67.9% [19/9] * Cooper (ENG) 67.5% [52/25] Vantolra (MEX) 65.8% [25/13] * De la Torre (PER) 62.5% [20/12] Facchetti (ITA) 60.7% [34/22] Ancheta (URU) 60.0% [36/24] * Rosato (ITA) 60.0% [21/14] * Schulz (GER) 58.8% [20/14] Brito (BRA) 58.3% [28/20] Everaldo (BRA) 58.3% [21/15] * Moore (ENG) 58.1% [18/13] * Labone (ENG) 57.9% [11/8] Burgnich (ITA) 57.5% [23/17] Chumpitaz (PER) 55.9% [19/15] * Afonin (USSR) 54.3% [19/16] Vogts (GER) 54.3% [50/42] Cera (ITA) 53.2% [25/22] Schnellinger (GER) 52.9% [27/24] Matosas (URU) 52.3% [23/21] * Dzodzuashvilli (USSR) 52.2% [12/11] Guadarrama (MEX) 52.1% [25/23] * Pena (MEX) 51.2% [21/20] * Fuentes (PER) 50.0% [19/19] Piazza (BRA) 50.0% [23/23] Ubinas (URU) 44.3% [39/49] * Fichtel (GER) 40.5% [17/25] Mujica (URU) 37.7% [26/43]
1974 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) Beckenbauer (GER) 79.29 (1.29) Haan (NED) 60.86 Deyna (POL) 60.38 (4.34) Bogicevic (YUG) 57.40 (1.00) Heredia (ARG) 52.33 Breitner (GER) 49.86 (2.14) * Bransch (GDR) 48.00 Krol (NED) 45.00 Hadziabdic (YUG) 43.17 Rijsbergen (NED) 43.15 Suurbier (NED) 42.91 (0.72) Luis Pereira (BRA) 42.47 Francisco Marinho (BRA) 42.43 (0.86) Buljan (YUG) 41.17 (1.00) * Nelinho (BRA) 41.00 (2.00) Marinho Peres (BRA) 40.71 Edström (SWE) 40.17 (2.67) * Wolff (ARG) 39.26 (1.20) Musial (POL) 38.62 (1.55) Szymanowski (POL) 38.14 (0.86) * Ze Maria (BRA) 37.75 Nordqvist (SWE) 35.40 Vogts (GER) 34.29 (0.71) Weise (GDR) 33.67 Wätzlich (GDR) 33.00 * Sa (ARG) 32.89 Grahn (SWE) 32.83 Schwarzenbeck (GER) 29.56 Karlsson (SWE) 29.17 Perfumo (ARG) 29.00 * Kurbjuweit (GDR) 28.75 Olsson (SWE) 27.73 * B. Andersson (SWE) 27.38 Kische (GDR) 24.83 Katalinski (YUG) 23.33 Gorgon (POL) 21.00 Zmuda (POL) 18.43 Pass accuracy opposition half – percentage Beckenbauer (GER) 83.7% Bogicevic (YUG) 83.2% Schwarzenbeck (GER) 83.0% Rijsbergen (NED) 82.7% Vogts (GER) 81.5% * Nelinho (BRA) 80.5% Krol (NED) 79.3% Hadziabdic (YUG) 77.6% Marinho Peres (BRA) 77.0% Deyna (POL) 76.9% Luis Pereira (BRA) 76.8% Suurbier (NED) 76.5% Breitner (GER) 75.1% Heredia (ARG) 74.8% Nordqvist (SWE) 73.9% * Ze Maria (BRA) 73.7% Francisco Marinho (BRA) 73.6% Szymanowski (POL) 71.9% Haan (NED) 71.3% Musial (POL) 69.3% Zmuda (POL) 69.0% Buljan (YUG) 68.9% Katalinski (YUG) 67.4% * Wolff (ARG) 67.1% Weise (GDR) 67.0% * B. Andersson (SWE) 66.0% Karlsson (SWE) 65.4% * Bransch (GDR) 62.9% Grahn (SWE) 61.6% * Kurbjuweit (GDR) 61.3% Wätzlich (GDR) 60.7% Kische (GDR) 58.3% Perfumo (ARG) 57.6% * Sa (ARG) 57.1% Edström (SWE) 55.2% Gorgon (POL) 51.0% Olsson (SWE) 50.8% Duels won – percentage Nordqvist (SWE) 78.3% [18/5] Beckenbauer (GER) 64.4% [29/16] Szymanowski (POL) 63.6% [42/24] Wätzlich (GDR) 63.6% [28/16] Francisco Marinho (BRA) 62.8% [54/32] * Ze Maria (BRA) 62.2% [23/14] * B. Andersson (SWE) 61.8% [21/13] Schwarzenbeck (GER) 61.7% [58/36] Haan (NED) 61.1% [33/21] * Wolff (ARG) 61.0% [36/23] Vogts (GER) 60.7% [54/35] Breitner (GER) 59.4% [38/26] * Sa (ARG) 59.0% [23/16] Luis Pereira (BRA) 58.0% [40/29] * Bransch (GDR) 57.1% [16/12] Weise (GDR) 57.1% [44/33] Marinho Peres (BRA) 56.6% [43/33] Hadziabdic (YUG) 56.1% [37/29] * Nelinho (BRA) 55.6% [15/12] Heredia (ARG) 54.7% [29/24] Karlsson (SWE) 54.3% [19/16] Gorgon (POL) 54.0% [27/23] Perfumo (ARG) 53.1% [26/23] Buljan (YUG) 52.0% [39/36] Edström (SWE) 52.0% [66/61] Zmuda (POL) 51.3% [40/38] Bogicevic (YUG) 51.1% [24/23] Krol (NED) 50.6% [43/42] Grahn (SWE) 50.0% [33/33] Katalinski (YUG) 49.1% [27/28] Musial (POL) 48.6% [35/37] Deyna (POL) 48.2% [55/59] * Kurbjuweit (GDR) 47.1% [16/18] Kische (GDR) 47.0% [39/44] Rijsbergen (NED) 44.3% [35/44] Suurbier (NED) 42.1% [24/33] Olsson (SWE) 40.4% [19/28]
1978 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) Krol (NED) 62.05 (1.09) Batista (BRA) 54.14 (1.00) * Kaltz (GER) 52.00 Olguin (ARG) 50.05 Passarella (ARG) 49.36 (1.23) * Sara (AUT) 48.33 (1.83) * Nelinho (BRA) 45.33 Velasquez (PER) 45.22 Szymanowski (POL) 45.00 Tardelli (ITA) 43.17 * Haan (NED) 42.95 (3.00) Scirea (ITA) 42.29 Gallego (ARG) 41.84 Tarantini (ARG) 38.59 Duarte (PER) 38.50 Breitenberger (AUT) 38.25 Maculewicz (POL) 36.40 Obermayer (AUT) 36.33 * Amaral (BRA) 36.14 Pezzey (AUT) 36.00 (0.83) Dietz (GER) 34.80 * Suurbier (NED) 34.35 * Oscar (BRA) 33.57 Galvan (ARG) 32.45 (0.68) Chumpitaz (PER) 31.67 * Neto (BRA) 31.47 * Poortvliet (NED) 30.32 (1.26) Gentile (ITA) 30.14 * Cuccureddu (ITA) 30.00 Toninho (BRA) 29.50 (0.83) Gorgon (POL) 29.40 * Cabrini (ITA) 27.58 Rüssmann (GER) 27.50 Vogts (GER) 24.83 Zmuda (POL) 24.67 Brandts (NED) 21.52 Manzo (PER) 15.43 Pass accuracy opposition half – percentage Dietz (GER) 87.7% * Amaral (BRA) 85.3% Galvan (ARG) 83.6% Vogts (GER) 80.8% Toninho (BRA) 77.1% Velasquez (PER) 76.4% Tarantini (ARG) 76.0% * Kaltz (GER) 75.7% Gallego (ARG) 75.4% Scirea (ITA) 75.3% Batista (BRA) 75.1% Tardelli (ITA) 74.0% Chumpitaz (PER) 71.6% Rüssmann (GER) 71.2% Passarella (ARG) 71.1% * Suurbier (NED) 70.2% * Poortvliet (NED) 68.9% Olguin (ARG) 68.8% * Oscar (BRA) 68.7% Szymanowski (POL) 68.2% Obermayer (AUT) 67.6% * Sara (AUT) 67.4% Duarte (PER) 66.3% * Cabrini (ITA) 65.9% Breitenberger (AUT) 65.5% * Haan (NED) 64.1% * Cuccureddu (ITA) 64.0% Brandts (NED) 63.4% Zmuda (POL) 62.3% Krol (NED) 61.7% Pezzey (AUT) 60.0% Gentile (ITA) 57.8% Maculewicz (POL) 57.7% * Neto (BRA) 57.5% Manzo (PER) 57.1% * Nelinho (BRA) 54.7% Gorgon (POL) 50.8% Duels won – percentage Szymanowski (POL) 70.1% [47/20] Chumpitaz (PER) 66.7% [26/13] Dietz (GER) 66.7% [42/21] Batista (BRA) 61.7% [66/41] * Kaltz (GER) 61.7% [29/18] Krol (NED) 59.8% [52/35] Zmuda (POL) 59.3% [51/35] Scirea (ITA) 59.0% [23/16] Passarella (ARG) 58.9% [66/46] Brandts (NED) 58.8% [20/14] Gentile (ITA) 58.7% [61/43] * Cuccureddu (ITA) 56.8% [21/16] * Amaral (BRA) 55.6% [10/8] Obermayer (AUT) 55.3% [26/21] Tardelli (ITA) 53.9% [48/41] Olguin (ARG) 53.8% [64/55] Breitenberger (AUT) 53.6% [15/13] Pezzey (AUT) 52.9 [55/49] Gorgon (POL) 52.8% [19/17] Galvan (ARG) 51.1% [47/45] Rüssmann (GER) 50.9% [29/28] Maculewicz (POL) 50.0% [37/37] Manzo (PER) 50.0% [26/26] Gallego (ARG) 49.5% [49/50] Vogts (GER) 49.1% [27/28] * Suurbier (NED) 48.3% [14/15] * Cabrini (ITA) 47.0% [31/35] Toninho (BRA) 46.8% [37/42] Velasquez (PER) 46.3% [37/43] * Haan (NED) 46.2% [48/56] * Poortvliet (NED) 46.0% [29/34] Duarte (PER) 44.7% [34/42] * Sara (AUT) 44.4% [44/55] * Nelinho (BRA) 43.2% [19/25] * Neto (BRA) 42.5% [17/23] * Oscar (BRA) 40.0% [24/36] Tarantini (ARG) 35.9% [23/41]
1982 World Cup Passes per 90 minutes (chances created per 90 minutes; min 5 chances) * Bezsonov (USSR) 57.60 (1.40) * Breitner (GER) 54.26 (2.14) * Junior (BRA) 54.00 (2.40) Stielike (GER) 50.86 (0.82) * Chivadze (USSR) 48.40 * Kaltz (GER) 46.91 (1.77) Pezzey (AUT) 43.40 Demyanenko (USSR) 41.80 (1.00) Scirea (ITA) 41.14 * Leandro (BRA) 41.13 (2.85) B. Förster (GER) 38.06 Bossis (FRA) 37.74 (0.79) Obermayer (AUT) 37.60 * Tresor (BRA) 37.36 * Sansom (ENG) 37.10 Luizinho (BRA) 36.80 (1.00) * Mills (ENG) 36.60 (1.60) * Thompson (ENG) 36.60 * Amoros (FRA) 36.56 * Krauss (AUT) 36.20 K.H. Förster (GER) 36.16 Butcher (ENG) 33.75 * Degeorgi (AUT) 33.45 (1.48) Baltacha (USSR) 33.20 Matysik (POL) 32.91 (1.27) Majewski (POL) 32.43 Cabrini (ITA) 32.29 (1.57) * Kupcewicz (POL) 31.55 * Borovski (USSR) 31.33 Janvion (FRA) 31.28 Gentile (ITA) 30.67 Zmuda (POL) 29.57 * Dziuba (POL) 28.51 Janas (POL) 24.86 Oscar (BRA) 24.42 Collovati (ITA) 23.52 Pass accuracy opposition half – percentage * Mills (ENG) 90.8% * Tresor (BRA) 88.5% * Thompson (ENG) 88.1% * Dziuba (POL) 83.9% Bossis (FRA) 83.6% * Chivadze (USSR) 81.7% K.H. Förster (GER) 81.3% Stielike (GER) 81.1% Janvion (FRA) 80.3% Pezzey (AUT) 79.7% * Breitner (GER) 79.6% Luizinho (BRA) 78.8% * Bezsonov (USSR) 78.1% Cabrini (ITA) 77.5% Janas (POL) 77.1% * Sansom (ENG) 76.2% * Degeorgi (AUT) 75.0% Oscar (BRA) 75.0% Zmuda (POL) 74.4% * Leandro (BRA) 73.7% B. Förster (GER) 73.3% Obermayer (AUT) 72.9% Demyanenko (USSR) 72.6% * Junior (BRA) 72.1% Gentile (ITA) 72.0% * Borovski (USSR) 69.8% * Amoros (FRA) 69.2% Matysik (POL) 68.9% * Kaltz (GER) 66.0% Majewski (POL) 65.5% * Kupcewicz (POL) 63.3% Baltacha (USSR) 62.7% Butcher (ENG) 61.4% Collovati (ITA) 59.2% * Krauss (AUT) 58.0% Scirea (ITA) 57.7% Duels won – percentage Scirea (ITA) 70.0% [28/12] Oscar (BRA) 68.3% [28/13] K.H. Förster (GER) 67.8% [40/19] Janvion (FRA) 67.6% [25/12] * Borovski (USSR) 66.7% [16/8] * Degeorgi (AUT) 65.2% [15/8] * Sansom (ENG) 65.0% [26/14] Collovati (ITA) 64.7% [44/24] Butcher (ENG) 64.3% [27/15] Pezzey (AUT) 63.9% [39/22] Baltacha (USSR) 63.6% [35/20] Obermayer (AUT) 63.2% [24/14] * Kaltz (GER) 63.0% [34/20] Stielike (GER) 62.3% [38/23] * Dziuba (POL) 61.1% [22/14] Cabrini (ITA) 60.5% [46/30] Luizinho (BRA) 60.0% [21/14] * Chivadze (USSR) 58.6% [17/12] Bossis (FRA) 58.2% [39/28] * Mills (ENG) 57.7% [15/11] * Thompson (ENG) 55.9% [19/15] * Breitner (GER) 55.6% [35/28] * Tresor (BRA) 55.6% [25/20] * Leandro (BRA) 55.0% [33/27] Matysik (POL) 54.0% [34/29] * Junior (BRA) 53.6% [30/26] * Amoros (FRA) 53.5% [46/40] Demyanenko (USSR) 53.2% [25/22] Gentile (ITA) 51.4% [37/35] Majewski (POL) 51.4% [37/35] Janas (POL) 51.2% [21/20] B. Förster (GER) 50.0% [30/30] * Bezsonov (USSR) 48.4% [44/47] Zmuda (POL) 44.4% [20/25] * Krauss (AUT) 40.0% [28/42] * Kupcewicz (POL) 36.5% [19/33]