William Gomes leads global CIES list for off-ball accelerations | OneFootball

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·30 September 2026

William Gomes leads global CIES list for off-ball accelerations

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William Gomes, the FC Porto winger, tops a global CIES Football Observatory ranking for off-ball accelerations across 90 minutes with a score of 7.41.

According to O Jogo, the observatory compiled the list assessing players’ bursts when they did not have possession.


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It measured accelerations between nine and 25 kilometres per hour from off-ball runs over a full match.

Ismail Jakobs of Galatasaray and Lautaro Díaz of Racing completed the top three with ratings of 7.29 and 6.89 respectively.

The findings were released on Wednesday.

Source: O Jogo

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