The Guardian's World Cup average ratings

8,00 Eden Hazard, Luka Modrić
7,67 Kevin De Bruyne,
7,57 Thibaut Courtois, Ivan Perisić
7,50 Sime Vrsaljko, Danijel Subasić, Guillermo Ochoa, Aleksandr Golovin, Yann Sommer
7,43 Ivan Rakitić, Kylian Mbappé
7,40 Thomas Meunier
7,33 Hugo Lloris, Romelu Lukaku, Mario Mandžukić, Ante Rebić, Domagoj Vida, Kieran Trippier
7,29 N’Golo Kanté, Jordan Pickford
7,25 Kasper Schmeichel, Cristiano Ronaldo
7,20 Marouane Fellaini, Artem Dzyuba, Diego Godín
7,17 Paul Pogba, Marcelo Brozović
7,14 Raphaël Varane, Antoine Griezmann
7,00 Lucas Hernandez, Toby Alderweireld, Thiago Silva, Philippe Coutinho, Dejan Lovren, Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson, Igor Akinfeev, Mário Fernandes, Robin Olsen, Victor Lindelöf, Andreas Granqvist, Edinson Cavani
6,83 Benjamin Pavard, Jan Vertonghen, Ivan Strinić, Harry Kane
6,80 Blaise Matuidi, Vincent Kompany, Miranda, Mateo Kovačić, Viktor Claesson
6,75 Youri Tielemans, David Ospina, Juan Quintero, Josip Pivarić, Hirving Lozano, Mikael Lustig, Manuel Akanji
6,71 Andrej Kramarić
6,67 Samuel Umtiti, Dries Mertens, Nacer Chadli, Vedran Corluka, Milan Badelj, Jesse Lingard
6,60 Willian, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young, Sergei Ignashevich, Roman Zobnin, Albin Ekdal, Ola Toivonen, Fernando Muslera, Luis Suárez
6,50 Axel Witsel, Juan Cuadrado, Simon Kjær, Yuto Nagatomo, Gaku Shibasaki, Yuya Osako, Carlos Salcedo, Carlos Vela, Javier Hernández, Andrés Guardado, Rui Patrício, Andrés Iniesta, Breel Embolo, Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili, Xherdan Shaqiri, José María Giménez, Diego Laxalt
6,43 John Stones
6,40 Alisson, Daler Kuzyaev, Emil Forsberg, Lucas Torreira
6,33 Mateus Uribe, Yussuf Poulsen
6,29 Olivier Giroud
6,25 Mousa Dembélé, Casemiro, Roberto Firmino, Fagner, Radamel Falcao, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Makoto Hasebe, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Héctor Herrera, Edson Álvarez, Jesús Gallardo, Pepe, Yuri Gazinskiy, Isco, Sebastian Larsson, Isaac Kiese Thelin, Ricardo Rodriguez
6,20 Paulinho, Aleksandr Samedov, Marcus Berg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matías Vecino, Martín Cáceres
6,17 Marcus Rashford
6,00 Corentin Tolisso, Steven Nzonzi, Yannick Carrasco, Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Douglas Costa, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar, Santiago Arias, Jefferson Lerma, Johan Mojica, Davinson Sánchez, Dele Alli, José FonteIlya Kutepov, David Silva, Diego Costa, Sergio Busquets, Nahitan Nández
5,83 Nabil Fekir, Raheem Sterling
5,80 Fernandinho, Cristian Rodríguez
5,75 Marcelo, Christian Eriksen, Thomas Delaney, Eiji Kawashima, Miguel Layún, Bernardo Silva, William Carvalho, Fedor Kudryashov, Jordi Alba
5,67 Wilmar Barrios, Carlos Bacca, Shinji Okazaki, Hotaru Yamaguchi
5,60 Danny Rose
5,50 Cristian Pavón, Andreas Christensen, Henrik Dalsgaard, Eric Dier, Jamie Vardy, Fabian Delph, Raphaël Guerreiro, João Mário, Gonçalo Guedes, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos
5,25 Ousmane Dembélé, Javier Mascherano, Martin Braithwaite, Pione Sisto
5,00 Nicolás Tagliafico, Maximiliano Meza, Nicolás Otamendi
4,75 David De Gea

Player ratings France 4-2 Croatia

France: Hugo Lloris 5,19 - Benjamin Pavard 5,86, Raphaël Varane 6,51, Samuel Umtiti 6,21, Lucas Hernández 6,41, Paul Pogba 7,08, N'Golo Kanté 5,36 (55' Steven N'Zonzi 6,06), Blaise Matuidi 6,01 (73' Corentin Tolisso 6,00), Antoine Griezmann 7,24, Olivier Giroud 5,76 (81' Nabil Fekir), Kylian Mbappé 7,11. - coach: Didier Deschamps 7,20. = average: 6,22 [solid]
   
Croatia: Danijel Subašić 4,96 - Šime Vrsaljko 5,71, Dejan Lovren 5,76, Ivan Strinić 5,46 (82' Marko Pjaca), Domagoj Vida 6,06, Ante Rebić 5,68 (71' Andrej Kramarić 5,56), Ivan Rakitić 5,73, Luka Modrić 5,58, Marcelo Brozović 5,66, Ivan Perišić 6,51, Mario Mandžukić 6,04. - coach: Zlatko Dalić 6,20. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Match quality: 8/10.

Player ratings Belgium 2-0 England

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,13 - Toby Alderweireld 6,72, Vincent Kompany 6,08, Jan Vertonghen 5,74, Thomas Meunier 7,04, Axel Witsel 6,13, Kevin De Bruyne 7,17, Nacer Chadli 6,40 (39' Thomas Vermaelen 5,79), Youri Tielemans 5,99 (78' Mousa Dembélé), Eden Hazard 7,17, Romelu Lukaku 5,72 (60' Dries Mertens 5,81). - coach: Roberto Martínez 6,91. = average: 6,30 [good]

England: Jordan Pickford 6,31 - Phil Jones 5,17, John Stones 5,76, Harry Maguire 5,99, Eric Dier 5,85, Kieran Trippier 5,54, Danny Rose 5,04 (46' Jesse Lingard 5,64), Fabian Delph 5,40, Ruben Loftus-Cheek 5,95 (84' Dele Alli), Raheem Sterling 5,35 (46' Marcus Rashford 5,68), Harry Kane 4,99. - coach: Gareth Southgate 5,41. = average: 5,59 [poor]

Player ratings Croatia 2-1 aet England

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 5,99 - Šime Vrsaljko 6,65, Dejan Lovren 6,17, Domagoj Vida 6,26, Ivan Strinić 5,47 (95' Josip Pivarić), Marcelo Brozović 6,17, Ante Rebić 6,17 (101' Andrej Kramarić 6,00), Ivan Rakitić 5,99, Luka Modrić 6,42 (119' Milan Badelj), Ivan Perišić 7,42, Mario Mandžukić 7,08 (115' Vedran Ćorluka). - coach: Zlatko Dalić 6,58. = average: 6,58 [excellent]

England: Jordan Pickford 6,25 - Kyle Walker 5,45 (112'Jamie Vardy), John Stones 5,56, Harry Maguire 5,90, Kieran Trippier 6,49, Jesse Lingard 5,67, Jordan Henderson 5,93 (97' Eric Dier 5,70), Dele Alli 5,72, Ashley Young 5,72 (91' Danny Rose 5,80), Raheem Sterling 5,59 (74' Marcus Rashford 5,75), Harry Kane 5,13. - coach: Gareth Southgate 5,58. = average: 5,76 [mediocre]

Match quality: 7/10.

Player ratings France 1-0 Belgium

France: Hugo Lloris 6,78 - Benjamin Pavard 5,98, Raphaël Varane 6,79, Samuel Umtiti 7,66, Lucas Hernández 6,15, Paul Pogba 6,96, N'Golo Kanté 6,56, Blaise Matuidi 6,82 (86' Corentin Tolisso), Antoine Griezmann 6,33, Olivier Giroud 5,71  (85' Steven N'Zonzi), Kylian Mbappé 7,25. - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,90. = average: 6,64 [excellent]

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,96 - Toby Alderweireld 5,79, Vincent Kompany 5,96, Jan Vertonghen 5,62, Nacer Chadli 5,58 (90' Michy Batshuayi), Axel Witsel 5,81, Marouane Fellaini 5,56 (81' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco), Mousa Dembélé 4,98 (60' Dries Mertens 5,52), Eden Hazard 6,46, Kevin De Bruyne 5,67, Romelu Lukaku 5,14. - coach: Roberto Martínez 5,60. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

Match quality: 7,5/10.

Player ratings Russia 2-2 (3-4 pen.) Croatia

Russia: Igor Akinfeev 6,19 - Mário Fernandes 6,33, Ilya Kutepov 5,65, Sergey Ignashevich 5,98, Fedor Kudryashov 5,57, Denis Cheryshev 6,85 (67' Fedor Smolov 5,46), Daler Kuzyaev 6,10, Roman Zobnin 6,33, Aleksandr Golovin 5,89 (102' Alan Dzagoev 6,42), Aleksandr Samedov 5,78 (54' Aleksandr Erokhin 5,86), Artem Dzyuba 5,65 (79' Yuri Gazinskiy 5,72). -  coach: Stanislav Cherchesov 6,57. = average: 5,99 [acceptable]

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 6,94 - Šime Vrsaljko 6,24 (97' Vedran Ćorluka 6,00), Ivan Strinić 5,74 (74' Josip Pivarić 5,67), Dejan Lovren 6,07, Domagoj Vida 6,63, Ivan Perišić 5,69 (63' Marcelo Brozović 5,79), Ivan Rakitić 6,42, Luka Modrić 6,78, Andrej Kramarić 6,48 (88' Mateo Kovačić 5,44), Ante Rebić 6,26, Mario Mandžukić 6,05. - coach: Zlatko Dalić 6,15. = average: 6,15 [solid] 

Match quality: 6,5/10.

Player ratings Sweden 0-2 England

Sweden: Robin Olsen 5,96 - Emil Krafth 5,08 (85' Pontus Jansson), Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 5,43, Andreas Granqvist 5,97, Ludwig Augustinsson 5,51, Sebastian Larsson 5,43, Albin Ekdal 5,35, Victor Claesson 5,75, Emil Forsberg 5,01 (65' Martin Olsson 5,64), Marcus Berg 6,08, Ola Toivonen 5,10 (65' John Guidetti 5,69). - coach: Janne Andersson 5,62. = average: 5,54 [poor]

England: Jordan Pickford 7,46 - Kyle Walker 6,25, John Stones 6,35, Harry Maguire 7,11, Ashley Young 6,44, Jesse Lingard 6,45, Jordan Henderson 6,34 (85' Eric Dier), Kieran Trippier 6,61, Dele Alli 6,51 (77' Fabian Delph), Raheem Sterling 5,78 (90' Marcus Rashford), Harry Kane 5,95. - coach: Gareth Southgate 6,88. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Match quality: 5,5/10.

Average ratings England & Sweden

7,20 Kane
6,65 Granqvist
6,52 J. ANDERSSON
6,43 Trippier
6,42 Forsberg
6,40 Stones
6,32 SOUTHGATE
6,30 Pickford
6,27 Lingard, Lindelöf
6,25 Olsen, Toivonen
6,20 Henderson
6,16 [average Sweden]
6,15 Augustinsson, Claesson, Ekdal
6,12 Lustig
6,10 [average England], G. Svensson
6,08 Maguire
6,05 Dier
6,00 A. Young, Loftus-Cheek
5,97 Vardy
5,95 Rose
5,87 S. Larsson
5,85 Delph, Berg
5,80 Walker
5,73 Sterling
5,70 Alli
5,35 Rashford

Player ratings Brazil 1-2 Belgium

Brazil: Alisson 5,98 - Thiago Silva 5,79, Miranda 5,64, Marcelo 6,09, Fágner 5,06, Coutinho 5,87, Paulinho 5,39 (73' Renato Augusto 6,71), Fernandinho 4,46, Willian 5,26 (46' Roberto Firmino 5,75), Gabriel Jesus 5,09 (58' Douglas Costa 6,21), Neymar 5,26. - coach: Tite 5,12. = average: 5,61 [failing]

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 7,34 - Toby Alderweireld 6,23, Vincent Kompany 5,89, Jan Vertonghen 5,84, Thomas Meunier 6,11, Axel Witsel 6,44, Kevin De Bruyne 7,18, Marouane Fellaini 6,31, Nacer Chadli 6,29 (83' Thomas Vermaelen), Eden Hazard 7,40, Romelu Lukaku 7,06 (87' Youri Tielemans). - coach: Roberto Martínez 6,67. = average: 6,55 [excellent]

Match quality: 7/10.

Player ratings Uruguay 0-2 France

Uruguay: Fernando Muslera 4,40 - Martín Cáceres 6,20, José Giménez 5,80, Diego Godín 5,80, Diego Laxalt 5,90, Nahitan Nández 5,90 (73' Jonathan Urreta 5,50), Lucas Torreira 5,50, Rodrigo Bentancur 5,10 (59' Cristian Rodríguez 5,80), Matías Vecino 5,40, Cristhian Stuani 5,00 (59' Maximiliano Gómez 5,40), Luis Suárez 5,30. - coach: Óscar Tabárez 5,60. = average: 5,50 [poor]

France: Hugo Lloris 7,00 - Benjamin Pavard 6,30, Raphaël Varane 7,00, Samuel Umtiti 6,30, Lucas Hernández 6,00, Paul Pogba 6,30, Corentin Tolisso 6,20 (80' Steven N'Zonzi), N'Golo Kanté 6,90, Antoine Griezmann 7,10 (90' Nabil Fekir), Olivier Giroud 5,90, Kylian Mbappé 6,20 (87' Ousmane Dembélé). - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,80. = average: 6,47 [very good]

Player ratings Colombia 1-1 (3-4 pen.) England

Colombia: David Ospina 6,27 - Santiago Arias 6,01 (116' Cristián Zapata), Yerry Mina 7,15, Wilmar Barrios 5,77, Davinson Sánchez 6,51, Johan Mojica 6,21, Carlos Sánchez 4,94 (79' Mateus Uribe 6,06), Jefferson Lerma 5,39 (61' Carlos Bacca 5,41), Juan Cuadrado 5,66, Juan Quintero 5,65 (88' Luis Muriel 6,00), Radamel Falcao 5,55. - coach: José Pekerman 6,00. = average: 5,90 [vulnerable]

England: Jordan Pickford 6,97 - Kyle Walker 5,88, John Stones 6,04, Harry Maguire 6,01, Kieran Trippier 6,43, Ashley Young 5,89 (102' Danny Rose 6,12), Jesse Lingard 5,72, Jordan Henderson 5,89, Dele Alli 5,54 (81' Eric Dier 6,50), Raheem Sterling 5,82 (88' Jamie Vardy 6,16), Harry Kane 7,11. - coach: Gareth Southgate 6,50. = average: 6,15 [solid] 

Match quality: 6,5/10.

Player ratings Sweden 1-0 Switzerland

Sweden: Robin Olsen 6,34 - Mikael Lustig 6,19 (82' Martin Olsson 6,50), Victor Lindelöf 6,40, Andreas Granqvist 6,47, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,14, Victor Claesson 5,96, Gustav Svensson 6,15, Albin Ekdal 5,84, Emil Forsberg 7,05 (82' Emil Krafth), Marcus Berg 5,72 (90' Isaac Thelin), Ola Toivonen 5,98. - coach: Janne Andersson 6,70. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Switzerland: Yann Sommer 6,30 - Michael Lang 5,02, Johan Djourou 5,69, Manuel Akanji 5,55, Ricardo Rodríguez 5,58, Valon Behrami 5,65, Blerim Džemaili 5,35 (73' Breel Embolo 5,56), Xherdan Shaqiri 5,84, Granit Xhaka 5,50, Steven Zuber 5,45 (73' Haris Seferović 5,75), Josip Drmić 5,04. - coach: Vladimir Petković 5,40. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Match quality: 6,5/10.

Player ratings Belgium 3-2 Japan

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,10 - Toby Alderweireld 5,90, Jan Vertonghen 6,20, Vincent Kompany 6,00, Thomas Meunier 5,90, Kevin De Bruyne 5,60, Axel Witsel 5,50, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,10 (65' Nacer Chadli 7,30), Dries Mertens 5,10 (65' Marouane Fellaini 7,00), Eden Hazard 6,50, Romelu Lukaku 5,90. - coach: Roberto Martínez 6,30. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Japan: Eiji Kawashima 6,00 - Hiroki Sakai 5,80, Maya Yoshida 6,40, Gen Shōji 6,30, Yuto Nagatomo 6,40, Makoto Hasebe 5,90, Gaku Shibasaki 6,20 (81' Hotaru Yamaguchi), Genki Haraguchi 6,50 (81' Keisuke Honda 5,60), Shinji Kagawa 6,60, Takashi Inui 7,00, Yuya Osako 5,60. - coach: Akira Nishino 5,80. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Match quality: 8/10.

Player ratings Brazil 2-0 Mexico

Brazil: Alisson 6,10 - Fágner 6,00, Thiago Silva 6,60, Miranda 6,40, Filipe Luís 6,00, Paulinho 6,20 (80' Fernandinho), Casemiro 6,00, Coutinho 6,00 (86' Roberto Firmino 6,50), Willian 7,30 (90' Marquinhos), Gabriel Jesus 5,50, Neymar 7,50. - coach: Tite 6,50. = average: 6,34 [good]

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,90 - Edson Álvarez 5,70 (55' Jonathan dos Santos 5,40), Hugo Ayala 5,90, Carlos Salcedo 6,00, Jesús Gallardo 5,80, Héctor Herrera 5,70, Rafael Márquez 5,60 (46' Miguel Layún 5,50), Andrés Guardado 6,00, Javier Hernández 5,20 (60' Raúl Jiménez 5,60),  Hirving Lozano 6,20, Carlos Vela 6,00. - coach: Juan Carlos Osorio 5,70. = average: 5,82 [mediocre] 

Match quality: 7/10.

Player ratings Croatia 1-1 (3-2 pen.) Denmark

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 7,80 - Šime Vrsaljko 6,30, Dejan Lovren 6,00, Domagoj Vida 6,00, Ivan Strinić 5,50 (81' Josip Pivarić 5,80), Marcelo Brozović 5,70 (71' Mateo Kovačić 6,20), Ivan Perišić 5,50 (97' Andrej Kramarić 6,10), Ante Rebić 7,20, Luka Modrić 6,00, Ivan Rakitić 6,60, Mario Mandžukić 6,50 (108' Milan Badelj 5,20). - coach: Zlatko Dalić 6,30. = average: 6,16 [solid]

Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel 7,70 - Simon Kjær 6,10, Andreas Christensen 5,30 (46' Lasse Schöne 5,50), Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen 6,30, Henrik Dalsgaard 5,50, Thomas Delaney 6,20 (98' Michael Krohn-Dehli 6,00), Christian Eriksen 5,70, Jonas Knudsen 6,00, Yussuf Poulsen 6,70, Martin Braithwaite 5,90 (106' Pione Sisto 6,50), Andreas Cornelius 5,50 (66' Nicolai Jørgensen 5,20). - coach: Åge Hareide 6,30. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Player ratings Spain 1-1 (3-4 pen.) Russia

Spain: De Gea 5,90 - Nacho 6,10 (70' Dani Carvajal 6,00), Piqué 4,90, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,90, Koke 5,50, Busquets 6,00, David Silva 5,40 (67' Iniesta 6,10), Isco 6,40, Marco Asensio 5,80 (104' Rodrigo 6,00), Diego Costa 5,40. - coach: Hierro 5,40. = average: 5,82 [mediocre]

Russia: Igor Akinfeev 7,20 - Mário Fernandes 6,40, Ilya Kutepov 6,20, Sergey Ignashevich 5,30, Fedor Kudryashov 5,90, Yuriy Zhirkov 5,60 (46' Vladimir Granat 5,80), Aleksandr Samedov 5,80 (61' Denis Cheryshev 5,70), Daler Kuzyaev 5,70 (97' Aleksandr Erokhin 6,00), Roman Zobnin 5,90, Artem Dzyuba 6,60, Aleksandr Golovin 6,00. - coach: Stanislav Cherchesov 6,00. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Match quality: 5/10.