Table 2.
Players’ running metrics according to position
| Running Metrics | DF Position Mean ± SD |
MF Position Mean ± SD |
FW Position Mean ± SD |
DF vs. MF p value |
DF vs. MF ES |
DF vs. FW p value |
DF vs. FW ES |
MF vs. FW p value |
MF vs. FW ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Distance (m) | 10094.73 ± 687.69 | 11205.51 ± 799.18*^ | 10475.35 ± 1012.70* | < 0.001 | 1.49 | 0.008 | 0.44 | < 0.001 | 0.80 |
| Zone 1 (m) | 3833.95 ± 267.61# | 3663.63 ± 363.60 | 3941.08 ± 383.61# | < 0.001 | 0.53 | 0.094 | 0.32 | < 0.001 | 0.74 |
| Zone 2 (m) | 4313.52 ± 538.83 | 5009.55 ± 759.27*^ | 4211.26 ± 854.61 | < 0.001 | 1.06 | 0.608 | 0.14 | < 0.001 | 0.99 |
| Zone 3 (m) | 1194.18 ± 246.43 | 1669.67 ± 341.04*^ | 1369.90 ± 345.18* | < 0.001 | 1.60 | 0.001 | 0.59 | 0.001 | 0.87 |
| Zone 4 (m) | 547.16 ± 168.54 | 668.46 ± 164.42* | 671.05 ± 167.61* | < 0.001 | 0.73 | < 0.001 | 0.74 | 0.996 | 0.02 |
| Zone 5 (m) | 205.96 ± 122.25 | 194.18 ± 116.55 | 282.11 ± 127.70*# | 0.741 | 0.10 | < 0.001 | 0.61 | < 0.001 | 0.72 |
| HSR (counts) | 109.65 ± 20.53 | 142.31 ± 23.24*^ | 122.94 ± 25.40* | < 0.001 | 1.45 | 0.001 | 0.58 | < 0.001 | 0.80 |
| Sprints (counts) | 43.39 ± 12.80 | 50.04 ± 11.47* | 53.43 ± 12.45* | < 0.001 | 0.58 | < 0.001 | 0.80 | 0.268 | 0.28 |
| Top Speed (km/h) | 31.34 ± 1.57 | 30.89 ± 1.75 | 32.23 ± 1.63*# | 0.088 | 0.27 | 0.002 | 0.56 | < 0.001 | 0.79 |
| Market Value (€) | 14,822,455 ± 17,901,175 | 29,291,292 ± 30,696,957* | 31,150,000 ± 33,896,194* | < 0.001 | 0.58 | < 0.001 | 0.60 | 0.909 | 0.06 |
DF: Defenders, MF: Midfielders, FW: Forward, HSR: High-Speed Running, *: Significance from DF, #: Significance from MF, ^: Significance from FW. All results were considered significant at p < 0.05.