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As you know, the season has reached the quarter mark & given the extra week off, it seemed like an opportune time to share individual player stats for Rangers. Given the volume of statistics that will be provided, I will refrain from adding commentary, however please feel free to share your observations. The extra pairs of eyes on these numbers may bring about some fresh analysis.

It should be noted that I have players stats for each player who has played so far in the Scottish Championship & will publish another post soon that looks at the entire league.

Only league stats are included.

Goals per 90 minutes

G/90 Minutes Non-penalty goals Dean Shiels 0.75 241 2 Lee Wallace 0.60 753 5 James Tavernier 0.58 782 5 Martyn Waghorn 0.46 781 4 Kenny Miller 0.41 441 2 Jason Holt 0.30 597 2 Barrie McKay 0.27 665 2 Nicky Law 0.23 390 1 Andy Halliday 0.11 810 1

Assists per 90 minutes

A/90 Min Assists Barrie McKay 0.54 665 4 Martyn Waghorn 0.46 781 4 Gedion Zelalem 0.24 377 1 James Tavernier 0.23 782 2 Nicky Law 0.23 390 1 Nathan Oduwa 0.21 422 1 Kenny Miller 0.20 441 1 Jason Holt 0.15 597 1 Lee Wallace 0.12 753 1

Points per 90 minutes (non-penalty goals + assists)

Pts/90 Minutes Pts Martyn Waghorn 0.92 781 8 James Tavernier 0.81 782 7 Barrie McKay 0.81 665 6 Dean Shiels 0.75 241 2 Lee Wallace 0.72 753 6 Kenny Miller 0.61 441 3 Nicky Law 0.46 390 2 Jason Holt 0.45 597 3 Gedion Zelalem 0.24 377 1 Nathan Oduwa 0.21 422 1 Andy Halliday 0.11 810 1

Shots per 90 minutes

Minutes Shots Sh/90 David Templeton 6 1 15.00 Martyn Waghorn 781 36 4.15 James Tavernier 782 29 3.34 Fraser Aird 27 1 3.33 Tom Walsh 61 2 2.95 Kenny Miller 441 13 2.65 Dean Shiels 241 7 2.61 Nathan Oduwa 422 9 1.92 Lee Wallace 753 15 1.79 Nicky Law 390 6 1.38 Nicky Clark 65 1 1.38 Jason Holt 597 9 1.36 Andy Halliday 810 12 1.33 Barrie McKay 665 8 1.08 Gedion Zelalem 377 3 0.72 Rob Kiernan 720 3 0.38 Danny Wilson 810 2 0.22 Dominic Ball 148 0 0.00

Shooting Accuracy (shots on target/shots)

Shots Shots on Target Sh Acc David Templeton 1 1 1.000 Nicky Clark 1 1 1.000 Nicky Law 6 4 0.667 Rob Kiernan 3 2 0.667 Martyn Waghorn 36 21 0.583 Dean Shiels 7 4 0.571 Jason Holt 9 5 0.556 Kenny Miller 13 7 0.538 Lee Wallace 15 8 0.533 Andy Halliday 12 5 0.417 Barrie McKay 8 3 0.375 James Tavernier 29 10 0.345 Gedion Zelalem 3 1 0.333 Nathan Oduwa 9 2 0.222 Fraser Aird 1 0 0.000 Tom Walsh 2 0 0.000 Danny Wilson 2 0 0.000

Shooting Percentage (goals/shots on target)

Shots on target Goals Sh % Barrie McKay 3 2 0.667 Lee Wallace 8 5 0.625 Martyn Waghorn 21 11 0.524 Dean Shiels 4 2 0.500 James Tavernier 10 5 0.500 Jason Holt 5 2 0.400 Kenny Miller 7 2 0.286 Nicky Law 4 1 0.250 Andy Halliday 5 1 0.200

Expected Goals

Total xG xG/90 Martyn Waghorn 4.41 0.51 James Tavernier 3.07 0.35 Lee Wallace 2.29 0.27 Kenny Miller 2.26 0.46 Jason Holt 2.19 0.33 Barrie McKay 1.43 0.19 Andy Halliday 1.37 0.15 Dean Shiels 1.27 0.47 Nathan Oduwa 1.08 0.23 Nicky Law 0.78 0.18 Gedion Zelalem 0.42 0.10 Rob Kiernan 0.34 0.04 Nicky Clark 0.24 0.34 Danny Wilson 0.23 0.03 Tom Walsh 0.15 0.23 David Templeton 0.11 1.70 Fraser Aird 0.07 0.22 Dominic Ball 0.00 0.00

Goal Scoring Efficiency Rating (explained here, note I’ve decided to move over that decimal to make the stat more digestible)

GSER Dean Shiels 13 Lee Wallace 10 James Tavernier 10 Martyn Waghorn 8 Kenny Miller 7 Jason Holt 5 Barrie McKay 5 Nicky Law 4 Andy Halliday 2

First Goal of the Match

1st Goal Lee Wallace 2 James Tavernier 2 Martyn Waghorn 2 Dean Shiels 1 Jason Holt 1 Andy Halliday 1

Total Shots Ratio

This stat is usually used to measure the ratio of total shots that a team takes in a match. For example, if Rangers take 15 shots & their opponent takes five – then they had a TSR of 0.75 (15/20). Throughout the season, I have measured how many shots Rangers take & give up when each player is on the pitch. Andy Halliday & Danny Wilson have played every minute so their 0.74 TSR represents Rangers’ total for the season.

Team Sh Team Shots Against TSR David Templeton 6 0 1.00 Nicky Clark 19 2 0.90 Dean Shiels 56 12 0.82 Nathan Oduwa 84 23 0.79 Tom Walsh 13 4 0.76 Nicky Law 82 27 0.75 Rob Kiernan 148 49 0.75 Fraser Aird 6 2 0.75 Lee Wallace 147 50 0.75 Andy Halliday 157 55 0.74 Danny Wilson 157 55 0.74 James Tavernier 151 53 0.74 Martyn Waghorn 151 55 0.73 Kenny Miller 79 30 0.72 Jaosn Holt 104 42 0.71 Barrie McKay 122 52 0.70 Gedion Zelalem 61 27 0.69 Dominic Ball 21 13 0.62

Again free to share your observations – hopefully a rich dialogue can come out of all this data.

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