Composite rating
Comp°An estimate from a model we built. Useful, but not a fact — every modeled stat's page says where it's weak.
Definition
A single rating per player, built by combining five component scores: shot value, carrying, box entries, defensive contribution, and goalkeeping where applicable. It is the most opinionated number on the site — a rating, not a measurement.
How much is enough
Component scores are noisy under 600 minutes.
Where it is weak
The component weights are ours. A different reasonable weighting produces a different ordering, particularly among midfielders.
What it refuses to measure
Composite is not a transfer valuation, a projection, or a claim about a player's ceiling. It describes what happened in the window it covers.
What would prove this wrong
If a reasonable alternative weighting of the same five components reorders the top ten in most seasons, the published ordering is an artifact of our weights, not of performance.