In our analysis, we evaluate all the players who played in Primeira Liga in the 2023/2024 Season. In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in the league. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances. As a matter of fact, in this type of analysis, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Anatolii Trubin (Benfica)
- Jhonatan (Rio Ave)
- Luiz Júnior (Famalicão)
- Diogo Costa (Porto)
- Kewin (Moreirense)
With some great performances, Trubin is the best performing Goalkeeper in the League. Playing for Benfica, Trubin is the upgrade that the team needed in goal so that this position presents great quality and stability (like Porto with Diogo Costa). As shown above, Diogo Costa finished in fourth place on the average rating list behind Rio Ave’s GK Jhonatan & Famalicão’s GK Luiz Júnior.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP)
- António Silva (Benfica)
- Pepe (Porto)
- Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
- Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Gonçalo Inácio leads the list of the the Best Centre-Backs in the Primeira Liga – 2023/2024 Season. Equally, we can see that António Silva is close to Gonçalo with a really good average rating.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica)
- Wendell (Porto)
- Costinha (Rio Ave)
- João Mário (Porto)
- Rodrigo Gomes (Estoril)
As shown above, in a top section with great players, Fredrik Aursnes archived the highest average ratings among all the Full-Backs and Wing-Backs in the Primeira Liga. Being, without doubt, two of the most exciting players in the Portuguese League, Costinha and Rodrigo Gomes are also two of the best young talents in this league. To conclude, even after his inclusion in the Brazil squad, we can see that Wendell is second on this list.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Ángel Di María (Benfica)
- Rafa Silva (Benfica)
- Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)
- Orkun Kökçü (Benfica)
- João Neves (Benfica)
As a result of his great impact in Benfica’s style of play, Ángel Di María has one of the highest average ratings in the league. At the same time, behind him, we can see his teammate with a great season: Rafa Silva. Sporting’s Pedro Gonçalves also had a great season archiving an incredible average rating!
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
- Evanilson (Porto)
- Simon Banza (Braga)
- Rafa Mújica (Arouca)
- André Silva (Vitória Guimarães)
Considered by many to be the best player in the league, Viktor Gyökeres has the highest average rating among all players in the Primeira Liga. As a result of his performances, Viktor is significantly ahead of his competition.
PLAYER OF THE SEASON – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24
In his debut season, Viktor Gyökeres was the standout performer in the league. With 29 Goals and 10 Assists, we’ve awarded the Swedish player as the best player in the league!
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24
In this year’s edition of the Primeira Liga, João Neves had a tremendous season. With an average rating of 7.58, the award for the best young player in the league goes to him!
BEST PLAYERS IN PORTUGAL: TOP 40 PLAYERS – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24
With the top of the list dominated by players from Sporting CP and Benfica, we can say that this was an expected situation: these two teams competed against each other for the title until the end of the season so the presence of so many of their players is meritorious.
TABLE POSITION & NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER TEAM:
| Final Table position | Team | Number of players in the Top 40 |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 Players |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 Players |
| 3 | FC Porto | 8 Players |
| 4 | SC Braga | 4 Players |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 2 Players |
| 6 | Moreirense | 0 Players |
| 7 | FC Arouca | 4 Players |
| 8 | FC Famalicão | 2 Players |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 0 Players |
| 10 | Farense | 0 Players |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 2 Players |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 0 Players |
| 13 | Estoril Praia | 1 Player |
| 14 | Estrela Amadora | 0 Players |
| 15 | Boavista | 0 Players |
| 16 | Portimonense | 1 Player |
| 17 | FC Vizela | 1 Player |
| 18 | GD Chaves | 0 Players |
BEST YOUNG PLAYERS – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
TEAM OF THE SEASON – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
OUTSIDERS TEAM OF THE SEASON – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
‘The Outsiders‘ section refers to something different, something beyond of what is normally talked about. In this case, I think it’s important to analyse the best players outside the Top 3 (Sporting CP, Benfica, FC Porto), teams that have a much greater financial and even sporting strength.
FUN FACTS – PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Sporting CP has the highest amount of Goals per 90 minutes. Comparatively, only Benfica, Braga, Porto, Arouca, Vitória Guimarães & Estoril have more than half of Sporting’s Goal per 90 amount.
- Benfica has the highest xG per 90 minutes. On the other hand, Casa Pia has the lowest xG per 90 minutes.
- Sporting CP has the highest amount of Goal Creating Actions (GCA) per 90 minutes. Comparatively, Chaves and Estrela created very little amount of GCA, with values near 30% of Sporting’s amount.
- Benfica has the highest amount of Shot Creating Actions (SCA) per 90 minutes. Despite this, Porto, Braga & Sporting have a similar amount of SCA to Benfica.
- Porto has the highest amount of Progressive Carries (PRG_C) per 90 minutes. On the other hand, Farense & Estrela have less than half of Porto’s amount per 90.
- Benfica has the highest amount of Progressive Passes (PRG_P) per 90 minutes. On the other hand, Chaves has less than half of Benfica’s amount per 90.
- Sporting CP has the highest amount of Goals per 90 minutes at Home. Comparatively, only Benfica, Porto, Braga, Vitória Guimarães & Gil Vicente have more than half of Sporting’s amount of Goals at Home.
- Benfica has the highest xG per 90 minutes at Home. On the other hand, Casa Pia has the lowest xG per 90 minutes with an amount near 25% of Benfica’s xG at Home.
- Sporting CP has the highest amount of Goal Creating Actions (GCA) per 90 minutes at Home. On the other hand, Casa Pia created very little amount of GCA, with a value near 21% of Sporting’s amount of GCA at Home.
- Porto has the highest amount of Shot Creating Actions (SCA) per 90 minutes at Home. Comparatively, Benfica & Braga have a similar amount to Porto’s.
- Porto has the highest amount of Progressive Carries (PRG_C) per 90 minutes at Home. On the other hand, Farense, Boavista & Chaves have less than half of Porto’s amount.
- Porto has the highest amount of Progressive Passes (PRG_P) per 90 minutes at Home. On the other hand, Portimonense, Famalicão & Chaves have less than half of Porto’s amount.
- Braga has the highest amount of Goals per 90 minutes playing Away. On the other hand, Chaves & Estrela have the lowest amount of Goals Away from Home with an amount near 25% of Braga’s Goals Away.
- Sporting CP has the higher xG per 90 minutes Away from Home. On the other hand, Moreirense, Boavista & Portimonense have less than half of Sporting’s amount of xG.
- Braga has the highest amount of Goal Creating Actions (GCA) per 90 minutes playing Away. Comparatively, Chaves created very little amount of GCA Away, with an amount near 23% of Braga’s GCA.
- Sporting CP has the highest amount of Shot Creating Actions (SCA) per 90 minutes Away from Home. Comparatively, Benfica has a simliar amount to Sporting’s.
- Benfica has the highest amount of Progressive Carries (PRG_C) per 90 minutes playing Away. On the other hand, Estrela Amadora, Vizela, Farense & Boavista have less than half of Benfica’s amount.
- Benfica has the highest amount of Progressive Passes (PRG_P) per 90 minutes Away from Home. On the other hand, Boavista, Farense, Chaves & Casa Pia have less than half of Benfica’s amount of Progressive Passes Away from Home.
GOALS & xG IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Chaves’s Héctor Hernández, Vizela’s Samuel Essende and Famalicão’s Jhonder Cádiz scored more than 40% of their teams goals.
- Sporting’s Paulinho finished the season with an average of more than 1 goal every 90 minutes!
- In terms of xG, Jhonder Cádiz is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in their team’s total xG.
- Braga’s Simon Banza finished the season with the most xG per 90 minutes in the Portuguese League.
ASSISTS & xA IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Estoril’s Rodrigo Gomes is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in their team’s total Assists.
- Benfica’s David Neres is the only player in Primeira Liga with an average of more than an assist every two games.
- Famalicão’s Francisco Moura is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in their team’s total xA by a large margin!
- Benfica’s Ángel Di María finished the season with the most xA per 90 minutes in the Portuguese League.
PROGRESSIVE PASSES IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Portimonense’s Carlinhos is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in his teams Total Progressive Passes.
- Benfica’s Orkun Kökçü is the player in Primeira Liga with the most Progressive Passes per game.
PROGRESSIVE CARRIES IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Portimonense’s Hélio Varela & Estoril’s Rafik Guitane account for more than 25% of their teams Progressive Carries!
- Porto’s Francisco Conceição finished the season with the most Progressive Carries per 90 minutes in the league.
GCA & SCA IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Arouca’s Cristo González is the player with the most influence in their team’s total GCA by a large margin!
- Benfica’s David Neres is the only player in the league with more than 1 Goal-Creating Actions per game!
- Once again, Carlinhos and Rafik Guitane’s quality is highlighted by their enormous influence on their team’s Shot-Creating Actions.
- Benfica’s Ángel Di María dominates the Shot-Creating Actions list, with nearly 7 SCA’s per game.
SUCCESSFUL TAKE-ONS IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Estoril’s Rafik Guitane dominates this list with an enormous influence on his team’s Successful Take-Ons.
- Estoril’s Rafik Guitane finished the season with the most Successful Take-Ons per game in the league.
INTERCEPTIONS, BLOCKS & TACKLES IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Rio Ave’s Costinha is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in their team’s total Interceptions + Blocks.
- Portimonense’s Igor Marques & Benfica’s Florentino Luís are the only players with more than 4 INT+BLK per game.
- Once again, Rio Ave’s Costinha is the player in Primeira Liga with the most influence in their team’s total Tackles.
- Benfica’s Florentino Luís dominates the list of Tackles per 90 with more than 4 Tackles per game.
PASS COMPLETION IN PRIMEIRA LIGA 23/24:
- Benfica’s António Silva finished the season as the player with the best Pass Completion %.
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Data from FBref.
