Something I been fooling around with Player statistics for this project have been tabulated from the last 3 years of play (August 15th 2007 to August 15th 2010) Lionel Messi Statisics (Example of Source Work) Team,Tournaments,Season,Gp,Min,Gl,Hd,Fk,Ot,Pn,As,Dd,Sht,Gw,Fls,Yc,Rc Barcelona,Spanish La Liga,2007-2008,27,1973,10,0,0,1,4,12,0,33,4,33,2,0 Barcelona,UEFA Champions,2007-2008,9,728,6,0,0,0,1,2,0,20,1,4,2,0 Barcelona,Spanish La Liga,2008-2009,31,2516,23,1,1,4,3,11,2,55,8,26,2,0 Barcelona,UEFA Champions,2008-2009,12,927,9,1,0,1,0,5,0,13,5,9,1,0 Barcelona,Spanish La Liga,2009-2010,35,2805,34,3,1,7,1,9,2,106,7,29,3,0 Barcelona,UEFA Champions,2009-2010,11,987,8,0,1,2,0,0,0,30,4,11,0,0 To qualify each player had to play at least 3420 minutes in total from the following league and tournaments Tournamnts includes English Premier League, Major League Soccer, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Greece Super League, Norway Tippeligaen, Dutch Eredivisie, Japan J-League, Primera Division of Argentina, Russian Premier League, Scottish Premier League, Swedish Allsvenskan, Turkish Super Lig, English Championship, Italian Serie B, Brazilian Serie A, England League One, England League Two, English Conference, Polish Elite League, Primera Division of Mexico, Spanish Liga Aldente, Finnish Veikkausliiga, Austria 1.Bundesliga, Belgium 1st Division, Danish Superliga, German 2.Bundesliga, Portuguese Super Liga, Swiss Super League, Israeli Ligat Ha’AL, USL First Division, Australian A-League, South Africa Premier, Copa Libertadores, Argentina National B, Uruguay Primera, CONCACAF Champions League, French Ligue 2, German 3.Liga, Saudi Arabia Football League, Chinese Super League. I average the stats as if each player had played a complete 38 game season so 3420 minutes (38*90) Based on requirements 7464 players in total qualified for each catagory Goals Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Seydou_Doumbia____________________42.4 _2._Marc_Janko________________________34.9 _3._Gonzalo_Higuain___________________33.3 _4._Kris_Boyd_________________________33.1 _5._Erwin_Hoffer______________________32.7 _6._Luis_Suarez_______________________31.2 _7._Klaas-Jan_Huntelaar_______________31.1 _8._Fernando_Torres___________________31.0 _9._Lionel_Messi______________________31.0 10._Christian_Stuani__________________30.3 11._David_Villa_______________________30.1 12._Christiano_Ronaldo________________29.8 13._Milan_Baros_______________________29.6 14._Jose_Sand_________________________29.5 15._Oscar_Cardozo_____________________29.1 Headed_Goals Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Antonio_De_Nigris_________________11.7 _2._Takesure_Chinyama_________________11.6 _3._Frank_Kristensen___________________9.9 _4._Filippo_Inzaghi____________________9.8 _5._Walter_Pandiani____________________9.7 _6._Jordan_Rhodes______________________9.5 _7._Seydou_Doumbia_____________________9.3 _8._Stefan_Maierhofer__________________9.3 _9._Marouane_Chamakh___________________9.2 10._Shlomi_Arbeitman___________________9.0 11._Henrique_Hugo______________________9.0 12._Aristide_Bance_____________________8.8 13._Andy_Booth_________________________8.4 14._Shinji_Okazaki_____________________8.3 15._Scott_Chipperfield_________________8.2 Direct_Free_Kick_Goals Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Riccardo_Allegretti________________5.7 _2._Souza______________________________5.5 _3._Alessandro_Diamanti________________4.8 _4._Randall_Azofeifa___________________4.7 _5._Alessandro_Del_Piero_______________4.7 _6._Nicolas_Cordova____________________4.6 _7._Wendell____________________________4.6 _8._Christiano_Ronaldo_________________4.5 _9._Mika_Ojala_________________________4.4 10._Vladimir_Kisenkov__________________4.2 11._Adailton___________________________4.1 12._Walter_Baseggio____________________4.0 13._Antonio_Dos_Santos_________________3.9 14._Daniel_Luduena_____________________3.7 15._Juan_Moreno________________________3.7 Goals_Outside_the_Box Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Alessandro_Diamanti________________9.7 _2._Souza______________________________8.3 _3._Nicolas_Cordova____________________7.9 _4._James_Chamanga_____________________7.9 _5._Antonio_Pacheco____________________7.5 _6._Daniel_Luduena_____________________7.5 _7._Riccardo_Allegretti________________7.4 _8._Francesco_Lodi_____________________7.3 _9._Scott_Davies_______________________7.2 10._Mika_Ojala_________________________7.1 11._Hakan_Yakin________________________7.1 12._Geraldo_Wendell____________________7.1 13._Antonio_Dos_Santos_________________6.9 14._Christiano_Ronaldo_________________6.9 15._Trond_Olsen________________________6.7 Penalties_Scored Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Jose_Luque________________________11.0 _2._Paulo_Barreto______________________9.2 _3._Robert_Duffy_______________________8.3 _4._Ricardo_Kaka_______________________8.2 _5._Kevin_Muscat_______________________8.0 _6._Alexander_Frei_____________________7.9 _7._Benni_McCarthy_____________________7.9 _8._Adam_Le_Fondre_____________________7.8 _9._Francesco_Totti____________________7.7 10._Jorge_Yordi________________________7.7 11._Jose_Sand__________________________7.7 12._Alex_Mineiro_______________________7.5 13._Christian_Stuani___________________7.2 14._Andrea_Caracciolo__________________7.1 15._Barry_Conlon_______________________7.1 Goals_not_Including_Penalties Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Seydou_Doumbia____________________39.0 _2._Erwin_Hoffer______________________32.7 _3._Gonzalo_Higuain___________________31.5 _4._Fernando_Torres___________________31.0 _5._Klaas-Jan_Huntelaar_______________30.0 _6._Marc_Janko________________________29.3 _7._Takesure_Chinyama_________________28.1 _8._Danny_Koevermans__________________28.1 _9._Lionel_Messi______________________27.9 10._Stefan_Maierhofer_________________27.9 11._Aziza_Makukula____________________27.3 12._Mario_Gomez_______________________26.8 13._Pawel_Brozek______________________26.6 14._Kris_Boyd_________________________26.3 15._Milan_Baros_______________________26.1 Total_Assists Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Steffen_Hofmann___________________20.1 _2._Mesut_Ozil________________________18.6 _3._Alex______________________________17.8 _4._Francesc_Fabregas_________________17.7 _5._Luis_Suarez_______________________17.7 _6._Franck_Berrier____________________17.2 _7._Graeme_Dorrans____________________17.1 _8._Guilermo_Barros-Schelotto_________16.1 _9._Rodrigo_Ruiz______________________16.0 10._Moubarak_Boussoufa________________16.0 11._Jose_Guti_________________________15.8 12._Marek_Sapara______________________15.1 13._Ariel_Ortega______________________14.9 14._Milenko_Acimovic__________________14.8 15._Juan_Riquelme_____________________14.8 Open_Play_Assists Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Mesut_Ozil________________________15.6 _2._Salomon_Kalou_____________________12.7 _3._Luis_Suarez_______________________12.7 _4._Omar_Cummings_____________________12.5 _5._Lionel_Messi______________________12.0 _6._Somen_Tchoyi______________________12.0 _7._Erik_Huseklepp____________________11.9 _8._Francesc_Fabregas_________________11.8 _9._Robin_van_Persie__________________11.8 10._Jose_Guti_________________________11.7 11._Danko_Lazovic_____________________11.5 12._Erwin_Hoffer______________________11.5 13._Raphael_Alex______________________11.3 14._Ricardo_Kaka______________________11.1 15._Thomas_Haberli____________________10.9 Dead_Ball_Assists Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Steffen_Hofmann____________________9.9 _2._Milenko_Acimovic___________________9.2 _3._Marek_Sapara_______________________9.1 _4._Franck_Berrier_____________________8.6 _5._Michael_Kightly____________________8.4 _6._Mika_Ojala_________________________7.9 _7._Juan_Caffa_________________________7.8 _8._Juan_Riquelme______________________7.7 _9._Brad_Davis_________________________7.7 10._Guilermo_Barros-Schelotto__________7.6 11._Darren_Currie______________________7.5 12._Geraldo_Wendell____________________7.5 13._Dilson_Popo________________________7.5 14._Alex_______________________________7.3 15._Graeme_Dorrans_____________________7.2 Points_(Goals_+_Assists) Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Seydou_Doumbia____________________50.1 _2._Luis_Suarez_______________________48.9 _3._Lionel_Messi______________________44.4 _4._Erwin_Hoffer______________________44.2 _5._Marc_Janko________________________42.2 _6._Gonzalo_Higuain___________________40.9 _7._Kris_Boyd_________________________38.2 _8._Hakan_Yakin_______________________38.1 _9._Christiano_Ronaldo________________37.7 10._Klaas-Jan_Huntelaar_______________36.8 11._Alexander_Frei____________________36.5 12._Fernando_Torres___________________36.0 13._Pawel_Brozek______________________36.0 14._Milan_Baros_______________________35.6 15._David_Villa_______________________35.5 Shots_on_Goal Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Christiano_Ronaldo_______________108.7 _2._Seydou_Doumbia____________________99.3 _3._Luis_Suarez_______________________95.7 _4._David_Villa_______________________89.9 _5._Lionel_Messi______________________88.5 _6._Mounir_El-Hamdaoui________________86.8 _7._Gonzalo_Higuain___________________85.2 _8._Zlatan_Ibrahimovic________________79.4 _9._Fabrizio_Miccoli__________________77.5 10._Oscar_Cardozo_____________________76.9 11._Kenny_Cooper______________________76.5 12._Antonio_Di_Natale_________________75.2 13._Edin_Dzeko________________________74.9 14._Jermaine_Beckford_________________74.3 15._Luca_Toni_________________________73.4 Game_Winning_Goals Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Seydou_Doumbia____________________14.4 _2._Takesure_Chinyama_________________14.1 _3._Gonzalo_Higuain___________________12.3 _4._Milan_Baros_______________________12.2 _5._Danny_Koevermans__________________11.4 _6._Shabani_Nonda_____________________11.4 _7._Shlomi_Arbeitman__________________11.3 _8._Marc_Janko________________________11.3 _9._Fernando_Torres___________________11.0 10._Kris_Boyd_________________________10.8 11._Muniz_Liedson_____________________10.8 12._Christiano_Ronaldo________________10.6 13._Scott_Chipperfield________________10.4 14._Christian_Stuani__________________10.4 15._Joaquin_Boghossian________________10.3 Fouls_Committed Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Bernardo_Corradi_________________167.3 _2._Jerko_Leko_______________________147.4 _3._Victor_Agali_____________________143.4 _4._Srdan_Lakic______________________139.1 _5._Rory_Fallon______________________136.9 _6._Erjon_Bogdani____________________136.9 _7._Gennaro_Delvecchio_______________135.0 _8._Manuele_Blasi____________________133.3 _9._Dominic_Peitz____________________132.6 10._Chris_Iwelumo____________________131.7 11._Gaby_Mudingayi___________________131.4 12._Mohammodou_Idrissou______________131.0 13._Ronald_Garcia____________________131.0 14._Lucas_Pierre_____________________130.5 15._Grafite__________________________128.2 Yellow_Cards Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._German_Villa______________________25.3 _2._Peter_Luccin______________________23.9 _3._Moris_Carrozzieri_________________23.7 _4._Ilco_Naumoski_____________________23.2 _5._Baytar_Engin______________________23.1 _6._Ildefonso_Lima____________________21.9 _7._Siro_Darino_______________________21.6 _8._Nikos_Kounenakis__________________21.4 _9._Fabian_Cubero_____________________20.9 10._Diaw_Doudou_______________________20.9 11._Mathieu_Berson____________________20.4 12._Gerardo_Torrado___________________20.0 13._Matthias_Hattenberger_____________19.8 14._Kobi_Moyal________________________19.7 15._Manolo_Pestrin____________________19.6 Red_Cards Rk._Player___________________________Total _1._Giacomance_Kleber__________________5.3 _2._Cristian_Grabinski________________4.4 _3._Maurizio_Peccarisi_________________4.1 _4._Valerio_Di_Cesare__________________4.0 _5._Matias_Lequi_______________________4.0 _6._Ildefonso_Lima_____________________4.0 _7._Alpheus_Kekana_____________________4.0 _8._Pablo_Pallante_____________________4.0 _9._Diego_Jimenez______________________3.8 10._Giannis_Papadimitriou______________3.6 11._Aitor_Ocio_________________________3.6 12._Santiago_Morero____________________3.6 13._Edu_Moya___________________________3.6 14._Serey_Die__________________________3.5 15._Jose_Gonzalez______________________3.4