The season's over and the stats are in! The Actim Index
- the Official Player Ratings of the Barclays Premiership - has
revealed that Australian international defender Lucas Neill is The
Hammers' Actim Player of the Season 2006/2007.
Lucas, who finished 81st in the final Index, is West Ham United's highest ranked player in the Index this season with 355 points. He has contributed 14 shots, 101 tackles, 40 clearances, 45 interceptions, nine blocks, nine dribbles, 261 passes, 39 crosses and five assists in 2,881 minutes of football.
Other West Ham United players who have also ranked highly in the Actim Index during the 2006/07 season are Bobby Zamora (86th), Anton Ferdinand (117th), Nigel Reo Coker (120th) and Robert Green (126th).
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez finished the season in 222nd position after playing 1,789 minutes of Premiership football.
The Actim Index is calculated using a unique mathematical formula that rates each player's contribution be it goals, shots, passes, dribbles, tackles, crosses, saves, clearances, blocks, interceptions, time on the pitch or number of points gained by the team with marks deducted for red and yellow cards. Two additional calculations, which take account of player assists and goalkeeper's clean sheets, have been added this season to increase the amount of variables a player is now measured by.
Analysis of all Premiership games has taken place throughout the league campaign and the top five West Ham United players in the Actim Index this season are:
Lucas Neill 26th Highest Ranked Defender
Bobby Zamora 22nd Highest Ranked Striker
Anton Ferdinand 36th Highest Ranked Defender
Nigel Reo-Coker 35th Highest Ranked Midfielder
Robert Green 16th Highest Ranked Goalkeeper
Actim Stats also revealed that after 38 Premiership games this season the following players are the Hammers' highest achievers in six areas of play: completed passes, completed crosses, dribbles, tackles won, blocks made and most assists.
Top Passer Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Crosser Matthew Etherington Midfielder
Top Dribbler Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Tackler Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Blocker Anton Ferdinand Defender
Most Assists Lucas Neill Defender
The list of the Top 100 players and Top 5 players by position will be available free of charge from the Actim website which will be updated during the football season every Tuesday for the Barclays Premiership and every Thursday for The Coca-Cola Championship.
Lucas, who finished 81st in the final Index, is West Ham United's highest ranked player in the Index this season with 355 points. He has contributed 14 shots, 101 tackles, 40 clearances, 45 interceptions, nine blocks, nine dribbles, 261 passes, 39 crosses and five assists in 2,881 minutes of football.
Other West Ham United players who have also ranked highly in the Actim Index during the 2006/07 season are Bobby Zamora (86th), Anton Ferdinand (117th), Nigel Reo Coker (120th) and Robert Green (126th).
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez finished the season in 222nd position after playing 1,789 minutes of Premiership football.
The Actim Index is calculated using a unique mathematical formula that rates each player's contribution be it goals, shots, passes, dribbles, tackles, crosses, saves, clearances, blocks, interceptions, time on the pitch or number of points gained by the team with marks deducted for red and yellow cards. Two additional calculations, which take account of player assists and goalkeeper's clean sheets, have been added this season to increase the amount of variables a player is now measured by.
Analysis of all Premiership games has taken place throughout the league campaign and the top five West Ham United players in the Actim Index this season are:
Lucas Neill 26th Highest Ranked Defender
Bobby Zamora 22nd Highest Ranked Striker
Anton Ferdinand 36th Highest Ranked Defender
Nigel Reo-Coker 35th Highest Ranked Midfielder
Robert Green 16th Highest Ranked Goalkeeper
Actim Stats also revealed that after 38 Premiership games this season the following players are the Hammers' highest achievers in six areas of play: completed passes, completed crosses, dribbles, tackles won, blocks made and most assists.
Top Passer Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Crosser Matthew Etherington Midfielder
Top Dribbler Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Tackler Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder
Top Blocker Anton Ferdinand Defender
Most Assists Lucas Neill Defender
The list of the Top 100 players and Top 5 players by position will be available free of charge from the Actim website which will be updated during the football season every Tuesday for the Barclays Premiership and every Thursday for The Coca-Cola Championship.