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Monday, July 7, 2014

Jordan Henderson, the would-be King

Jordan Henderson has come a long way since his Sunderland days.  When Dalglish bought him in June of 2011 for a staggering £16m, I was more than a bit skeptical.  Paying that much for a relatively unproven soon-to-be 21-year-old, was quite the risk.  Henderson displayed flashes of brilliance here and there, but was wholly inconsistent, not uncommon for a player his age.  Fortunately he has proven to be a skilled, versatile midfielder, who can and is willing to do what is ever needed to make Liverpool a better side.

year2009-102010-112011-122012-132013-14
age2021222324
app (sub)23(10)3731(6)16(14)35
mins21873210265815353129
p9024.335.729.517.134.8
goals13254
assists54147
chances2845403362
npg900.040.080.070.290.11
gcp900.250.200.100.290.32
ccp901.151.261.361.901.78
ap900.210.110.030.230.20
ccv18.38.72.212.111.2
pass %68.481.283.984.587.1
bp %---43.441.2
sacc %0.250.290.350.330.15
shot %0.030.070.050.150.12
TTI9015.911.111.111.59.7

His progression over the past five years has been impressive to say the least, especially his passing.  What's most impressive though, is how valuable he has become on defence.  Last season, he became our most valuable midfielder when it comes to preventing goals.  His goals on pitch per 90 average was 1.18, considerably better than Gerrard (1.37), Lucas (1.28), or Allen (1.31).

To see how truly far Henderson has come I wanted to compare his stats from last season with his contemporaries, players who are of similar age (23-25) and play a similar position.  I went through each squad and found all the players that fit the criteria, they are Joe Allen, Nemanja Matic, Morgan Schneiderlin, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Sandro, Steven N'Zonzi, Ki Sung-Yeong, Victor Wanyama, Jake Livermore, and Vurnon Anita.  The stat comparison table is below.

The top 5 overall ranking:
1. Jordan Henderson                 4.73
2. Morgan Schneiderlin              5.00
3. Nemanja Matic                     5.33
4. Ashley Westwood                 5.67
5. Fabian Delph                        5.87

Not only was he top overall, Henderson was in the top five in eleven of the fifteen categories.  Among his peers, he is already king and if he continues his current progression, who knows how good he could become.


HendersonMaticSchneiderlinWestwoodDelphSandro
age242524242425
app(sub)3515(2)31(2)3533(1)10(7)
mins31291365276530773004828
p9034.815.230.734.233.49.2
goals402331
assists741220
chances62233063287
npg900.1100.070.120.090.11
gcp900.320.260.10.150.150.11
ccp901.781.510.981.840.830.76
ap900.200.260.030.060.060
ccv11.217.23.13.27.20
pass %87.184.889.382.983.784.4
bp %41.23135.628.338.329.6
sacc %32.715.325.8252523.5
shot %8.206.510.78.35.9
TTI909.712.59.39.610.510.8
intp90122.21.41.73.3
clrp90241.50.91.52.4
tp902.43.73.71.632.6
ts%42.841.547.847.649.442.6
gap900.860.461.141.641.621.63

N'ZonziSung-YeongWanyamaLivermoreAnitaAllen
age252523242524
app (sub)34(2)25(2)19(4)34(2)28(6)15(9)
mins304121961659305424571443
p9033.824.418.433.927.316
goals230311
assists110410
chances32287343818
npg900.060.0800.090.040.06
gcp900.090.1600.210.070.06
ccp900.951.150.3811.391.13
ap900.030.0400.120.040
ccv3.23.6011.82.90
pass %87.290.784.38383.886.7
bp %36.842.138.938.930.738
sacc %19.43512.517.91942.1
shot %6.57.507.74.85.3
TTI9010.77.212.611.710.29.8
intp9010.91.81.51.61.6
clrp900.80.92.80.811.3
tp901.81.73.521.84.2
ts%47.655.648.245.84556
gap901.331.720.761.361.651.31

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