On the development of a soccer player performance rating system for the English premier league

McHale, IG; Scarf, PA; Folker, DE

Abstract

The EA Sports Player Performance Index is a rating system for soccer players used in the top two tiers of
soccer in England—the Premier League and the Championship. Its development was a collaboration among
professional soccer leagues, a news media association, and academia. In this paper, we describe the index and
its construction. The novelty of the index lies in its attempts to rate all players using a single score, regardless
of their playing specialty, based on player contributions to winning performances. As one might expect, players
from leading teams lead the index, although surprises happen.

Citation

McHale, I., Scarf, P., & Folker, D. (2012). On the development of a soccer player performance rating system for the English premier league. Interfaces, 42(4), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.1110.0589

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 4, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: Interfaces
• Print ISSN: 0092-2102
• Publisher: INFORMS
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 339-351
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.1110.0589
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.1110.0589