Top-50 Football Players June 2013

I did my monthly update of the database and subsequently of all players' Goalimpacts. This time I did not only add the new games in May, but also added some more competitions. Now I have a total of 163 competitions covered. New is e.g. the Chinese Super League, the Turkish and the Portuguese second league  and the Algerian division 1. So if you are looking for good players in any of these, just contact me.

As always, here are the top 50 players under 30 according to their influence on the teams goal difference ("Goalimpact"). We have four new entries

• Luiz Gustavo
• Robert Lewandowski
• Fernando
• Theo Walcott

Dani Valves dropped out of the list as he became 30 in May.

The 50 players come from 15 different teams playing in 10 different leagues. This underlines that the algorithm is capable to select and compare players across teams and leagues fairly well. He even can identify top players outside of the five big leagues.

Rank	Player	GoalImpact	Team	Nationality	Previous Rank	Diff GI
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	194,4	Real Madrid	Portugal	1	+1,32
2	Lionel Messi	189,3	FC Barcelona	Argentinien, Spanien	2	+1,01
3	Philipp Lahm	188,8	Bayern München	Deutschland	3	+3,67
4	Bastian Schweinsteiger	185,1	Bayern München	Deutschland	4	+2,30
5	Cesc Fabregas	173,1	FC Barcelona	Spanien	6	+0,39
6	Iniesta	170,0	FC Barcelona	Spanien	7	+0,06
7	Busquets	170,0	FC Barcelona	Spanien	9	+0,63
8	Wayne Rooney	169,9	Manchester United	England	8	+0,46
9	Mesut Özil	168,4	Real Madrid	Deutschland	10	+0,49
10	Thomas Müller	167,0	Bayern München	Deutschland	11	+1,69
11	Arjen Robben	166,0	Bayern München	Niederlande	14	+2,22
12	Sergio Ramos	164,4	Real Madrid	Spanien	13	+0,40
13	Manuel Neuer	164,2	Bayern München	Deutschland	16	+3,64
14	Pique	162,8	FC Barcelona	Spanien	15	-0,45
15	Pedro	162,6	FC Barcelona	Spanien	12	-1,71
16	Javier Mascherano	162,3	FC Barcelona	Argentinien, Italien	17	+2,37
17	Karim Benzema	160,8	Real Madrid	Frankreich	19	+1,56
18	Marcelo	159,9	Real Madrid	Brasilien	18	+0,21
19	Gael Clichy	157,9	Manchester City	Frankreich	20	+0,01
20	Salomon Kalou	153,8	Lille OSC	Elfenbeinküste	21	+0,21
21	Mario Gomez	151,8	Bayern München	Deutschland	22	+1,37
22	Gonzalo Higuai­n	151,1	Real Madrid	Argentinien, Frankreich	24	+1,07
23	Gregory van der Wiel	150,5	Paris Saint-Germain	Niederlande, Curacao	23	+0,14
24	Nani	150,1	Manchester United	Portugal	25	+1,09
25	Per Mertesacker	150,0	Arsenal FC	Deutschland	26	+1,36
26	Angel Di Maria	148,5	Real Madrid	Argentinien	29	+0,90
27	Thiago	148,0	FC Barcelona	Spanien, Brasilien	31	+0,81
28	Joao Moutinho	147,4	FC Porto	Portugal	32	+0,87
29	Robin van Persie	147,4	Manchester United	Niederlande	27	-0,99
30	Andriy Pyatov	147,0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	33	+0,68
31	Johnny Heitinga	146,6	Everton FC	Niederlande	30	-1,01
32	Toby Alderweireld	146,6	AFC Ajax	Belgien, Niederlande	37	+1,16
33	Holger Badstuber	146,5	Bayern München	Deutschland	35	+0,59
34	Jerome Boateng	146,4	Bayern München	Deutschland	40	+1,47
35	Sami Khedira	146,0	Real Madrid	Deutschland	38	+0,57
36	Toni Kroos	145,9	Bayern München	Deutschland	36	+0,32
37	Neven Subotic	145,9	Borussia Dortmund	Serbien, USA	41	+1,16
38	Jan Vertonghen	145,8	Tottenham Hotspur	Belgien	34	-0,17
39	Siem de Jong	145,2	AFC Ajax	Niederlande	46	+0,95
40	Wesley Sneijder	145,1	Galatasaray	Niederlande	42	+0,43
41	Marcel Schmelzer	145,0	Borussia Dortmund	Deutschland	43	+0,40
42	Luiz Gustavo	145,0	Bayern München	Brasilien	51	+1,32
43	Fernandinho	144,8	Shakhtar Donetsk	Brasilien	44	+0,24
44	Robert Lewandowski	144,8	Borussia Dortmund	Polen	52	+1,21
45	Emmanuel Adebayor	144,6	Tottenham Hotspur	Togo	50	+0,92
46	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	144,2	FC Schalke 04	Niederlande	45	-0,06
47	Willian	144,0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Brasilien	47	+0,00
48	Nigel de Jong	143,7	AC Milan	Niederlande, Suriname	48	-0,17
49	Fernando	143,6	FC Porto	Brasilien	53	+0,37
50	Theo Walcott	143,2	Arsenal FC	England, Barbados	55	+1,51