World Cup 2014 Player Ratings

Benzama was better than Van Persie surely ....

 

Agreed

 

It's a fair shout actually James, both had their moments and so so performances. I enjoyed that header vs Spain so much I jumped out of my seat but obviously he wasn't so great all tournament.

In my mind I have Benzema destroying Honduras and then a good game vs Switzerland but also missing a penalty. In fairness I forget he was messed about to accomodate Giroud. Nothing particular against Giroud but that seemed daft to me. Benzema is the strongest attacker, leave him where he does the damage. I thought in the absence of Ribery they might go with Griezmann out on the left.

 

yes you're right .. but in average, besides ... goals and assists, Benzama did connect well with his MF then Van Persie (mostly isolated and waiting for Robben or Depay/Blind to deliver the balls)

Now from France, I was surprised too that Deschamps utilized Benzama on left with Giroud at center FW
I think they are so similar in style, to compensate eachother
Agree that Griezman is a good sub for Ribery on left

 

After the inaugural match, the 2nd most followed match in the First Round was Spain vs Netherlands, with at least 3 posters giving their shots.

Netherlands
Cillessen 6,33 =6 (arguably a 7)
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Janmaat 5,67 = 6
De Vrij 6,00 = 6
Vlaar 6,67 = 7
Martins 6,33 = 6 (arguably a 7)
Blind 7,60 = 8
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De Guzmán 5,67 = 6
Sneijder 6,25 = 6 (arguably a 7)
D Jong 6,33 = 6 (arguably a 7)
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Robben 8,80 = 9 -----> MotM
Van Persie 8,00 = 8
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Veltman 6,00 = 6
Wijnaldum 6,00 = 6
Lens 6,00 = 6


Spain
Casillas 3,50 = 4
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Azpilicueta 4,67 = 5
Ramos 4,33 = 4 (arguably a 5)
Piqué 4,00 = 4
Alba 4,67 = 5
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Busquets 4,67 = 5
X.Alonso 5,33 = 5 (arguably a 6)
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Silva 5,67 = 6
Xavi H. 6,25 = 6 (arguably a 7)
Iniesta 6,25 = 6 (arguably a 7)
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D.Costa 5,00 = 5
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Torres 4,00 = 4
Fábregas 5,00 = 5
Pedro 6,00 = 6

 

Other players rated by at least two posters in the First Round:

Gio dos Santos (Mex) 8,00 = 8
Campbell (Cta.R) 7,50 = 8
Hart (Eng) 6,50 = 7
Cahill (Eng) 5,00 = 5
Baines (Eng) 4,50 = 5
Wellbeck (Eng) 7,00 = 7
Sterling (Eng) 8,00 = 8
Sturridge (Eng) 7,50 = 8
Paletta (Ita) 4,50 = 5
Candreva (Ita) 7,50 = 8
De Rossi (Ita) 7,50 = 8
Pirlo (Ita) 8,33 = 8 (arguably an 9)
Verratti (Ita) 6,50 = 7
Marchisio (Ita) 6,67 = 7
Balotelli (Ita) 7,00 = 7
Akinfeev (Rus) 3,00 = 3
Pepe (Por) 4,00 = 4
Müller (Ger) 8,50 = 9
Özil (Ger) 7,50 = 8

 

Last corrections/additions for the First Round:

T.Müller (Ger) 8,33 =8 (arguably an 9)
Hummels (Ger) 8,00 = 8
Messi (Arg) 7,00 = 7 (three ratings: 7, 8, 6)

EDIT: Other interesting names
C.Ronaldo (Por) - 5
Pogba (Fra) - 7
Navas (Cta.R) - 7
Neuer (Ger) - 7
Lahm (Ger) - 7
Kroos (Ger) - 7
James (Col) - arguably a 7

 

what you meant first round? *whole WC or group?

 

Only the first match
(I just revised the first 2 pages, averaging all ratings)

 

Other players rated by at least two posters in the next round:

2nd Round:
T.Silva (Bra) 6,67 = 7
Neymar (Bra) 6,67 = 7
Casillas (Spa) 3,50 = 4
Silva (Spa) 4,67 = 5
Pedro (Spa) 4,33 = 4 (arguably a 5)
Ochoa (Mex) 8,75 = 9
Agular (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Márquez (Mex) 7,67 = 8
Rodríguez (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Moreno (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Layún (Mex) 6,50 = 7
Herrera (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Vázquez (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Guardado (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Gio dos Santos (Mex) 7,00 = 7
Peralta (Mex) 6,50 = 7
Bravo (Chi) 8,20 = 8
Isla (Chi) 7,50 = 8
Vidal (Chi) 7,50 = 8
Sánchez (Chi) 7,50 = 8
Vargas (Chi) 6,50 = 7
Messi (Arg) 6,50 = 7
Varane (Fra) 6,50 = 7
Benzema (Fra) 7,50 = 8
Hummels (Ger) 6,50 = 7

 

Another interesting players in 2nd round:
Robben (Hol) - 7
Suárez (Uru) - 8
Pirlo (Ita) - 6
T.Müller (Ger) - 7
C.Ronaldo (Por) - 6
James (Col) - 7

 

Do you have the edition?

 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Etmot/Rangliste_des_deutschen_Fußballs/Chronik#Sommer_2014

 

Yes it is excellently done, it also provides the viewer with a ranking 1., 2., 3. etc. of the players in each category. The wiki author who is building this overview has seen my compilations of the Rangliste on BigSoccer and contacted me if I have the complete information available. Now I am supplying him with all summer and winter information and hopefully everything will be completed by the end of the year. It has not yet been published officially on the German wikipedia, just a test site.

 

Agreed
It's terrific!!!!

 

I wanted to point out that although there is no numbering, the players are ordered from “best” to “second best", “third best”, “fourth best” and so on in their respective categories.

Take “midfielders” summer 1977 for example:

Jürgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Rainer Bonhof (Bor. M'gladbach)
Erich Beer (Hertha BSC)
Heinz Flohe (1. FC Köln)
Uli Stielike (Bor. M'gladbach)
Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Grabowski is ranked #1, Bonhof #2 etc.