Football is a sport where it is incredibly hard to analyze individual performance from a match-to-match basis.
Sure, anyone can look up player ratings after the match, but these only tell a vague story of performance. However, there is a new statistic that allows for players’ offensive participation to be quantified.
Offensive contribution (OC), using 5 key measurables, grants the opportunity to see what a player has done as a slice of the whole production of the team.
It is important to note, this is not a stat designed to measure the quality of a players’ contributions, but rather an attempt to examine the offensive work rate as a percentage of the whole team.
Which players make a team tick, keeping momentum and creativity at the forefront of their efforts. To calculate this number, each of the above measurements is noted for the player, then divided by the whole of the team’s totals. 
As a concise example: If a player has 2 shots and the team has 10 total, the player receives a value of .2, wash, rinse, repeat for the other 4 measurables. If a player finishes with a 1.0 score, he is was responsible for 1/5th of the offensive production in that match.
Now that the stage is set, let’s take a look at what this means for the Blues. This statistic, when applied to Chelsea, shows 3 players that stand out above the rest. It should come as no surprise, Mason Mount, Reece James, and Ben Chilwell.
Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, have the two highest scores, (.86/.83), but neither has played more than 5 games, too small a sample size to be significant.
Reece James (.81) and Mason Mount (.78) lead the rest of the squad. Both have been in the top 3 of offensive contributors in 8 appearances, Mason finishing first in the team twice and Reece three times.
“You must have forgotten about Ben Chilwell”, I haven’t. In nearly half of his appearances, he has finished with more than 1/5 of the teams attacking contributions. Finishing first on the team 4 times.
This analytical sort of look into the team offers a quantified look of what us fans already knew, but have sometimes found hard to put into words.
Mason Mount is a work horse, never giving up and always playing his heart out for the club; our fullbacks are key to the club’s offensive production, often unlocking defenses that are otherwise tough to break.
Clearly this does not measure defensive performance, but of 13 total matches in the Premier League this season, 7 games have ended in our two fullbacks leading the team’s offensive contributions. Not something to ignore. The solidification of our center backs has allowed more attacking freedom to Reece James and Ben Chilwell.
On a small sidenote; while it can be frustrating to watch new players adjust to the Premier League, this measurement offers a reason to believe in our fresh signings. Notably Timo Werner and Ziyech. Werner has finished in the top 3 performers in 6 of his 13 appearances, Ziyech has finished in the top 3 in 4 out of his 5 games, and in first twice.
London always has been and always will be blue, our future could not be brighter. COYB
