TABLE 2.

Pearson’s r, 95% CI and p-values for correlations between the effective playing time and the physical match performance parameters total distance, high-intensity distance, sprinting distance, maximum velocity, and number of accelerations on a team level and separated by playing position.

		Total distance	High-intensity distance	Sprinting distance	Maximum velocity	Number of accelerations
Whole team (n* = 267)	Pearson’s r	0.48	0.03	-0.17	-0.13	0.61
	95% CI	0.41–0.55	-0.06–0.11	-0.25– -0.09	-0.21– -0.04	0.55–0.66
	p-value	< 0.01	0.51	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
CD (n = 1,130)	Pearson’s r	0.35	-0.02	-0.12	-0.05	0.54
	95% CI	0.30–0.40	-0.08–0.3	-0.17– -0.62	-0.11–0.01	0.49–0.57
	p-value	< 0.01	0.45	< 0.01	0.09	< 0.01
WD (n = 833)	Pearson’s r	0.32	-0.03	-0.12	-0.06	0.49
	95% CI	0.26–0.38	-0.10–0.04	-0.20– -0.05	-0.13–0.02	0.44–0.53
	p-value	< 0.01	0.45	< 0.01	0.10	< 0.01
CDM (n = 563)	Pearson’s r	0.39	-0.02	-0.10	-0.09	0.35
	95% CI	0.32–0.46	-0.11–0.06	-0.18– -0.02	-0.17– -0.01	0.28–0.42
	p-value	< 0.01	0.59	0.02	0.03	< 0.01
COM (n = 390)	Pearson’s r	0.34	0.05	-0.03	-0.02	0.42
	95% CI	0.25–0.43	-0.05–0.15	-0.13–0.07	-0.12–0.08	0.33–0.49
	p-value	< 0.01	0.33	0.61	0.66	< 0.01
WM (n = 400)	Pearson’s r	0.20	0.01	-0.04	< 0.01	0.34
	95% CI	0.11–0.30	-0.09–0.11	-0.14–0.06	-0.10–0.10	0.25–0.42
	p-value	< 0.01	0.88	0.43	0.99	< 0.01
FW (n = 415)	Pearson’s r	0.31	0.09	-0.21	-0.15	0.48
	95% CI	0.22–0.40	-0.01–0.18	-0.30– -0.12	-0.24– -0.05	0.40–0.55
	p-value	< 0.01	0.08	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01

95% CI – 95% Confidence interval; n* = Number of matches; n = Number of single observations; CD – Central defender; WD – Wide defender; CDM – Central defensive midfielder; COM – Central offensive midfielder; WM – Wide midfielder; FW – Forward.