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Player Grades

The Rise of Morgan Rogers - Unai Emery’s Main Man

We use Gradient Sports Grades and Metrics to look at the rapid rise of Morgan Rogers under Unai Emery
Gradient Sports
April 9, 2025

Liverpool’s Big Three - Are they still playing at an elite level?

We take a look at how Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Virgil van Dijk have performed this season in the final year of their contracts.
Gradient Sports
April 3, 2025

Receiving on the turn revisited, who are the best passers?

Gradient Sports’s Head of Data Analysis, Ashley Latter, explores the best passers in the Premier League at allowing the receiver to open and close their body.
Gradient Sports
April 2, 2025

Nottingham Forest's Surprising Run Revisited

Gradient Sports’s Delivery & Insights team revisit Nottingham Forest’s Premier League success with Gradient Sports Data.
Gradient Sports
March 24, 2025
Physical Metrics

MLS intensity - how does it compare to Europe’s Big Five leagues?

While MLS still has ground to cover before consistently matching Europe’s elite leagues, the data shows clear and rapid improvement in physical metrics.
Harry Pritchard
March 11, 2025

Gradient Shot Stopping Grade Explained

Goalkeeping has long been an area that has been poorly represented with traditional data, Gradient Sports Shot Stopping Grade provides a different way to evaluate goalkeeper performance.
Gradient Sports
February 27, 2025

Which players are taking the majority of their team's chances and is that effective?

Using Gradient Sports Shooting Grades and data on "better options" to assess shot selection, we take a look at which players are taking the majority of their teams chances this season.
Gradient Sports
February 26, 2025

Try Epitome for Free and Get Access to the Most Accurate Physical Metrics in Football.

We believe that the true value of a tool can only be appreciated through direct experience. That’s why Gradient Sports is offering a free trial of the Epitome platform until May 31st, 2025
Gradient Sports
February 20, 2025

Get Free Access to Our Enhanced 2022 World Cup Dataset!

We’ve released an enhanced version of our publicly available 2022 Fifa World Cup Dataset! Sign up today to access for free!
Gradient Sports
February 13, 2025
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