Thursday, July 22, 2010

World Cup 2010: Defensive Player Statistics

Here are a few defensive stats from the 2010 World Cup by players who played a minimum of 270 minutes. Rather than listing the leaders for each stat (many of the players from teams who progressed further and played more games were the leaders), I broke them down per minutes played. (example: Minutes Played divided by Tackles). The top five, with ties counting as one place, were listed for each stat.


Tackle every _____ Minutes Played

33.75 - Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)
33.75 - Stephane Grichting (Switzerland)
38.42 - Jorge Fucile (Uruguay)
40.91 - Juan (Brazil)
45.00 - Gerardo Torrado (Mexico)
45.00 - Gary Medel (Chile)
48.75 - Michael Bradley (USA)

Tackles made Gaining Possession every _____ Minutes Played

54.00 - Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)
54.00 - Stephane Grichting (Switzerland)
67.50 - Gary Medel (Chile)
72.00 - Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
76.83 - Jorge Fucile (Uruguay)

Save Made every ____ Minutes Played

12.86 - Ri Myong Guk (North Korea)
13.50 - Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
15.88 - Thomas Sorensen (Denmark)
15.88 - Alexandros Tzorvas (Greece)
18.95 - Eduardo (Portugal)

Clearance every ____ Minutes Played (No GK's)

22.50 - Rafik Halliche (Algeria)
24.54 - Bojan Jokic (Slovenia)
24.54 - Stephane Grichting (Switzerland)
24.54 - Danny Shittu (Nigeria)
27.00 - Marko Suler (Slovenia)
27.00 - Stephane Lichtsteiner (Switzerland)
27.69 - Cho Yong Hyung (South Korea)
30.00 - Martin Skrtel (Slovakia)
30.00 - William Gallas (France)
30.00 - Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)

Recovered Balls every ____ Minutes Played

27.00 - Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)
33.75 - Stephane Grichting (Switzerland)
38.57 - Osman Chavez (Honduras)
45.00 - Danny Shittu (Nigeria)
51.43 - Cho Yong Hyung (South Korea)

Clearances Completed every ____ Minutes Played (No GK's)

51.43 - Cho Young Hyung (South Korea)
54.00 - Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)
67.50 - Danny Shittu (Nigeria)
72.00 - Lee Young Pyo (South Korea)
90.00 - William Gallas (France)
90.00 - Stephane Grichting (Switzerland)
90.00 - Ri Kwang Chon (North Korea)
90.00 - Medhi Lacen (Algeria)
90.00 - Osman Chavez (Honduras)
90.00 - Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia)

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