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Metrics Derived

Goals per 90 minutes

Gls/90Derived

Arithmetic on counted stats — a rate, a share, a difference. No model involved.

Definition

A rate, not a count. Comparable across players with different playing time — and unstable for players with very little of it, which is why the qualifier threshold exists.

How it is computed

goals × 90 / minutes

How much is enough

Treat below ~450 minutes as noise. A single goal moves a 200-minute rate by 0.45.

Where it appears