Introducing The Athletic’s new player-style pizza charts

“Even those with a moderate interest in data will have seen that player pizza charts are a staple visualisation in the world of football analytics. These graphics can be a valuable starting point in breaking down a player’s stylistic profile with a single glance, with this style of visualisation being a key theme at The Athletic over the years, from smarterscout pizza charts to team playstyle wheels. This summer, we have had a refresh. Allow us to present our player pizza charts 2.0 — all right, maybe the title could be catchier, but the visual is exciting. Here, we use Opta data (via FBref) to create some new metrics broken down into defence, possession, progression and attack across Europe’s top five leagues — the Premier League (England), Bundesliga (Germany), La Liga (Spain), Ligue 1 (France), and Serie A (Italy). …”
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