Players›Christine Sinclair
Christine Sinclair
- Position:
- Forward
- Nationality:
- Canada
- Born:
- 1983-06-12 (age 43)
- Height:
- 176 cm
Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 153 GP · 11,772 min · 49 goals · 12 assists
Composite 2024: 0.196 — ranked 195 of 338 Composite page →
Standard Stats
| Playing Time | Performance | Per 90 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | GP | GS | Min | Gls | Ast | PK | Sh | SoT | KP | Pass% | CrdY | CrdR | Gls/90 | G+A/90 |
| 1 | 2016 | Thorns | 11 | 10 | 851 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 0.85 | |
| 2 | 2017 | Thorns | 24 | 24 | 2242 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 44 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0.32 | 0.32 | |
| 3 | 2018 | Thorns | 24 | 24 | 2295 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0.35 | 0.59 | |
| 4 | 2019 | Thorns | 17 | 17 | 1637 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0.55 | |
| 5 | 2021 | Thorns | 16 | 16 | 1329 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 23 | 76.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.41 |
| 6 | 2022 | Thorns | 16 | 13 | 1064 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 73.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.42 |
| 7 | 2023 | Thorns | 20 | 13 | 1037 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 74.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.35 |
| 8 | 2024 | Thorns | 25 | 17 | 1317 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 71.9 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.34 |
| 8 Yrs | 153 | 134 | 11772 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 271 | 173 | 190 | 74.1 | 9 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.47 | ||
Advanced Stats
| Expected | VAEP | Threat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | Min | Gls | xG | G−xG | xG/90 | VAEP | Off | Def | VAEP/90 | xT | xT/90 | DAxT |
| 1 | 2016 | Thorns | 851 | 6 | 2.70 | 3.30 | 0.29 | 6.81 | 6.77 | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.06 | 0.078 |
| 2 | 2017 | Thorns | 2242 | 8 | 5.81 | 2.19 | 0.23 | 4.85 | 5.45 | -0.60 | 0.19 | 2.94 | 0.12 | 0.222 |
| 3 | 2018 | Thorns | 2295 | 9 | 6.08 | 2.92 | 0.24 | 6.39 | 6.53 | -0.14 | 0.25 | 4.13 | 0.16 | 0.406 |
| 4 | 2019 | Thorns | 1637 | 9 | 6.24 | 2.76 | 0.34 | 5.23 | 5.66 | -0.43 | 0.29 | 2.77 | 0.15 | 0.168 |
| 5 | 2021 | Thorns | 1329 | 5 | 5.23 | -0.23 | 0.35 | 2.78 | 2.95 | -0.17 | 0.19 | 1.91 | 0.13 | 0.200 |
| 6 | 2022 | Thorns | 1064 | 5 | 4.80 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 3.96 | 4.23 | -0.27 | 0.33 | 1.42 | 0.12 | 0.119 |
| 7 | 2023 | Thorns | 1037 | 3 | 2.15 | 0.85 | 0.19 | 3.34 | 3.12 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 1.59 | 0.14 | 0.155 |
| 8 | 2024 | Thorns | 1317 | 4 | 3.60 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 3.27 | 3.46 | -0.19 | 0.22 | 1.44 | 0.10 | 0.150 |
| 8 Yrs | 11772 | 49 | 36.61 | 12.39 | 0.28 | 36.63 | 38.17 | -1.54 | 0.28 | 16.81 | 0.13 | 1.498 | ||
Composite Rating
Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.
| Components | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | xG | Carries | Box Passes | Defense | GK | Composite | Rank | Pool |
| 1 | 2022 | 1.837 | -1.568 | -0.793 | 0.262 | 0.487 | 58 | 247 | |
| 2 | 2023 | 1.172 | -1.729 | 1.364 | 0.298 | 0.335 | 101 | 240 | |
| 3 | 2024 | 1.048 | -1.683 | 1.643 | -0.479 | 0.196 | 195 | 338 | |
Structural Roles
Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.
| Explicit (Team Sheet) | Inferred (Event Data) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Starts | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | Read |
| 1 | 2016 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | played her role | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2017 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | played her role | ||||||||
| 3 | 2018 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | an 8, played like a 10 | |||||||
| 4 | 2019 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | an 8, played like a 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2020 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | a 9, played like a 10 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2021 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | played her role | ||||||||
| 7 | 2022 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | played her role | |||||||||
| 8 | 2023 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | played her role | |||||||||
| 9 | 2024 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | played her role | |||||||||
| 9 Yrs | 162 | 8 | 56 | 19 | 2 | 77 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 13 | 64 | played her role | |||||||
Similar Players
Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.
| Rk | Player | Team | Season | Pos | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethany Balcer | Reign | 2021 | Forward | 0.734 |
| 2 | Yazmeen Ryan | Thorns | 2021 | Forward | 0.691 |
| 3 | Jordyn Huitema | Reign | 2024 | Forward | 0.690 |
| 4 | Mina Tanaka | Royals | 2025 | Forward | 0.671 |
| 5 | Michaela-Batya Bisi Abam | Dash | 2022 | Forward | 0.657 |
| 6 | Katie Johnson | Angel City | 2023 | Forward | 0.644 |
| 7 | Sydney Leroux | Angel City | 2024 | Forward | 0.633 |
| 8 | Fuka Nagano | Courage | 2022 | Midfielder | 0.633 |
| 9 | Ouleymata Sarr | Spirit | 2024 | Forward | 0.606 |
| 10 | Brianna Pinto | Courage | 2023 | Midfielder | 0.604 |