Argentina ratings in World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum eight rated appearances.

7,40 Lionel Messi (26)
7,38 Carlos Tévez (8)
7,25 Ariel Ortega (8)
7,10 Roberto Ayala (10)
7,06 Juan Sebastián Verón (9)
7,04 Sergio Romero (12)
6,85 Javier Mascherano (20)
6,75 Ángel Di María (16)
6,69 Gabriel Batistuta (8)
6,62 Javier Zanetti, Gabriel Heinze (8)
6,60 Maxi Rodríguez (10)
6,56 Marcos Rojo (9)
6,46 Gonzalo Higuaín (13)
6,36 Nicolás Otamendi (14)
6,28 Nicolás Tagliafico (9)
6,12 Martín Demichelis, Kun Agüero (8)

Juventus ratings 2017/18

All competitions.

6,39 Douglas Costa
6,34 Juan Cuadrado
6,33 Mehdi Benatia
6,28 Mattia De Sciglio, Claudio Marchisio
6,27 Miralem Pjanić, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala
6,25 Gianluigi Buffon
6,24 Giorgio Chiellini
6,22 Wojciech Szczęsny
6,21 Blaise Matuidi
6,18 Federico Bernardeschi
6,07 Mario Mandžukić
6,02 Daniele Rugani, Kwadwo Asamoah
5,98 Andrea Barzagli
5,95 Sami Khedira
5,88 Stephan Lichtsteiner
5,82 Rodrigo Bentancur
5,79 Alex Sandro
5,78 Stefano Sturaro

Player ratings Inter 2-3 Juventus

0-1 13' Douglas Costa l. (Juan Cuadrado), 1-1 52' Mauro Icardi h. (João Cancelo), 2-1 65' og Andrea Barzagli, 2-2 87' og Milan Škriniar, 2-3 89' Gonzalo Higuaín h. (Paulo Dybala). Sent off: 15' Matías Vecino, 90' Massimiliano Allegri.

Inter: Samir Handanovič 5,40 - João Cancelo 6,10, Milan Škriniar 5,80, Miranda 6,10, Danilo D'Ambrosio 5,50 (90' Yann Karamoh), Matías Vecino 4,00, Marcelo Brozović 6,20, Antonio Candreva 5,80, Rafinha 6,40 (81' Borja Valero), Ivan Perišić 6,70, Mauro Icardi 6,90 (85' Davide Santon 3,90). - coach: Luciano Spalletti 4,80. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Juan Cuadrado 6,30, Daniele Rugani 4,90, Andrea Barzagli 5,10, Alex Sandro 5,40, Sami Khedira 5,20 (61' Paulo Dybala 6,70), Miralem Pjanić 5,30 (80' Rodrigo Bentancur), Blaise Matuidi 6,10, Douglas Costa 6,80, Gonzalo Higuaín 6,90, Mario Mandžukić 5,40 (66' Federico Bernardeschi 6,10). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,60. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Tottenham 1-2 Juventus

1-0 39' Heung-min Son r. (Kieran Trippier), 1-1 64' Gonzalo Higuaín r. (Sami Khedira), 1-2 67' Paulo Dybala l. (Gonzalo Higuaín). Att: 84.010.

Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 5,50 - Kieran Trippier 5,70, Davinson Sánchez 5,40, Jan Vertonghen 4,80, Ben Davies 5,20, Eric Dier 5,80 (74' Èrik Lamela 6,00), Mousa Dembélé 6,30, Christian Eriksen 6,30, Dele Alli 6,10 (86' Llorente), Heung-min Son 7,40, Harry Kane 6,00. - coach: Mauricio Pochettino 5,80. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,30 - Andrea Barzagli 5,70, Medhi Benatia 5,20 (61' Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,60), Giorgio Chiellini 6,90, Alex Sandro 6,00, Miralem Pjanić 5,50, Sami Khedira 5,80, Blaise Matuidi 5,60 (60' Kwadwo Asamoah 6,10), Douglas Costa 6,80, Paulo Dybala 6,80, Gonzalo Higuaín 7,60 (83' Stefano Sturaro). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,70. = average: 6,22 [solid]

Player ratings Barcelona 3-0 Juventus

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,50 - Nélson Semedo 6,50, Piqué 6,80, Jordi Alba 5,80, Samuel Umtiti 6,70, Ivan Rakitić 7,00 (77' Paulinho), Busquets 6,60, Iniesta 7,20 (83' André Gomes), Ousmane Dembélé 5,80 (71' Sergi Roberto), Luis Suárez 6,60, Lionel Messi 8,40. - coach: Valverde 7,00. = average: 6,72 [superiour]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 5,80 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,50 (41' Stefano Sturaro 5,10), Mehdi Benatia 4,90, Alex Sandro 5,20, Andrea Barzagli 5,10, Miralem Pjanić 6,00, Douglas Costa 5,40, Blaise Matuidi 5,70, Rodrigo Bentancur 5,40 (63' Federico Bernardeschi 5,50), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 4,40 (87' Fabrizio Caligara), Paulo Dybala 5,20. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 5,00. = average: 5,32 [lame]

Player ratings Juventus 1-4 Real Madrid

0-1 20' Cristiano Ronaldo r. (Dani Carvajal), 1-1 27' Mario Mandžukić  bicicleta (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 1-2 61' Casemiro r., 1-3 64' Cristiano Ronaldo r. (Luka Modrić), 1-4 90' Marco Asensio l. (Marcelo). Sent off: 84' Juan Cuadrado. Att: 65.842 (Cardiff).

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 5,30 - Andrea Barzagli 5,40 (66' Juan Cuadrado 4,30), Leonardo Bonucci 5,30, Giorgio Chiellini 5,30, Alex Sandro 5,40, Miralem Pjanić 5,50 (71' Claudio Marchisio 5,20), Sami Khedira 5,10, Dani Alves 5,20, Paulo Dybala 4,90 (78' Mario Lemina 5,10), Mario Mandžukić 6,40, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 4,80. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 4,60. = average: 5,23 [decrepit]

Real Madrid: Keylor Navas 6,30 - Dani Carvajal 6,80, Raphaël Varane 6,60, Sergio Ramos 6,60, Marcelo 6,80, Luka Modrić 7,60, Casemiro 7,30, Toni Kroos 6,90 (89' Morata), Isco 6,60 (82' Marco Asensio 6,90), Cristiano Ronaldo 8,40, Karim Benzema 6,40 (77' Gareth Bale 6,10). - coach: Zinédine Zidane 8,30. = average: 6,87 [first-class]

Player ratings Monaco 0-2 Juventus

0-1 29' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Dani Alves), 0-2 59' Gonzalo Higuaí­n l. (Dani Alves). Att: 16.762.

Monaco: Danijel Subašić 5,60 - Nabil Dirar 6,30, Kamil Glik 5,20, Jemerson 5,40, Djibril Sidibé 4,90, Bernardo Silva 5,60 (81' Almamy Touré), Tiemoué Bakayoko 4,80 (66' João Moutinho 6,10), Fabinho 5,30, Thomas Lemar 5,10 (67' Valère Germain 6,00), Radamel Falcao 5,40, Kylian Mbappé 6,40. - coach: Leonardo Jardim 5,30. = average: 5,55 [failing]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 7,40 - Andrea Barzagli 6,20, Leonardo Bonucci 6,50, Giorgio Chiellini 6,70, Dani Alves 7,80, Miralem Pjanić 6,50 (89' Mario Lemina), Claudio Marchisio 6,50 (81' Tomás Rincón), Alex Sandro 6,30, Paulo Dybala 6,90, Mario Mandžukić 6,40, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,80 (77' Juan Cuadrado). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 7,80. = average: 6,82 [superb]

Player ratings Napoli 1-1 Villarreal [EL]

1-0 17' Marek Hamšík r., 1-1 59' Pina l. Att: 23.928.

Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,10 - Elseid Hysaj 6,10, Ivan Strinić 5,90 (64' Christian Maggio 5,60), Vlad Chiricheş 5,60, Raúl Albiol 6,70, Mirko Valdifiori 6,30 (75' Jorginho), Marek Hamšík 6,90, David López 6,10 (78' Manolo Gabbiadini), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,00, Dries Mertens 6,40, Lorenzo Insigne 5,70. - coach: Maurizio Sarri 5,90. = average: 6,03 [satisfactory]

Villarreal: Alphonse Aréola 6,90 - Mario 5,60, Mateo Musacchio 6,10, Víctor Ruiz 6,50, Jaume Costa 5,90, Antonio Rukavina 6,10 (77' Samu Castillejo), Pina 6,50 (84' Trigueros), Denis Suárez 6,00, Bruno Soriano 6,20, Soldado 5,50 (70' Adrián 5,50), Cédric Bakambu 5,40. - coach: Marcelino 6,40. = average: 6,02 [satisfactory]

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Player ratings Napoli 2-1 Inter.

1-0 2' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (José Callejón), 2-0 62' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Raúl Albiol), 2-1 67' Adem Ljajić l. Sent off: 44' Yuto Nagatomo. Att: 54.149.

Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,00 - Elseid Hysaj 5,90, Kalidou Koulibaly 5,90, Faouzi Ghoulam    5,60, Raúl Albiol 6,40, Allan 6,60, Jorginho 6,50, Marek Hamšík 6,40 (80' David López), José Callejón 6,30 (87' Christian Maggio), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 8,50, Lorenzo Insigne 6,30 (70' Omar El Kaddouri 5,80). - coach: Maurizio Sarri 7,00. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Inter: Samir Handanovič 6,00 - Jeison Murillo 5,10, Miranda 5,80, Danilo D'Ambrosio 5,70, Yuto Nagatomo 4,50, Fredy Guarín 5,50 (61' Jonathan Biabiany 6,10), Gary Medel 5,60, Ivan Perišić 5,60 (83' Stevan Jovetić), Marcelo Brozović 6,70, Mauro Icardi 5,00 (46' Alex Telles 6,00), Adem Ljajić 7,10. - coach: Roberto Mancini 6,30. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

Player ratings Chile 0-0 Argentina (4-1 pen.)

Penalties: Mati Fernández goal, Lionel Messi goal - Arturo Vidal goal, Gonzalo Higuaí­n miss - Charles Aránguiz goal, Éver Banega miss - Alexis Sánchez goal. Att: 45.693 (Estadio Nacional, Santiago).

Chile: Claudio Bravo 7,10 - Mauricio Isla 6,80, Francisco Silva 6,20, Arturo Vidal 6,80, Jorge Valdivia 5,90 (75' Mati Fernández 6,00), Jean Beausejour 6,10, Gary Medel 7,10, Charles Aránguiz 6,60, Marcelo Díaz 6,60, Alexis Sánchez 7,30, Eduardo Vargas 5,10 (95' Ángelo Henríquez). - coach: Jorge Sampaoli 7,50. = average: 6,47 [very good]

Argentina: Sergio Romero 6,20 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,10, Martín Demichelis 6,00, Marcos Rojo 5,10, Nicolás Otamendi 5,40, Lucas Biglia 5,70, Ángel Di María 6,00 (29' Ezequiel Lavezzi 5,10), Javier Mascherano 5,90, Javier Pastore 6,00 (81' Éver Banega 5,10), Lionel Messi 5,40, Kun Agüero 5,50 (74' Gonzalo Higuaí­n 4,20). - coach: Gerardo Martino 5,10. = average: 5,55 [failing]

Player ratings Dnipro 1-0 Napoli [EL]

1-0 58' Evgen Seleznev h. (Evgen Konoplyanka). Att: 62.344 (Kiev).

Dnipro: Denis Boyko 7,20 - Léo Matos 6,30, Evgeniy Cheberyachko 6,40, Douglas 6,60, Artëm Fedetskiy 6,30, Jaba Kankava 6,30, Evgen Konoplyanka 7,20 (85' Bruno Gama), Valeri Luchkevych 6,20 (67' Matheus 6,30), Valeriy Fëdorchuk 6,30, Ruslan Rotan 6,30, Evgen Seleznev 7,20 (75' Nikola Kalinić). - coach: Miron Markevich 7,50. = average: 6,55 [very good]

Napoli: Mariano Andújar 5,50 - Miguel Britos 5,10, Christian Maggio 5,10, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,10, Raúl Albiol 5,70, David López 5,10 (79' Henrique), Gökhan Inler 6,00, José Callejón 5,10, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 4,30, Manolo Gabbiadini 4,90 (55' Marek Hamšík 5,60), Lorenzo Insigne 5,10 (61' Dries Mertens 6,20). - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,00. = average: 5,37 [feeble]

Player ratings Napoli 1-1 Athletic Bilbao.

0-1 41' Muniain (De Marcos), 1-1 68' Gonzalo Higuaí­n (Marek Hamšík). Att: 49.872.

Napoli: Rafael 5,90 - Miguel Britos 5,30, Christian Maggio 5,70, Kalidou Koulibaly 5,30, Raúl Albiol 5,90, Jorginho 6,10, Marek Hamšík 5,50 (78' Michu), Walter Gargano 6,30, José Callejón 5,10, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,50, Lorenzo Insigne 4,70 (60' Dries Mertens 6,70). - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,70. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Athletic: Iraizoz 6,50 - Aymeric Laporte 5,70, Balenziaga 5,90, Beñat 6,10 (75' San José), Iturraspe 6,10 (89' Erik Morán), Susaeta 5,90, Mikel Rico 6,50, Gurpegi 5,50, De Marcos 6,50, Muniain 7,30, Aduriz 5,90. - coach: Valverde 6,50. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Serie A 2013/14: top rated players.

6,76 G. Rossi (Fiorentina)
6,75 Tévez (Juventus)
6,65 Toni (Verona)
6,56 Pjanic (Roma)
6,54 Totti (Roma)
6,49 Pogba (Juventus)
6,46 Strootman (Roma)
6,44 Higuaín (Napoli)
6,42 Immobile (Torino)
6,36 Cuadrado (Fiorentina)
6,35 Barzagli (Juventus), Iturbe (Verona)
6,34 Perin (Genoa)
6,33 Buffon (Juventus), Destro & Gervinho (Roma)
6,31 Cassano (Parma), Bonaventura (Atalanta), Candreva (Lazio)
6,28 Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Keita (Lazio), Behrami & Mertens (Napoli), Rômulo (Verona), Nainggolan (Roma)
6,27 Maicon (Roma), Handanovic (Inter)
6,26 Pegolo (Sassuolo)
6,25 Llorente (Juventus)

Player ratings Napoli 3, Swansea 1 [EL]

1-0 17' Lorenzo Insigne l. (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 1-1 30' Jonathan de Guzmán l. (Wilfried Bony), 2-1 78' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Dries Mertens), 3-1 90' Gökhan Inler (Marek Hamšík). Att: 31.121.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,00 - Henrique 5,10, Christian Maggio 5,30, Faouzi Ghoulam 5,10, Raúl Albiol 5,90, Lorenzo Insigne 6,50 (68' Dries Mertens 6,60), Valon Behrami 5,40, Gökhan Inler 6,00, José Callejón 5,00 (84' Miguel Britos), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,10, Goran Pandev 4,90 (59' Marek Hamšík 6,20). - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 5,85 [mediocre]
Swansea: Michel Vorm 6,00 - Chico 5,50, Ashley Williams 6,10, Dwight Tiendalli 6,20, Ben Davies 5,40, Pablo Hernández 6,30, Wayne Routledge 6,40 (62' Nathan Dyer 5,90), Jonathan de Guzmán 6,80 (82' Pozuelo), Cañas 6,40, Wilfried Bony 6,50, Marvin Emnes 6,50 (70' Neil Taylor). - coach: Garry Monk. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Player ratings Napoli 3, Roma 0 [Coppa Italia]

1-0 33' José Callejón h. (Christian Maggio), 2-0 48' Gonzalo Higuaí­n h. (Jorginho), 3-0 51' Jorginho r. (Dries Mertens). Att: 42.231.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,60 - Christian Maggio 7,00, Federico Fernández 6,50, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,30, Raúl Albiol 6,60, Jorginho 6,90 (86' Henrique), Marek Hamšík 6,40 (76' Valon Behrami), Gökhan Inler 6,50, José Callejón 7,00, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,50 (83' Lorenzo Insigne), Dries Mertens 6,80. - coach: Rafael Benítez 7,50. = average: 6,74 [superiour]
Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 5,50 - Leandro Castán 5,20, Mehdi Benatia 5,20, Vasilios Torosidis 4,80 (49' Maicon 5,60), Kevin Strootman 4,90, Miralem Pjanić 5,70 (61' Francesco Totti 5,70), Daniele De Rossi 5,60, Michel Bastos 5,10, Adem Ljajić 5,50 (56' Alessandro Florenzi 5,50), Mattia Destro 5,10, Gervinho 5,60. - coach: Rudi Garcia 5,20. = average: 5,36 [feeble]

Player ratings Napoli 3, Milan 1.

0-1 7' Adel Taarabt r., 1-1 10' Gökhan Inler r. (Jorginho), 2-1 56' Gonzalo Higuaí­n h. (Gökhan Inler), 3-1 82' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (José Callejón). Att: 38.593.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,40 - Christian Maggio 6,40, Federico Fernández 6,00, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,00, Raúl Albiol 6,00, Jorginho 6,30, Marek Hamšík 7,00 (83' Valon Behrami), Lorenzo Insigne 6,10 (78' José Callejón), Gökhan Inler 6,10 (88' Blerim Dzemaili), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,60, Dries Mertens 7,00. - coach. Rafael Benítez 7,00. = average: 6,45 [strong]
Milan: Christian Abbiati 6,10 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,30, Philippe Mexès 4,40, Adil Rami 5,00, Ignazio Abate 5,00, Michael Essien 5,30, Adel Taarabt 6,90, Urby Emanuelson 5,00 (69' Riccardo Montolivo 5,60), Nigel de Jong 5,50, Robinho 4,60 (46' Kaká 5,50), Mario Balotelli 4,80 (73' Giampaolo Pazzini 6,00). - coach: Clarence Seedorf 4,40. = average: 5,36 [feeble]

Player ratings Napoli 2, Arsenal 0.

1-0 73' Gonzalo Higuaí­n l (José Callejón), 2-0 90' José Callejón r (Lorenzo Insigne). Sent off: 76' Mikel Arteta. Att: 34.027.
Napoli: Rafael 6,00 - Christian Maggio 6,00, Federico Fernández 6,50, Raúl Albiol 6,20, Blerim Dzemaili 6,20, Pablo Armero 6,20, Valon Behrami 6,50, José Callejón 6,80, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,20, Dries Mertens 6,40, Goran Pandev 5,50 (57' Lorenzo Insigne 6,40). - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 6,32 [good]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,70 - Per Mertesacker 5,50, Laurent Koscielny 5,50, Carl Jenkinson 5,00, Kieran Gibbs 5,40, Tomáš Rosický 6,10 (74' Nacho Monreal), Mikel Arteta 5,20, Mesut Özil 5,70, Santi Cazorla 5,50 (68' Aaron Ramsey 5,30), Mathieu Flamini 6,20, Olivier Giroud 5,60. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,56 [poor]

Memory Lane: La Liga 2008/09.

Man of the Match in sports newspaper As. 

9 times: Messi (Barcelona)
7: Iniesta (Barcelona), Agüero (Atlético), Higuaín (Real Madrid), Kanouté (Sevilla)
6: Xavi (Barcelona)
5: Villa (Valencia), Robben (Real Madrid), Eto'o (Barcelona), Diego López (Villarreal)
4: Forlán (Atlético), Raúl (Real Madrid), Cazorla (Villarreal), Luís Fabiano (Sevilla)
3: Marcos Senna, G. Rossi & Llorente (Villarreal), Silva & Mata (Valencia), Squillaci & Jesús Navas (Sevilla), Henry & Bojan (Barcelona)
2: Simão (Atlético), Guti & Gago (Real Madrid), Vicente (Valencia)

El duro (the rough one):
8 times: Marchena (Valencia)
4: Eguren (Villarreal), Dani Alves (Barcelona), Perea (Atlético)
3: Márquez (Barcelona), Seitaridis & Assunção (Atlético)

Average ratings Serie A.

7,38 Tévez (Juventus)
7,12 G. Rossi (Fiorentina), Vidal (Juventus), Hamsik & Higuaín (Napoli)
7,00 Totti (Roma)
6,88 Palacio (Inter), Borja Valero (Fiorentina)
6,83 Strootman (Roma)
6,75 Pjanic (Roma)
6,62 Gilardino (Genoa), Bardi (Livorno), Barzagli & Bonucci (Juventus)

Player ratings Milan 1, Napoli 2.

0-1 6' Miguel Britos (Raúl Albiol), 0-2 53' Gonzalo Higuaí­n, 1-2 90' Mario Balotelli. Sent off: 90' Mario Balotelli. Att: 51.384.
Milan: Christian Abbiati 5,00 - Philippe Mexès 5,00, Cristián Zapata 5,00, Sulley Ali Muntari 5,20, Valter Birsa 5,80 (55' Robinho 5,50), Andrea Poli 6,30 (72' M'Baye Niang), Ignazio Abate 5,20 (79' Antonio Nocerino), Urby Emanuelson 4,80, Nigel de Jong 6,30, Alessandro Matri 5,00, Mario Balotelli 5,90. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 5,50. = average: 5,42 [feeble]
Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,30 - Miguel Britos 6,80, Juan Zúñiga 6,00, Raúl Albiol 6,30, Giandomenico Mesto 6,50, Marek Hamšík 6,00 (67' Goran Pandev 5,80), Blerim Dzemaili 6,40, Lorenzo Insigne 6,00 (83' Gökhan Inler), Valon Behrami 7,30, José Callejón 6,30, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,50 (78' Dries Mertens). - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 6,52 [very good]