Glossary
How to read the boards
- Top 6
- Opponents who finished 1st–6th (completed seasons) or sat 1st–6th at kick-off (live seasons).
- Middle
- Everyone between the two sixes. In a 20-team league that is 7th–14th; in an 18-team league, 7th–12th.
- Bottom 6
- Opponents who finished in the last six places, or sat there at kick-off.
- Gameweek 1
- Live ranking skips GW1 because the table is empty. Those matches inherit last season’s finishing band. Newly promoted clubs start as Bottom 6.
- GI
- Goal involvements: goals plus assists, league games only.
- PK
- Penalties scored (not awarded, not missed).
- Excl penalties
- Goals or goal involvements with penalty kicks removed. Free kicks and corners still count.
- CS (GK and DF)
- Keepers and defenders: a clean sheet in a league game they played, counted from the match (team conceded none). Attackers show a dash.
- Giant-killers
- Clubs ranked by points per game against the Top 6 (minimum four such matches).
- Bullies
- Clubs: share of goals vs the Bottom 6. Players: 5+ goals with at least half vs Bottom 6, or 10+ goals with under 10% vs Top 6.
- Suggested scorer
- The player on that club with the most goals (or assists / clean sheets) against the opponent’s current band, adding this season and last season. Not a lineup or injury check.
- League games only
- Domestic league matches in the five competitions. No cups, super cups, or UEFA nights. League tables, badges and compare stay on this contract.
- Transferred players
- If a player moved clubs during a league season, they are listed at the club they finished that season with. The totals still include every league game they played that year.
- Other Big Games
- Knockout games that actually test a player. Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, World Cup, European Championship, Copa América, AFCON and Gold Cup — quarter-finals through the final. Domestic cups (FA Cup, League Cup, Copa del Rey, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France) — semi-finals through the final. Appearances count those who started, plus anyone who scored as a substitute. Assists are not shown. Lives on the player page only, so league boards stay fast.