The blog is based on purely stat-based, later on, several
myths and wrongly used arguments will be addressed.
League stats
Barca Neymar -
123 games 10024 mins 68 goals❌ 38 assists❌ 106 g/a❌ 0.61 goals p90❌ 0.34 assists p90❌ 0.95 g/a p90❌
PSG Neymar -
106 games 8917 mins 80 goals✅ 46 assists✅ 126 g/a✅ 0.81 goals p90✅ 0.46 assists p90✅ 1.27 g/a p90✅
UCL stats
Barca Neymar -
40 games 3408 mins 21 goals❌ 15 assists🥂 36 g/a❌ 0.55 goals p90❌ 0.40 assists p90✅ 0.95 g/a p90❌
PSG Neymar -
40 games 3410 mins 22 goals✅ 15 assists🥂 37 g/a✅ 0.58 goals p90✅ 0.40 assists p90❌ 0.98 g/a p90✅
Stats in Cup Games
Barca Neymar -
23 games 14 goals✅ 6 assists✅ 20 g/a✅ 0.61 goals per game❌ 0.26 assists per game❌ 0.87 g/a per game❌
PSG Neymar -
16 games 13 goals❌ 5 assists❌ 18 g/a❌ 0.81 goals per game✅ 0.28 assists per game✅ 1.09 g/a per game✅
Stats in All Competitions
Barca Neymar -
186 games 105 goals❌ 59 assists❌ 164 g/a❌ 0.56 goals per game❌ 0.32 assists per game❌ 0.88 g/a per game❌
PSG Neymar -
164 games 115 goals✅ 65 assists✅ 180 g/a✅ 0.70 goals per game✅ 0.40 assists per game✅ 1.10 g/a per game✅
Dribbling stats (League)
Barca Neymar -
493 successful dribbles✅ 4.43 successful dribbles p90❌ 55.6% dribble success❌
PSG Neymar -
475 successful dribbles p90❌ 4.79 successful dribbles p90✅ 57.1% dribble success✅
Dribbling stats (UCL)
Barca Neymar -
175 successful dribbles❌ 4.62 successful dribbles p90❌ 51.6% dribble success❌
PSG Neymar -
185 successful dribbles✅ 4.88 successful dribbles p90✅ 58% dribble success✅
Chance creation stats (League)
Barca Neymar -
287 key passes❌ 2.58 key passes p90❌ 57 big chances created❌ 0.51 bcc p90❌ 18 throughballs❌
PSG Neymar -
308 key passes✅ 3.11 key passes p90✅ 83 big chances created✅ 0.84 bcc p90✅ 46 throughballs✅
Chance creation stats (UCL)
Barca Neymar -
97 key passes❌ 2.56 key passes p90❌ 22 big chances created❌ 0.58 bcc p90❌ 14 throughballs✅
PSG Neymar -
104 key passes✅ 2.75 key passes p90✅ 23 big chances created✅ 0.61 bcc p90✅ 8 throughballs❌
Miscellaneous stats (League)
Barca Neymar -
22 MOTM❌ 18% MOTM❌ 8.11 avg rating❌
PSG Neymar -
36 MOTM✅ 34% MOTM✅ 8.18 avg rating✅
Miscellaneous stats (UCL)
Barca Neymar -
10 MOTM❌ 25% MOTM❌ 8.02 avg rating✅
PSG Neymar -
13 MOTM✅ 33% MOTM✅ 7.97 avg rating❌
Neymar's availability issue at PSG -
Neymar was fouled 3.9 times on average in LaLiga, this rate increased to 4.1 fouls won p90 in Ligue 1, he was unable to stay fit under the harsher conditions of the French league, and several all timer campaigns were cut in half.
PSG Neymar only has 2 UCL KO goals
He may have scored more ko goals for Barca but people don't realize he wasn't
able to play in ko's in 17/18 and 18/19, 2 of his best individual seasons
ever. And he's the last person who should be judged based on goals, especially
as the #10.
UCL KO stats
Barca Neymar
19 games 11 goals✅ 3 assists❌ 14 g/a✅ Directly involved in 14/32 team goals (43.7%)❌
PSG Neymar
12 games 2 goals❌ 6 assists✅ 8 g/a❌ Directly involved in 8/15 team goals (53.3%)✅
Neymar adapted to the #10 role when PSG appointed Tuchel as their coach, at
Barca, he was a restricted touchline winger with little freedom given peak
Messi was in the same team, he performed his duty as an outlet perfectly, at
PSG however, he unlocked new levels of freedom.
He was able to express his full ability in each game he played, just unlucky injuries had to ruin everything. Even at Barca, his best form was when Messi got injured in the 1st half of 15/16, clearly, he plays better as the main man.
In conclusion, Barca Neymar is one of the best wingers of all time, but his PSG version is proof he had much more potential as the #10 of the team with him dictating play like Messi. Hence PSG Neymar is a better player than Barcelona Neymar.