De Bruyne vs Muller

Comparing their season, a thread

The popular opinion is that De Bruyne is the best CAM of the year and Muller is underrated

But is Muller better, equally good, worse ?

We’ll reply to this question

Basic stats :

Muller : 8 G | 21 A
1.16 G+A p90

De Bruyne : 10 G | 17 A
1.06 G+A p90

By looking at those, Muller is a better assister and De Bruyne a better goalscorer

Shooting :

xG :
Muller : 8.6
De Bruyne : 6

G-xG :
Muller : (-0.6)
De Bruyne : (+4.0)

De Bruyne is a way more clinical in front of the goal than Muller

Passing #1 :

First number = passes per game
Second = passing completion %
Third = key passes per game

Muller : 34.7 | 78.2% | 2.6
De Bruyne : 53.1 | 81.4% | 3.4

De Bruyne is far ahead here

Passing #2 :

xA :
Muller : 13.1
De Bruyne : 14.1

A-xA :
Muller : (+7.9)
De Bruyne : (+2.9)

De Bruyne is creating MORE than Muller but getting LESS assists, unfair.

Dribbles per game :
Muller : 0.5
De Bruyne : 1.6

Defending :

Tackles per game :
Muller : 1.4
De Bruyne : 1.2

Interceptions per game :
Muller : 0.4
De Bruyne : 0.6

Conclusion :

We can see In those stats that De Bruyne had the best season, better everywhere EXEPT in basic stats.

That’s the main reason I did this thread, to show that goals and assists aren’t the most important to judge a player. xG and xA are better for exemple.