LIONEL MESSI

ZINEDINE ZIDANE

SEASONS 1990 – 2006

PLAYERSeasonClub GDAClub AMPClub GDIClub IMPNatl GDANatl AMPNatl GDINatl IMPClub GDA/90Club GDI/90Natl GDA/90Natl GDI/90Perf ScoreAvg TM Help (+5)Adj Perf ScoreLeague Champ Champions League ChampCWC ChampContinental ChampWorld Cup ChampOlympics ChampAchieve Score (Club)Achieve Score (Natl)
Zinedine Zidane90/9122479613310.070.41-0.33
91/92-53042-51338-0.15-0.340.19
92/93213018-27920.63-0.230.859454.954678
93/94293325-69650.78-0.561.3420914.8210079
94/95144100-619049324470.31-2.843.870.403.153.4761574.8529861
95/96184248-31303168281420.38-0.210.5960784.8929721
96/97423568712021.060.520.5458644.9729144XX2
97/98423768141092516142291.001.152.801.57-0.151.2245425.3724391XX14
98/99-1302814159275702360-0.030.791.110.50-0.820.6137645.3420100
99/002932411814399745-11250.811.131.09-0.72-0.321.8134815.2118136X2
00/01343098-46820.99-0.531.5238565.1920013
01/02414020191920-290-11800.920.89-2.00-0.500.03-1.5031755.1416320X2
02/033941102914701745094800.851.783.401.69-0.921.7128195.3214997XX2
03/0434412031250752851020.740.221.194.410.53-3.2224555.6113773
04/053532111215290.980.710.2724045.6213510
05/062527411219391186831520.820.561.141.780.26-0.6422755.6812922
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METHODOLOGY

These are the detailed per-season data of each player. GDA means Goal Differential while player was Active (playing with his team on the pitch), and GDI means Goal Differential while player was Inactive (his teammates playing without him).  This is calculated for both Club and Natl (National Team).  AMP shows Minutes Played by team while player was Active (how many minutes the player played for his team that year).  IMP shows the minutes played by his team while player was Inactive.  AMP + IMP = how many minutes the team played that season.  It is important to mention here that only official games are counted and friendly or exhibition matches are excluded.  The per-90 data are self-explanatory and are the basis for calculating the Perf Score (performance score).  The Avg TM Help is the average goal differential of the player’s teammates without him up to that season with an additional 5 pts added to correct for any negative average goal differentials.  The Adj Perf Score is the adjusted performance score based on the average teammate help up to that year.  Higher teammate help will increase the score while lower teammate help will decrease it.  This is, as explained in the main section, because theoretically stronger teammates dilute your own individual performance while weaker teammates may artificially increase it.  Lastly, what follows to the right are columns showing the main standard competitions across the world that any player can participate in, each showing the points that they are worth in parentheses.  X marks whether the player won that competition for a given season.  Far to the right are the total points awarded for winning the competitions each year.  The bottom-most number to the right shows the total points awarded in a player’s career across club and country.