BEST & WORST PLAYERS: PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24 UNTIL 04-10

We evaluate the players of the Primeira Liga 23/24 and their performances so that it is possible to understand which were the best and the worst performing players in the League. This analysis takes into account matches played up to 04-10-2023. All players shown played, at least, 315 minutes in one of the predefined types of defense.

GOALKEEPERS (GKs):

BEST PERFORMING GKs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Luíz Júnior	8.19	Back 4	630	Famalicão
Ricardo Batista	7.28	Back 5	630	Casa Pia
Kewin	7.12	Back 4	540	Moreirense
Bruno Brígido	7.04	Back 5	630	Estrela Amadora
António Adán	7.01	Back 5	630	Sporting CP

WORST PERFORMING GKs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Hugo Souza	3.48	Back 4	360	Chaves
Daniel Leite	4.78	Back 4	450	Estoril
Fabijan Buntić	4.85	Back 4	540	Vizela
Matheus	5.52	Back 4	630	Braga
Diogo Costa	6.17	Back 4	540	FC Porto

CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):

BEST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Iván Marcano	8.19	Back 4	360	FC Porto
Gonçalo Inácio	7.81	Back 5	630	Sporting CP
Ousmane Diomande	7.75	Back 5	629	Sporting CP
António Silva	7.66	Back 4	539	Benfica
Sebastián Coates	7.51	Back 5	551	Sporting CP

WORST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Miguel Lopes	4.84	Back 5	431	Estrela Amadora
Gonçalo Silva	4.89	Back 4	557	Farense
Anderson Jesus	5.19	Back 4	530	Vizela
Zach Muscat	5.22	Back 4	333	Farense
José Fonte	5.43	Back 4	445	Braga

FULL-BACKS & WING-BACKS (FBs & WBs):

BEST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Frederik Aursnes	8.54	Back 4	540	Benfica
Pedro Malheiro	8.41	Back 4	392	Boavista
Alexander Bah	7.05	Back 4	559	Benfica
Nuno Santos	7.02	Back 5	414	Sporting CP
José Carlos	6.94	Back 4	630	Gil Vicente

WORST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Afonso Freitas	4.97	Back 5	442	Vitória Guimarães
Cristian Borja	5.90	Back 4	352	Braga
Ricardo Esgaio	5.93	Back 5	455	Sporting CP
Volnei Feltes	5.96	Back 4	360	Estoril
Godfried Frimpong	5.97	Back 4	348	Moreirense

MIDFIELDERS & WINGERS (Ms & Ws):

BEST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Rafa Silva	8.85	Back 4	621	Benfica
Ángel Di María	8.54	Back 4	494	Benfica
Orkun Kökçü	8.12	Back 4	542	Benfica
Ricardo Horta	7.94	Back 4	509	Braga
Samu	7.88	Back 4	443	Vizela

WORST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Mory Gbane	5.10	Back 4	318	Gil Vicente
Rafael Bustamante	5.13	Back 4	348	Vizela
Amine Oudrhiri	5.23	Back 5	527	Rio Ave
Beni	5.28	Back 5	336	Casa Pia
Aloísio Souza	5.31	Back 5	362	Estrela Amadora

CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):

BEST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Viktor Gyökeres	8.32	Back 5	540	Sporting CP
Róbert Boženík	7.10	Back 4	576	Boavista
André Silva	6.90	Back 5	582	Vitória Guimarães
Samuel Essende	6.90	Back 4	522	Vizela
Simon Banza	6.85	Back 4	404	Braga

WORST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Rafa Mújica	5.34	Back 5	327	Arouca
Bruno Duarte	5.46	Back 4	333	Farense
Ronaldo Tavares	5.55	Back 5	473	Estrela Amadora
Leonardo Ruíz	5.59	Back 5	352	Rio Ave
Depú	5.67	Back 4	341	Gil Vicente