"70 games in a year, right?" The original bombhead, 'King of Harshness'SON can't give out his business card for 11 years
Aug 07, 2024
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Citing data from the "International Football Institute" (CIES), the Spanish daily 『Marca" reported that 'original bombhead" David Luiz (Flamengo) played a total of 6,258 minutes (about 70 games) for Chelsea and Brazil's national teams in the 2012-2013 season.
It is the highest number of appearances in a single season for all players playing in the top eight European leagues in the past 25 years, when CIES collected data.
Lewis moved from Benfica to Chelsea in 2011 and scored seven goals in 57 matches, including 30 Premier League matches and 13 European club competitions in his third season at Chelsea. From 2012 to 2015, he was also the most active representative of Brazil.
Lewis, who surpassed Frank Lampard in the 2006-2007 season and Roberto Carlos in the 1999-2000 season, has maintained the top spot in the 'harshness' category for 11 years.
Lampard and Carlos played 6241 and 6130 minutes, respectively.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Alnasr) ranked fifth in this category by playing 6,116 minutes in the 2011-2012 season, while Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) ranked eighth by playing 6,031 minutes in the same season.
The current Manchester United ace is Bruno Fernandes in sixth place with 6072 minutes in the 2022-2023 season. He is the only active star in the top 10 since Lewis set the record.
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Based on the fact that the average playing time per season (1,603 minutes) of 18,932 players worldwide in the 2013-2014 season and the average playing time (1,587 minutes) in the 2023-2024 season, 10 years later, there is little difference, and there is no evidence to prove the controversy over the abuse of elite players.
K-League players were also included in the survey.
In fact, the average playing time per season for players in the 2020-2021 season was 1,600 minutes, followed by 1597, 1554, and 1587 minutes over the past three seasons.
'CIES' also surveyed players' playing time from 2012 to 2024, and found that only 0.31% of those surveyed played 60 or more games in a single season, and 21.5% played less than 10 games. Only 0.29% of the players participated in more than 5000 minutes, while 35.8% participated in less than 1000 minutes. Except for very few players, most of them are not playing too much time, according to the conclusion of 'CIES'.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
