European Leagues

In the short time Enzo played in Portugal, his performance earned him the highest average rating on record. Besides that, it is necessary to highlight the incredible performance registered by Porto’s M and W, Otávio.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Enzo Fernández	8.54	Back 4	1382	Benfica
Otávio	8.25	Back 4	2266	Porto
João Mário	7.89	Back 4	2643	Benfica
Pedro Gonçalves	7.71	Back 5	2716	Sporting CP
Ricardo Horta	7.70	Back 4	1896	Braga
Bruma	7.61	Back 4	1020	Braga
Iuri Medeiros	7.51	Back 4	1993	Braga
Fredrik Aursnes	7.50	Back 4	1788	Benfica
Manuel Ugarte	7.43	Back 5	2352	Sporting CP
David Neres	7.42	Back 4	1948	Benfica
Al Musrati	7.41	Back 4	2229	Braga
Rafa Silva	7.38	Back 4	2097	Benfica
Pepê	7.34	Back 4	1586	Porto
João Neves	7.32	Back 4	579	Benfica
João Teixeira	7.28	Back 4	2733	Chaves
Ivan Jaime	7.27	Back 4	1711	Famalicão
Mateus Uribe	7.22	Back 4	2455	Porto
André Horta	7.20	Back 4	1959	Braga
Galeno	7.15	Back 4	1934	Porto
Florentino Luí­s	7.13	Back 4	2118	Benfica
Samu	7.12	Back 4	2441	Vizela
Marcus Edwards	7.08	Back 5	1654	Sporting CP

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

– Relegation/Promotion play-off data excluded;

Data from FBref.

In his last season representing Benfica, Grimaldo was the FB with the highest average rating in the league.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Álex Grimaldo	8.40	Back 4	2941	Benfica
Pedro Malheiro	7.39	Back 4	1699	Boavista
Pepê	7.27	Back 4	966	Porto
Pedro Porro	7.17	Back 5	1074	Sporting CP
Alexander Bah	7.13	Back 4	1878	Benfica
Gilberto	7.12	Back 4	772	Benfica
Hernán de la Fuente	7.12	Back 4	530	Famalicão
Pedro Amaral	7.06	Back 5	502	Rio Ave
Nuno Sequeira	7.04	Back 4	1980	Braga

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

– Relegation/Promotion play-off data excluded;

Data from FBref.