BEST & WORST PLAYERS: PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24 UNTIL 27-09

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 27-09-2023. All players shown played, at least, 270 minutes in one of the predefined types of defense.

GOALKEEPERS (GKs):

BEST PERFORMING GKs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Luíz Júnior	8.61	Back 4	540	Famalicão
Ricardo Batista	7.64	Back 5	540	Casa Pia
António Adán	7.43	Back 5	540	Sporting CP
Bruno Brígido	7.18	Back 5	540	Estrela Amadora
Samuel Soares	7.15	Back 4	270	Boavista

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	5.12	Back 4	450	Vizela
Matheus	5.38	Back 4	540	Braga
Diogo Costa	5.92	Back 4	450	FC Porto

CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):

BEST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Fábio Cardoso	8.43	Back 4	360	FC Porto
Sebastián Coates	8.20	Back 5	540	Sporting CP
Iván Marcano	8.19	Back 4	360	FC Porto
Gonçalo Inácio	7.76	Back 5	540	Sporting CP
António Silva	7.71	Back 4	449	Benfica

WORST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Bruno Rodrigues	5.02	Back 4	270	Chaves
Anderson Jesus	5.21	Back 4	440	Vizela
Miguel Lopes	5.21	Back 5	370	Estrela Amadora
Zach Muscat	5.22	Back 4	333	Farense
Gonçalo Silva	5.42	Back 4	540	Farense

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

BEST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Frederik Aursnes	8.43	Back 4	450	Benfica
Pedro Malheiro	8.41	Back 4	392	Boavista
Leonardo Lelo	7.16	Back 5	540	Casa Pia
Nuno Santos	7.14	Back 5	332	Sporting CP
Alexander Bah	7.06	Back 4	469	Benfica

WORST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Afonso Freitas	4.97	Back 5	397	Vitória Guimarães
Talocha	5.81	Back 4	524	Farense
Bruno Gaspar	5.81	Back 5	379	Vitória Guimarães
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	9.24	Back 4	532	Benfica
Ángel Di María	8.59	Back 4	409	Benfica
Orkun Kökçü	8.10	Back 4	452	Benfica
Maxime Dominguez	8.02	Back 4	511	Gil Vicente
Samu	7.88	Back 4	443	Vizela

WORST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Mory Gbane	5.16	Back 4	303	Gil Vicente
Marlon	5.25	Back 4	311	Gil Vicente
Kobamelo Kodísang	5.31	Back 4	295	Moreirense
Yuki Soma	5.34	Back 5	412	Casa Pia
Marco Matias	5.37	Back 4	368	Farense

CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):

BEST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Viktor Gyökeres	7.99	Back 5	450	Sporting CP
Róbert Boženík	7.52	Back 4	488	Boavista
Clayton	7.03	Back 5	419	Casa Pia
Samuel Essende	7.01	Back 4	432	Vizela
André Silva	6.69	Back 5	492	Vitória Guimarães

WORST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Rafa Mújica	5.34	Back 5	327	Arouca
Cassiano	5.58	Back 4	272	Estoril
Bruno Duarte	5.70	Back 4	273	Farense
Ronaldo Tavares	5.85	Back 5	428	Estrela Amadora
André Luis	5.94	Back 4	448	Moreirense