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post-match report cards where a 6 out of 10 can ruin someone's week.
means a numeric or letter grade assigned to each player after a match, meant to summarize performance in one glance.
from popularized by newspapers in the 1970s and 80s, most famously italy's gazzetta dello sport and england's tabloids, who needed a fast way to fill column inches and start pub arguments.
average scoremost players cluster between 5 and 7
goalkeeper biaskeepers get judged almost entirely on mistakes
algorithm risewhoscored and sofascore now auto-generate scores live
manager angermanagers publicly mock ratings after harsh scores
for instance
gazzetta dello sport — italy's paper that made ratings a national obsession since 1970s
whoscored — algorithmic ratings used by fans and bettors since 2010
fifa ultimate team — turned ratings into a global trading-card economy worth billions
marca player grades — spanish paper's ratings routinely spark real madrid transfer rumors