The Castrol performance index is a ranking system created by Castrol for men's club association football as part of a sponsorship package with FIFA. The system uses mathematical formulas which evaluate various player performance in terms of how individual actions either assist or prevent goals. The system takes into account the strength of the opposition and the time in a game the player's actions occurred.
Castrol publishes several rankings: players in top five European leagues monthly during a season, MLS player ranking and international tournament rankings. Castrol became the official oil lubricant of FIFA in 2008. It published a ranking in UEFA Euro 2008. It was an official sponsor the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and an index measuring World Cup player performance was updated after each round of matches. Castrol made a ranking in Euro 2012UEFA.com: . and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.FIFA.com: Castrol Index Ranking
Castrol index ranking The Castrol Index is a rolling ranking system that measures performance of every football player across Europe's top five leagues during the course of a 12-month period. Rankings are published monthly.
To get Castrol Index Ranking, first "Castrol Index Score" is calculated for every player in every league and Champions league match, then the score weighted to get "Castrol Ranking points", and lastly, cumulative points from every match during the 12-month period are multiplied with 90 and divided by total minutes played.
Weightings are different in every league and are adjusted after every season by strength of every league. For example, Champions league knock-out stage has biggest weight.
Top-rated players Since the beginning of the ranking, September 2009,Castrol: Ronaldo tops new Castrol Rankings. there have been three players in the top position.
First Last Months Player Country Club RefSeptember 2009November 20093Thierry HenrySpain BarcelonaCastrol: Thierry Henry is top of the Castrol RankingsCastrol: Ibrahimovic makes his mark in the Castrol Rankings.December 2009December 20091Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real MadridJanuary 2010March 201339Lionel MessiSpain BarcelonaCastrol: Messi tops January 2010 Castrol Rankings.Castrol: Messi and Ronaldo still lead the way.Goal.com: Cristiano Ronaldo drops down in Castrol EDGE Rankings as Mario Gomez closes in on Lionel Messi. 18 November 2011.April 2013April 20131Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real MadridCastrol: Ronaldo overtakes Messi at the top of the Castrol EDGE Rankings. 22 June 2013.May 2013May 2013Incumbent29Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona
EDGE Performance of the Month Castrol awards every month an "EDGE Performance of the Month" title for a player who gets most performance points in a match during the month. Also, after every season, the top performing player (the top player in the ranking at the end of the season) is announced.
Month Player Points Club Against Date Reference Season 2009–10 October 2009Didier Drogba2300ChelseaBolton Wanderers31 OctoberCastrol Football November 2009Jermain Defoe2575Tottenham HotspurWigan Athletic22 NovemberCastrol Football December 2009Michael Owen1962Manchester UnitedVfL Wolfsburg8 DecemberCastrol Football January 2010Wayne Rooney2532Manchester UnitedHull City23 JanuaryCastrol Football February 2010Cristiano Ronaldo2163Real MadridXerez13 FebruaryCastrol Football March 2010Mevlüt Erdinç2307Paris Saint-GermainSochaux13 MarchCastrol Football Performance ofthe Season 2010Lionel Messi2828BarcelonaArsenal6 AprilCastrol Football Player of the season Lionel Messi BarcelonaCastrol Football: Messi is the world's top performing player Season 2010–11 August 2010Andy Carroll1426Newcastle UnitedAston Villa22 AugustCastrol Football September 2010Lionel Messi2790BarcelonaPanathinaikos14 SeptemberCastrol Football October 2010Cristiano Ronaldo2279Real MadridRacing Santander23 OctoberCastrol Football November 2010Dimitar Berbatov2593Manchester UnitedBlackburn Rovers27 NovemberCastrol Football December 2010Raúl2198Schalke 041. FC Köln18 DecemberCastrol Football January 2011Dimitar Berbatov2251Manchester UnitedBirmingham City22 JanuaryCastrol Football February 2011Alexis Sánchez2809UdinesePalermo27 FebruaryCastrol Football March 2011Karim Benzema2072Real MadridMálaga3 MarchCastrol Football April 2011Maxi Rodríguez2212LiverpoolBirmingham City23 AprilCastrol Football May 2011Cristiano Ronaldo2480Real MadridSevilla7 MayCastrol Football Player of the season Lionel Messi BarcelonaCastrol Football: Messi is the player of the season Season 2011–12 August 2011Edin Džeko2435Manchester CityTottenham Hotspur28 AugustCastrol Football September 2011Lionel Messi2674BarcelonaOsasuna17 SeptemberCastrol Football: Messi wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month. 14 October 2011. October 2011André Ayew2086MarseilleAjaccio22 OctoberCastrol Football: Ayew wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month. 17 November 2011. November 2011Mario Gómez2502Bayern MunichNapoli2 NovemberCastrol Football: Gomez wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month. 7 December 2011. December 2011Bafétimbi Gomis2502LyonDinamo Zagreb7 DecemberCastrol Football: Gomis wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month. 11 January 2012. January 2012Lionel Messi2388BarcelonaMálaga22 JanuaryCastrol Football: Messi wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month. 8 February 2012. February 2012Lionel Messi2766BarcelonaValencia19 FebruaryCastrol Football: Messi wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month. 8 March 2012. March 2012Mario Gómez3551Bayern MunichBasel13 MarchCastrol Football: Gomez wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month. 10 April 2012. April 2012Danny Welbeck1950Manchester UnitedAston Villa15 AprilCastrol Football: Welbeck wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month. 8 May 2012. May 2012Robin van Persie2223ArsenalNorwich City5 MayCastrol Football: Van Persie wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month Player of the season Lionel Messi BarcelonaCastrol Football: Messi is the player of the season Season 2012–13 August 2012Radamel Falcao2126Atlético MadridAthletic Bilbao27 AugustFalcao wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month September 2012Thomas Müller2240Bayern MunichVfB Stuttgart2 SeptemberMüller wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month October 2012Álvaro Negredo2126SevillaMallorca22 OctoberNegredo wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month November 2012Jordi Gómez2205Wigan AthleticReading24 NovemberGómez wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month December 2012Gareth Bale2525Tottenham HotspurAston Villa26 DecemberMuch admired Bale wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month January 2013Nelson Valdez2144ValenciaDeportivo La Coruña26 JanuaryValencia’s Valdez wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month February 2013Joël Matip1849Schalke 04Fortuna Düsseldorf23 FebruarySchalke's Matip wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month March 2013Claudio Pizarro2145Bayern MunichHamburger SV30 MarchBayern’s Pizarro wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month April 2013Robert Lewandowski2737Borussia DortmundReal Madrid24 AprilLewandowski wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month May 2013Miroslav Klose2737LazioBologna5 MayKlose wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month Player of the season Lionel Messi BarcelonaCastrol Football: Messi ends 2012–13 at the top of the Castrol EDGE Rankings
UEFA Euro 2008 Xavi was awarded with the Castrol Player of the Tournament trophy in UEFA Euro 2008. He was selected by UEFA Technical Team taking into account public votes of the top ten of Castrol Performance Index.UEFA.com: Xavi picks up UEFA EURO 2008™ award. 9 September 2008.
2010 FIFA World Cup The top 10 players in 2010 FIFA World Cup were selected from players who advanced to round of 16.FIFA: Castrol Index
RankPlayerPositionCountry1.Sergio RamosDefenderSpain2.Joan CapdevilaDefenderSpain3.Carles PuyolDefenderSpain4.Philipp LahmDefenderGermany5.Gerard PiquéDefenderSpain6.David VillaForwardSpain7.Wesley SneijderMidfielderNetherlands8.Luis SuárezForwardUruguay9.Thomas MüllerMidfielderGermany10.Manuel NeuerGoalkeeperGermany
Top 11 team with best one goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards included also midfielders Mark van Bommel (Netherlands) and Sergio Busquets (Spain) (and excluded Gerard Piqué as he was fifth best defender).Fifa: Castrol Index Top 11
UEFA Euro 2012 The ranking was first used in Euro 2008 qualifications and the main tournament, as well as in Euro 2012.Castrol to provide new perspective. 2 December 2007.Castrol signs up for UEFA EURO 2012. 28 January 2010. Castrol predicted Spain and Netherlands to play in the final and Spain to win it.Spain & the Netherlands set to meet in the Euro 2012 final, according to the Castrol EDGE Calculator. 3 December 2011 The top 10 players were:UEFA.com: ranking in Euro 2012.
RankPlayerPositionCountry1.Sergio RamosDefenderSpain2.Cristiano RonaldoForwardPortugal3.Gerard PiquéDefenderSpain4.Xabi AlonsoMidfielderSpain5.Andrés IniestaMidfielderSpain6.Jordi AlbaDefenderSpain7.Álvaro ArbeloaDefenderSpain8.PepeDefenderPortugal9.Sergio BusquetsMidfielderSpain10.Claudio MarchisioMidfielderItaly
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup The top 10 was:Fifa: Castrol Index Ranking. 12 September 2013.
RankPlayerPositionCountry 1. Neymar Forward Brazil 2. Sergio Ramos Defender Spain 3. Jordi Alba Defender Spain 4. David Luiz Defender Brazil 5. Thiago Silva Defender Brazil 6. Andrés Iniesta Midfielder Spain 7. Fred Forward Brazil 8. Gerard Piqué Defender Spain 9. Luiz Gustavo Midfielder Brazil 10. Marcelo Defender Brazil
Castrol Index Top 11 had 2 forwards, 4 midfielders, 4 defenders and a goalkeeper. In addition to above, best goalkeeper was Júlio César (Brazil), and next two best midfielders were Daniele De Rossi (Italy) and Paulinho (Brazil). Defenders Marcelo and Piqué were not included.Fifa: Castrol Index Top 11 . 12 September 2013.
2014 FIFA World Cup The top 10 was:
RankPlayerPositionCountry 1. Toni Kroos Midfielder Germany 2. Arjen Robben Forward Netherlands 3. Stefan de Vrij Defender Netherlands 4. Mats Hummels Defender Germany 5. Thomas Müller Forward Germany 6. Karim Benzema Forward France 7. Oscar Midfielder Brazil 8. Thiago Silva Defender Brazil 9. Marcos Rojo Defender Argentina 10. Ron Vlaar Defender Netherlands
Toni Kroos was the top player, and the Top 11 was made with a 4–4–2 formation:
GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Manuel Neuer (Germany) Marcos Rojo (Argentina) Mats Hummels (Germany) Thiago Silva (Brazil) Stefan de Vrij (Netherlands) Oscar (Brazil) Toni Kroos (Germany) Philipp Lahm (Germany) James Rodríguez (Colombia) Arjen Robben (Netherlands) Thomas Müller (Germany)
References
External links Castrol Rankings