Ranking 1.HNL CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS

We took a look at all the 1.HNL midfielders who have played over 500 minutes centrally this current season.

First, we will compare the statistical attacking value per minute of the midifelders. This rates the value of attacking actions during the time a team is in possession. Stronger team’s that enjoy more possession usually means their players have more opportunities in attack so, in theory, as long as theyre successful in those actions they should have higher scores. This also depends on the types of actions being attempted and completed. for example, scoring a goal is worth a lot more than completing a forward pass, whereas, missing a goal does not penalise a player’s value as much as missing a forward pass.

	Team	ATT
Domagoj Pavičić	HNK Rijeka	1.02
Mijo Caktaš	NK Osijek	0.89
Lukas Kačavenda	NK Lokomotiva	0.8
Adam Gnezda Čerin	HNK Rijeka	0.64
Filip Krovinović	Hajduk Split	0.59
Hrvoje Babec	HNK Gorica	0.58
Amer Gojak	Dinamo Zagreb	0.58
Mateo Marić	NK Lokomotiva	0.56
Facundo Cáseres	NK Istra 1961	0.56
Mihail Caimacov	NK Slaven Belupo	0.54
Mihael Žaper	NK Osijek	0.54
Marco Fossati	Hajduk Split	0.51
Marko Bulat	Dinamo Zagreb	0.5
Mario Ćurić	HNK Sibenik	0.47
László Kleinheisler	NK Osijek	0.45
Enis Çokaj	NK Lokomotiva	0.43
Darko Nejašmić	NK Osijek	0.43
Josip Vuković	Hajduk Split	0.41
Josip Mišić	Dinamo Zagreb	0.4
Jurica Pršir	HNK Gorica	0.4
Lindon Selahi	HNK Rijeka	0.36
Abdallahi Mahmoud	NK Istra 1961	0.33
Anthony Kalik	HNK Gorica	0.31
Antonio Perera	NK Istra 1961	0.3
Jani Atanasov	Hajduk Split	0.29
Slavko Blagojević	NK Istra 1961	0.28
Mate Maleš	NK Lokomotiva	0.25
Arijan Brković	NK Slaven Belupo	0.19
Mario Marina	NK Slaven Belupo	0.18
Vedran Jogović	NK Osijek	0.17
Veldin Hodza	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0.11
Niko Rak	HNK Sibenik	0.1
Frano Mlinar	NK Istra 1961	0.1
Marko Bašić	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	-0.41

Below we rank the statistical defensive value per minute of the players. It works similarly to the attacking value in that the more defensive opportunities a player has the more likely they’ll score well, as long as they’re successful in their actions.

	Team	DEF
Mate Maleš	NK Lokomotiva	0.67
Josip Mišić	Dinamo Zagreb	0.55
Antonio Perera	NK Istra 1961	0.45
Darko Nejašmić	NK Osijek	0.44
Facundo Caseres	NK Istra 1961	0.44
Jani Atanasov	Hajduk Split	0.42
Marco Fossati	Hajduk Split	0.39
Lindon Selahi	HNK Rijeka	0.38
Mario Marina	NK Slaven Belupo	0.38
Mihael Žaper	NK Osijek	0.37
Veldin Hodza	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0.36
Amer Gojak	Dinamo Zagreb	0.34
Marko Bulat	Dinamo Zagreb	0.33
Josip Vuković	Hajduk Split	0.33
Enis Çokaj	NK Lokomotiva	0.32
Frano Mlinar	NK Istra 1961	0.3
Adam Gnezda Čerin	HNK Rijeka	0.29
Niko Rak	HNK Sibenik	0.29
Hrvoje Babec	HNK Gorica	0.25
Mijo Caktaš	NK Osijek	0.24
Marko Bašić	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0.22
Mateo Marić	NK Lokomotiva	0.21
Mihail Caimacov	NK Slaven Belupo	0.19
Filip Krovinović	Hajduk Split	0.18
Jurica Pršir	HNK Gorica	0.18
Mario Ćurić	HNK Sibenik	0.18
László Kleinheisler	NK Osijek	0.15
Abdallahi Mahmoud	NK Istra 1961	0.15
Lukas Kačavenda	NK Lokomotiva	0.12
Anthony Kalik	HNK Gorica	0.1
Domagoj Pavičić	HNK Rijeka	0.05
Slavko Blagojević	NK Istra 1961	0.03
Vedran Jogović	NK Osijek	0.03
Arijan Brković	NK Slaven Belupo	0

Now we rank the players by how many actions theyr’e involved in during the game (Work Rate & Successful Work Rate). We can see which players are the busiest while they’re on the field and also what their success rate is like. This can add context to the above values and give us a clue into how a team plays and the roles of the players in their team.

	Team	WR	SWR
Marko Bulat	Dinamo Zagreb	1.15	0.88
Josip Mišić	Dinamo Zagreb	1.03	0.78
Adam Gnezda Čerin	HNK Rijeka	0.92	0.66
Jani Atanasov	Hajduk Split	0.9	0.62
Lukas Kačavenda	NK Lokomotiva	0.89	0.5
Amer Gojak	Dinamo Zagreb	0.89	0.61
Antonio Perera	NK Istra 1961	0.89	0.62
Filip Krovinović	Hajduk Split	0.88	0.63
Marco Fossati	Hajduk Split	0.88	0.62
Darko Nejašmić	NK Osijek	0.87	0.55
Mate Maleš	NK Lokomotiva	0.87	0.55
Mateo Marić	NK Lokomotiva	0.86	0.64
Domagoj Pavičić	HNK Rijeka	0.85	0.63
Lindon Selahi	HNK Rijeka	0.85	0.58
Hrvoje Babec	HNK Gorica	0.84	0.63
Enis Çokaj	NK Lokomotiva	0.84	0.59
Slavko Blagojević	NK Istra 1961	0.84	0.54
Facundo Caseres	NK Istra 1961	0.83	0.55
Mihail Caimacov	NK Slaven Belupo	0.82	0.49
Josip Vuković	Hajduk Split	0.79	0.56
Mijo Caktaš	NK Osijek	0.78	0.43
Jurica Pršir	HNK Gorica	0.78	0.49
Mario Marina	NK Slaven Belupo	0.77	0.44
László Kleinheisler	NK Osijek	0.75	0.42
Anthony Kalik	HNK Gorica	0.74	0.36
Arijan Brković	NK Slaven Belupo	0.72	0.33
Mario Ćurić	HNK Sibenik	0.71	0.43
Vedran Jogović	NK Osijek	0.69	0.45
Mihael Žaper	NK Osijek	0.68	0.47
Veldin Hodza	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0.68	0.41
Frano Mlinar	NK Istra 1961	0.65	0.38
Niko Rak	HNK Sibenik	0.62	0.41
Marko Bašić	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0.6	0.32
Abdallahi Mahmoud	NK Istra 1961	0.57	0.3