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. 2017 Jul 10;12(7):e0179953. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179953

Table 4. Player based metrics based on individual ball possession according to playing position.

-10 min indicates occurrences / time per 10 min net playing time. IBC (sn-1) represents mean time per interval. Playing positions are GK = Goalkeeper, FB = full back, CD = central defender, WF = wide midfielder, CM = central midfielder, CAM = central attacking midfielder, WI = Winger, CF = central forward and ALL = all positions.

Position IBP
(n-10 min)
IBA
(n-10 min)
IBC
(n-10 min)
IBC
(min)
IBC
(min-10 min)
IBC
(sn-1)
GK 9,8 ± 4.3 10,1 ± 4.2 8.8 ± 4.8 1:38 ± 0:58 17.3 ± 10.1 2.1 ± 0.8
FB 14.8 ± 6.8 15.0 ± 6.7 11.7 ± 7.7 1:18 ± 0:56 13.8 ± 10.0 1.2 ± 0.4
CD 15.5 ± 7.8 15.9 ± 7.8 12.8 ± 8.3 1:38 ± 1:09 17.1 ± 12.2 1.3 ± 0.4
WM 13.7 ± 7.2 13.8 ± 7.2 10.2 ± 7.7 1:17 ± 1:08 13.6 ± 12.1 1.2 ± 0.6
CM 16.5 ± 8.6 16.8 ± 8.5 12.8 ± 9.0 1:27 ± 1:08 15.2 ± 12.0 1.2 ± 0.4
CAM 14.0 ± 7.3 14.3 ± 7.5 10.2 ± 8.0 1:17 ± 0:58 13.6 ± 10.2 1.1 ± 0.6
WI 11.9 ± 7.7 12.2 ± 7.8 7.9 ± 7.3 1:04 ± 0:54 11.4 ± 9.7 1.1 ± 0.7
CF 10.1 ± 6.4 10.6 ± 6.4 6.6 ± 6.0 0:49 ± 0:43 8.7 ± 7.6 0.9 ± 0.6
ALL 13.3 ± 7.2 13.6 ± 7.2 10.1 ± 8.1 1:21 ± 1:13 13.8 ± 12.6 1.2 ± 1.0