European Leagues

We evaluate the players of the Serie A 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 from Matchweek 1 to Matchweek 5 (included). All players shown played, at least, 225 minutes in one of the predefined types of defense.

GOALKEEPERS (GKs):

• BEST PERFORMING GKs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Yann Sommer	8.11	Back 5	450	Inter
Boris Radunović	7.80	Back 5	270	Cagliari
Juan Musso	7.67	Back 5	360	Atalanta
Lorenzo Montipò	7.49	Back 5	450	Hellas Verona
Vanja Milinković-Savić	7.28	Back 5	450	Torino

• WORST PERFORMING GKs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Etrit Berisha	4.63	Back 4	270	Empoli
Guillermo Ochoa	4.73	Back 5	450	Salernitana
Andrea Consigli	5.35	Back 4	270	Sassuolo
Rui Patrício	5.40	Back 5	450	Roma
Michele Di Gregorio	5.42	Back 5	360	Monza

CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):

• BEST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Amir Rrahmani	8.72	Back 4	270	Napoli
Giorgio Scalvini	8.56	Back 5	450	Atalanta
Lucas Martínez Quarta	8.04	Back 4	270	Fiorentina
Danilo	8.02	Back 5	450	Juventus
Alessandro Bastoni	7.50	Back 5	414	Inter

• WORST PERFORMING CBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Ardian Ismajili	4.16	Back 4	275	Empoli
Ruan	4.61	Back 4	315	Sassuolo
Sebastiano Luperto	4.90	Back 5	450	Empoli
Lorenzo Pirola	5.21	Back 4	342	Salernitana
Radu Drăgușin	5.28	Back 4	360	Genoa

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

• BEST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Federico Dimarco	8.09	Back 5	349	Inter
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	7.67	Back 4	450	Napoli
Patrick Ciurria	7.13	Back 5	435	Monza
Victor Kristiansen	7.11	Back 4	259	Bologna
Denzel Dumfries	7.09	Back 5	295	Inter

• WORST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Pasquale Mazzocchi	4.94	Back 5	311	Salernitana
Matías Viña	5.40	Back 4	310	Sassuolo
Domagoj Bradarić	5.44	Back 5	366	Salernitana
Josh Doig	5.45	Back 5	297	Hellas Verona
Dodô	5.56	Back 4	263	Fiorentina

MIDFIELDERS & WINGERS (Ms & Ws):

• BEST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Domenico Berardi	8.69	Back 4	257	Sassuolo
Teun Koopmeiners	8.50	Back 5	429	Atalanta
Luis Alberto	8.19	Back 4	450	Lazio
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	8.11	Back 5	427	Inter
Matìas Soulé	8.11	Back 4	229	Frosinone

• WORST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Youssef Maleh	4.67	Back 4	270	Empoli
Nicolò Cambiaghi	4.81	Back 4	280	Empoli
Alberto Grassi	5.18	Back 4	227	Empoli
Jaime Báez	5.22	Back 4	234	Frosinone
Tommaso Baldanzi	5.26	Back 4	361	Empoli

CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):

• BEST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Lautaro Martínez	8.78	Back 5	420	Inter
Federico Chiesa	8.21	Back 5	403	Juventus
Marcus Thuram	8.00	Back 5	354	Inter
Nikola Krstović	7.91	Back 4	233	Lecce
Olivier Giroud	7.87	Back 4	346	Milan

• WORST PERFORMING CFs:

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Francesco Caputo	4.14	Back 4	244	Empoli
Mateo Retegui	5.50	Back 4	309	Genoa
M’Bala Nzola	5.52	Back 4	315	Fiorentina
Lorenzo Lucca	5.78	Back 5	336	Udinese
Ciro Immobile	6.18	Back 4	427	Lazio

Data from FBref.