FIFA World Cup

With an incredible performance during the tournament, Bruno Feranandes had the highest average rating of a midfielder during the competition. We must also highlight the fact that, according to this list, few teams used Back 5 during this tournament.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Country
Bruno Fernandes	8.92	Back 4	356	Portugal
Luis Chávez	8.38	Back 4	180	Mexico
Kylian Mbappé	8.35	Back 4	478	France
Pedri	8.32	Back 4	356	Spain
Thomas Partey	8.28	Back 4	180	Ghana
Neymar	8.16	Back 4	279	Brazil
Hirving Lozano	8.09	Back 4	180	Mexico
Frenkie de Jong	8.09	Back 5	475	Netherlands
Jude Bellingham	7.90	Back 4	414	England
Jamal Musiala	7.88	Back 4	258	Germany
Joshua Kimmich	7.85	Back 4	270	Germany
Casemiro	7.76	Back 4	390	Brazil
Federico Valverde	7.74	Back 4	180	Uruguay
Vinicius Júnior	7.72	Back 4	299	Brazil
Enzo Fernández	7.70	Back 4	444	Argentina
Marcelo Brozović	7.68	Back 4	552	Croatia
Antoine Griezmann	7.64	Back 4	537	France
Christian Pulisic	7.62	Back 4	315	United States
Ángel Di María	7.59	Back 4	279	Argentina
Luka Modrić	7.57	Back 4	653	Croatia
Serge Gnabry	7.57	Back 4	263	Germany
Cody Gakpo	7.55	Back 5	290	Netherlands
Mateo Kovačić	7.53	Back 4	635	Croatia
Dušan Tadić	7.52	Back 5	257	Serbia
Wataru Endo	7.44	Back 4	180	Japan
İlkay Gündoğan	7.43	Back 4	189	Germany
Pierre Højbjerg	7.39	Back 5	180	Denmark
Alexis Mac Allister	7.33	Back 4	430	Argentina
Mohamed Kanno	7.30	Back 4	180	Saudi Arabia
Lucas Paquetá	7.24	Back 4	314	Brazil
Aurélien Tchouaméni	7.23	Back 4	621	France
Dani Olmo	7.22	Back 4	367	Spain
Hakim Ziyech	7.19	Back 4	545	Morocco
Bukayo Saka	7.16	Back 4	288	England
Tyler Adams	7.14	Back 4	360	United States
Phil Foden	7.12	Back 4	258	England
Aïssa Laïdouni	7.10	Back 5	243	Tunisia
Zambo Anguissa	7.08	Back 4	260	Cameroon
Kevin De Bruyne	7.08	Back 4	180	Belgium
Adrien Rabiot	7.02	Back 4	483	France
Salem Al-Dawsari	7.02	Back 4	270	Saudi Arabia
Ivan Perišić	7.00	Back 4	489	Croatia

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the competition: 180 minutes (equivalent to 2 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.

Despite the poor performance in the competition, the highest average rating was achieved by Germany’s David Raum.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Country
David Raum	8.45	Back 4	242	Germany
Ramin Rezaeian	7.99	Back 4	180	IR Iran
Jordi Alba	7.98	Back 4	264	Spain
Ivan Perišić	7.78	Back 4	180	Croatia
Jesús Gallardo	7.74	Back 4	180	Mexico
Pervis Estupiñán	7.66	Back 4	180	Ecuador
Luke Shaw	7.58	Back 4	424	England
Danilo	7.53	Back 4	281	Brazil
Raphaël Guerreiro	7.47	Back 4	279	Portugal
Theo Hernández	7.32	Back 4	508	France
Silvan Widmer	7.30	Back 4	265	Switzerland
Antonee Robinson	7.28	Back 4	359	United States
Ali Abdi	7.24	Back 5	180	Tunisia
Diogo Dalot	7.17	Back 4	258	Portugal
Daley Blind	7.11	Back 5	423	Netherlands

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the competition: 180 minutes (equivalent to 2 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.