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As you know, the season has reached the quarter mark & given the extra week off, it seemed like an opportune time to share individual player stats for Rangers.  Given the volume of statistics that will be provided, I will refrain from adding commentary, however please feel free to share your observations.  The extra pairs of eyes on these numbers may bring about some fresh analysis.

It should be noted that I have players stats for each player who has played so far in the Scottish Championship & will publish another post soon that looks at the entire league.

Only league stats are included.

Goals per 90 minutes

	G/90	Minutes	Non-penalty goals
Dean Shiels	0.75	241	2
Lee Wallace	0.60	753	5
James Tavernier	0.58	782	5
Martyn Waghorn	0.46	781	4
Kenny Miller	0.41	441	2
Jason Holt	0.30	597	2
Barrie McKay	0.27	665	2
Nicky Law	0.23	390	1
Andy Halliday	0.11	810	1

Assists per 90 minutes

	A/90	Min	Assists
Barrie McKay	0.54	665	4
Martyn Waghorn	0.46	781	4
Gedion Zelalem	0.24	377	1
James Tavernier	0.23	782	2
Nicky Law	0.23	390	1
Nathan Oduwa	0.21	422	1
Kenny Miller	0.20	441	1
Jason Holt	0.15	597	1
Lee Wallace	0.12	753	1

Points per 90 minutes (non-penalty goals + assists)

	Pts/90	Minutes	Pts
Martyn Waghorn	0.92	781	8
James Tavernier	0.81	782	7
Barrie McKay	0.81	665	6
Dean Shiels	0.75	241	2
Lee Wallace	0.72	753	6
Kenny Miller	0.61	441	3
Nicky Law	0.46	390	2
Jason Holt	0.45	597	3
Gedion Zelalem	0.24	377	1
Nathan Oduwa	0.21	422	1
Andy Halliday	0.11	810	1

Shots per 90 minutes

	Minutes	Shots	Sh/90
David Templeton	6	1	15.00
Martyn Waghorn	781	36	4.15
James Tavernier	782	29	3.34
Fraser Aird	27	1	3.33
Tom Walsh	61	2	2.95
Kenny Miller	441	13	2.65
Dean Shiels	241	7	2.61
Nathan Oduwa	422	9	1.92
Lee Wallace	753	15	1.79
Nicky Law	390	6	1.38
Nicky Clark	65	1	1.38
Jason Holt	597	9	1.36
Andy Halliday	810	12	1.33
Barrie McKay	665	8	1.08
Gedion Zelalem	377	3	0.72
Rob Kiernan	720	3	0.38
Danny Wilson	810	2	0.22
Dominic Ball	148	0	0.00

Shooting Accuracy (shots on target/shots)

	Shots	Shots on Target	Sh Acc
David Templeton	1	1	1.000
Nicky Clark	1	1	1.000
Nicky Law	6	4	0.667
Rob Kiernan	3	2	0.667
Martyn Waghorn	36	21	0.583
Dean Shiels	7	4	0.571
Jason Holt	9	5	0.556
Kenny Miller	13	7	0.538
Lee Wallace	15	8	0.533
Andy Halliday	12	5	0.417
Barrie McKay	8	3	0.375
James Tavernier	29	10	0.345
Gedion Zelalem	3	1	0.333
Nathan Oduwa	9	2	0.222
Fraser Aird	1	0	0.000
Tom Walsh	2	0	0.000
Danny Wilson	2	0	0.000

Shooting Percentage (goals/shots on target)

	Shots on target	Goals	Sh %
Barrie McKay	3	2	0.667
Lee Wallace	8	5	0.625
Martyn Waghorn	21	11	0.524
Dean Shiels	4	2	0.500
James Tavernier	10	5	0.500
Jason Holt	5	2	0.400
Kenny Miller	7	2	0.286
Nicky Law	4	1	0.250
Andy Halliday	5	1	0.200

Expected Goals

	Total xG	xG/90
Martyn Waghorn	4.41	0.51
James Tavernier	3.07	0.35
Lee Wallace	2.29	0.27
Kenny Miller	2.26	0.46
Jason Holt	2.19	0.33
Barrie McKay	1.43	0.19
Andy Halliday	1.37	0.15
Dean Shiels	1.27	0.47
Nathan Oduwa	1.08	0.23
Nicky Law	0.78	0.18
Gedion Zelalem	0.42	0.10
Rob Kiernan	0.34	0.04
Nicky Clark	0.24	0.34
Danny Wilson	0.23	0.03
Tom Walsh	0.15	0.23
David Templeton	0.11	1.70
Fraser Aird	0.07	0.22
Dominic Ball	0.00	0.00

Goal Scoring Efficiency Rating  (explained here, note I’ve decided to move over that decimal to make the stat more digestible)

	GSER
Dean Shiels	13
Lee Wallace	10
James Tavernier	10
Martyn Waghorn	8
Kenny Miller	7
Jason Holt	5
Barrie McKay	5
Nicky Law	4
Andy Halliday	2

First Goal of the Match

	1st Goal
Lee Wallace	2
James Tavernier	2
Martyn Waghorn	2
Dean Shiels	1
Jason Holt	1
Andy Halliday	1

Total Shots Ratio

This stat is usually used to measure the ratio of total shots that a team takes in a match.  For example, if Rangers take 15 shots & their opponent takes five – then they had a TSR of 0.75 (15/20).  Throughout the season, I have measured how many shots Rangers take & give up when each player is on the pitch.  Andy Halliday & Danny Wilson have played every minute so their 0.74 TSR represents Rangers’ total for the season.  

	Team Sh	Team Shots Against	TSR
David Templeton	6	0	1.00
Nicky Clark	19	2	0.90
Dean Shiels	56	12	0.82
Nathan Oduwa	84	23	0.79
Tom Walsh	13	4	0.76
Nicky Law	82	27	0.75
Rob Kiernan	148	49	0.75
Fraser Aird	6	2	0.75
Lee Wallace	147	50	0.75
Andy Halliday	157	55	0.74
Danny Wilson	157	55	0.74
James Tavernier	151	53	0.74
Martyn Waghorn	151	55	0.73
Kenny Miller	79	30	0.72
Jaosn Holt	104	42	0.71
Barrie McKay	122	52	0.70
Gedion Zelalem	61	27	0.69
Dominic Ball	21	13	0.62

Again free to share your observations – hopefully a rich dialogue can come out of all this data.

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