The Best Team in Every Stat at the World Cup

The group stages have just finished and the knockout stages are just beginning, so now seems like the perfect time to take stock. Who have been the best performers in every metric at the World Cup. I’ve done a deep dive into the team stats available from the World Cup to find the best performers in every metric. This covers attack, defence goalkeeping and physical attributes. Who knows, we might get a sneak peak at who the winner is going to be from these underlying metrics. 

 

• For more individual stats, take a look at our individual statistic leaders article.

 

P.S I’ll take away any statistics from Canada’s game yesterday, as it’s taken into account their game vs South Africa) 

 

 

ATTACKING 

 

Goals – Netherlands, Germany, France (10) 

Assists – Netherlands, Germany, France (9) 

Attempts at goal – Belgium (73) 

Attempts on target – Germany, France, Canada (22) 

Off target attempts – Turkiye (35) 

Conversion rate – Japan (26%) 

Attempts inside the penalty area – Belgium (50) 

Attempts outside the penalty area – Turkiye (33) 

Headed attempts at goal – England (16) 

 

 

Distribution 

 

Passes – Spain (2191) 

Passing accuracy – Spain, Portugal (92%) 

Crosses – Canada (131) 

Crossing accuracy – Qatar (36%) 

Defensive linebreaks attempted – USA (89) 

Defensive linebreaks accuracy – Spain (62%) 

Switches of play attempted – Colombia (32) 

Switches of play accuracy – Austria, Cote d’Ivoire, Curacao, Haiti (100%)

 

 

Defensive 

 

Goals conceded – Spain, Mexico (0) 

Forced turnovers – Canada (180) 

Ball recovery time – Turkiye (29.94 seconds) 

Defensive pressures applied – Jordan (1148) 

Defensive pressures directly applied – Paraguay (206) 

 

 

Discipline 

 

Fouls against – Haiti (55) 

Fouls for – Spain (15) 

Yellow cards – Czechia, Japan, France, Germany, Algeria, Norway, Tunisia (1) 

Offsides – Germany (0) 

 

 

Defensive

 

Clean sheets – Mexico, Spain (3) 

Goals conceded – Mexico, Spain (0) 

Goalkeeper saves – Curacao (21) 

Goalkeeper save percentage – Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Australia, Portugal, Colombia, Paraguay (3%) 

Goalkeeper actions inside the penalty area – France (29) 

Goalkeeper actions outside the penalty area – France, Argentina (26) 

 

 

Movement 

 

Offers to receive – Spain (1587) 

Offers in behind – Spain (469)

Offers in between – Mexico (570) 

Offers in front – Spain (620) 

Offers inside team shape – Spain (938) 

Offers outside team shape – Colombia (693) 

Receptions in behind – Spain (60) 

Receptions between midfiield and defence – Spain (460)

Receptions under pressure – Spain (741) 

 

 

Physical 

 

Speed – Germany (6.37km/h) 

High speed running – USA (4388) 

Sprints – Germany (1518) 

Total distance – USA (358,610)

 

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