Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
Player of the decade
Chris WondolowskiBest single season
Carlos Vela · 2019Evidence
2,920 player-seasons
ST · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2017 (20.1)
AM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2017 (23.6)
ST · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2015 (20.4)
ST · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2016 (19.8)
AM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2013 (19.2)
AM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2014 (20.5)
ST · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2015 (21)
ST · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2018 (18.6)
ST · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2017 (20.4)
W · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2016 (20.9)
CM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2015 (19.7)
W · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2013 (16.6)
ST · 4 seasons in the decade · best 2015 (23.9)
ST · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2013 (15.6)
ST · 4 seasons in the decade · best 2016 (21.5)
W · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2016 (17.4)
W · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2015 (18)
ST · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2017 (17.1)
W · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2017 (16.7)
CM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2013 (15.4)
ST · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2014 (17.4)
ST · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2016 (18.2)
DM · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2013 (11.6)
ST · 4 seasons in the decade · best 2014 (20.2)
AM · 5 seasons in the decade · best 2014 (18)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Vela | 2019 | 24 |
| 2 | Sebastian Giovinco | 2015 | 23.9 |
| 3 | Diego Valeri | 2017 | 23.6 |
| 4 | David Villa | 2016 | 21.5 |
| 5 | Mike Magee | 2013 | 21.3 |
| 6 | Kei Kamara | 2015 | 21 |
| 7 | Ignacio Piatti | 2016 | 20.9 |
| 8 | Sebastian Giovinco | 2016 | 20.8 |
| 9 | Josef Martínez | 2018 | 20.8 |
| 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 2019 | 20.8 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade — no rated seasons for 2010, 2011, 2012, so the ranking covers the rest of the decade only.