Interesting comparison of strikers based on how much they played, scored and assisted. I was surprised how productive Jesus has actually been when on the field - and more surprised that Aubameyang and Nketiah have about the same goal contribution rate for minutes played. Giroud always surprises me when I see his numbers - very very good. Early days for Gyokeres so not comparative until later in the season. please log in to view this image
Havertz isn't really fair either because half of his apps have been as a number 8. Actually crazy how few minutes RVP played considering he was with us for 8 Seasons.
Yeah - if you take away Havertz MF appearances he's close to the top of the list as the most productive in the PL era in terms of mins per G+A.
I'll exclude Gyokeres for now because he's only just joined, but for me, the best strikers I've seen play at The Emirates from that list (+Adebayor as I'm surprised he's not in the list): Robin van Persie Alexis Sanchez Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang Emmanuel Adebayor Kai Havertz Olivier Giroud Alexandre Lacazette Gabriel Jesus (the knee injuries and ACL injuries have totally ruined him) Eddie Nketiah
Your list is interesting - i would put Giroud 2nd behind RVP. IN fact i think my ranking would be very different other than RVP at the top
For reference Lacazette - a goal contribution (excluding pens) every 133 minutes , which puts him slightly ahead of Aubameyang Adebayor - a goal contribution (excluding pens) every 156 minutes - which puts him below Nketiah but slightly above Havertz Mins per goal contribution (non pens) RVP 104 Alexis 109 Giroud 113 Jesus 121 Laca 133 Auba 135 Nketiah 146 Adebayor 156 Havertz 163 Gyokeres 376 Again though , bottom 2 Havertz and Gyokeres skewed for different reasons - Havertz played a lot of minutes in midfield and Gyokeres has just started so his rate will be spiky until he's done a season. As a striker -Havertz may well be clear at the top of the list when playing as a striker only, think it's like a non pen goal contribution every 90 mins
Adding Eduardo - no surprise he's high up the list almost equal with RVP. RVP 104 Eduardo 105 Alexis 109 Giroud 113 Jesus 121 Laca 133 Auba 135 Nketiah 146 Adebayor 156 Havertz 163 Gyokeres 376
If we are going to do it we may as well do it properly and include Lord Nic, Chamakh and Sanogo. EDIT to include Eduardo ! I think you have to look at this in 2 ways, perceived effectiveness (what I thought at the time - not stats) and ability. For ability my list would be: RVP Sanchez Eduardo Jesus Adebayor Auba Giroud Havertz Laca Lord Nic Nketiah Chamakh Sanogo For perceived effectiveness, who I thought would get you a goal if you needed a goal: Sanchez RVP Auba Eduardo Adebayor Lord Nic Giroud Jesus Havertz Nketiah Laca Chamakh Sanogo
Minutes per open play goal contributions RVP 104 Eduardo 105 Alexis 109 Giroud 113 Jesus 121 Bendtner 126 Laca 133 Auba 135 Nketiah 146 Adebayor 156 Havertz 163 Chamakh 190 Gyokeres 376 Sanogo 437 The intangible here is when those goal contributions came - to HH's point about scoring the big goals when really needed. The list does highlight the issue with fan assessments, though. Fans get downers on some players and get highs on others and this can happen literally over a couple of poor games that sets in stone perceptions. Case in point - Bendtner was more likely to contribute to a goal than Auba in open play ... even their mins per GOAL (not including assists) is similar. One is viewed as one of the worst strikers we've had and the other is viewed as one of the best.
My one criticism of the stats are they include Auba's failed final season and a half when he had fallen out with Arteta, his output took a nosedive. To me thats not representative of Auba's actual talent and performance with us.
All players can say they went through bad times where their form dropped and then blame it on others. There are many players who we could take their very best period of from and view them as much better than they were for us. That said - there is a difference between the highs - Auba's best was very good and if we judged n that he'd be higher up the list.
Best players of the Emirates era can't include the likes of Bergkamp, Henry et al, they were only there for a season or so, so your options for best player would have to include RVP, Sanchez, Fabregas, Cazorla, Ozil ......... who else ?
