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PlayersChristine Sinclair

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

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Thorns1110851620211610000.630.85
22017Thorns24242242800644435300.320.32
32018Thorns24242295960523930400.350.59
42019Thorns17171637910342128000.490.55
52021Thorns1616132951239172376.3000.340.41
62022Thorns1613106450021142073.4000.420.42
72023Thorns2013103731020102274.8000.260.35
82024Thorns2517131741020122271.9200.270.34
8 Yrs153134117724912227117319074.1900.370.47

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Thorns85162.703.300.296.816.770.040.720.610.060.078
22017Thorns224285.812.190.234.855.45-0.600.192.940.120.222
32018Thorns229596.082.920.246.396.53-0.140.254.130.160.406
42019Thorns163796.242.760.345.235.66-0.430.292.770.150.168
52021Thorns132955.23-0.230.352.782.95-0.170.191.910.130.200
62022Thorns106454.800.200.413.964.23-0.270.331.420.120.119
72023Thorns103732.150.850.193.343.120.220.291.590.140.155
82024Thorns131743.600.400.253.273.46-0.190.221.440.100.150
8 Yrs117724936.6112.390.2836.6338.17-1.540.2816.810.131.498

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.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120221.837-1.568-0.7930.2620.48758247
220231.172-1.7291.3640.2980.335101240
320241.048-1.6831.643-0.4790.196195338

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)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120161129236played her role
22017261511975113played her role
32018267107256942an 8, played like a 10
420191813234185an 8, played like a 10
52020101451423a 9, played like a 10
6202119811925210played her role
720221872932211played her role
820231510233624played her role
9202419118313210played her role
9 Yrs162856192773014411364played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Bethany BalcerReign2021Forward0.734
2Yazmeen RyanThorns2021Forward0.691
3Jordyn HuitemaReign2024Forward0.690
4Mina TanakaRoyals2025Forward0.671
5Michaela-Batya Bisi AbamDash2022Forward0.657
6Katie JohnsonAngel City2023Forward0.644
7Sydney LerouxAngel City2024Forward0.633
8Fuka NaganoCourage2022Midfielder0.633
9Ouleymata SarrSpirit2024Forward0.606
10Brianna PintoCourage2023Midfielder0.604