We evaluate the players of the Eredivisie 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 the Matchweek 5 (included). All players shown played, at least, 225 minutes in one of the predefined types of defense.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Mathew Ryan 8.25 Back 4 360 AZ Alkmaar Walter Benítez 7.85 Back 4 360 PSV Ivon Pandur 7.68 Back 4 450 Fortuna Sittard Lars Unnerstall 7.47 Back 4 360 Twente Jasper Schendelaar 7.33 Back 4 270 Zwolle
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Mio Backhaus 5.32 Back 4 360 Volendam Timon Wellenreuther 5.34 Back 4 360 Feyenoord Nordin Bakker 5.39 Back 4 450 Almere City Vasilios Barkas 5.40 Back 4 450 Utrecht Etienne Vaessen 5.55 Back 4 450 RKC Waalwijk
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Jorrel Hato 9.13 Back 4 360 Ajax Dávid Hancko 9.05 Back 4 450 Feyenoord Robin Pröpper 8.36 Back 4 337 Twente André Ramalho 8.20 Back 4 315 PSV Gernot Trauner 7.86 Back 4 268 Feyenoord
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Damian van Bruggen 3.95 Back 4 337 Almere City Jamal Amofa 4.51 Back 4 271 Go Ahead Eagles Serano Seymor 4.54 Back 4 228 Excelsior Mathias Ross 4.71 Back 4 225 NEC Théo Barbet 5.31 Back 4 434 Almere City
FULL-BACKS & WING-BACKS (FBs & WBs):
BEST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Lustsharel Geertruida 7.87 Back 4 349 Feyenoord Yukinari Sugawara 7.78 Back 4 450 AZ Alkmaar Siebe Horemans 7.58 Back 4 435 Excelsior Quilindschy Hartman 7.06 Back 4 259 Feyenoord Alfons Sampsted 6.79 Back 4 295 Twente
WORST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Sherel Floranus 4.72 Back 4 450 Almere City Deron Payne 4.88 Back 4 323 Volendam Hamdi Akujobi 5.16 Back 4 295 Almere City Mats Deijl 5.20 Back 4 360 Go Ahead Eagles Mitchell Dijks 5.26 Back 4 257 Fortuna Sittard
MIDFIELDERS & WINGERS (Ms & Ws):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Joey Veerman 9.43 Back 4 359 PSV Mats Wieffer 8.84 Back 4 430 Feyenoord Dave Van Den Berg 8.47 Back 4 270 Zwolle Daan Rots 8.35 Back 4 360 Twente Calvin Stengs 8.20 Back 4 397 Feyenoord
WORST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Ché Nunnely 4.95 Back 4 370 Heerenveen Lars Olden Larsen 5.00 Back 4 342 NEC Jens Toornstra 5.04 Back 4 293 Utrecht Mats Seuntjens 5.15 Back 4 347 Utrecht Milion Manhoef 5.16 Back 4 245 Vitesse
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Vangelis Pavlidis 9.41 Back 4 334 AZ Alkmaar Luuk de Jong 8.77 Back 4 325 PSV Santiago Giménez 8.61 Back 4 384 Feyenoord Ferdy Druijf 7.74 Back 4 269 Zwolle Manfred Ugalde 7.69 Back 4 273 Twente
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Ion Nicolaescu 5.03 Back 4 350 Heerenveen Victor Edvardsen 5.38 Back 4 294 Go Ahead Eagles Thomas Robinet 5.41 Back 4 402 Almere City Saïd Hamulic 5.43 Back 4 265 Vitesse Koki Ogawa 5.50 Back 4 374 NEC
Data from FBref.
