Tournament Scoring - Basics

Design Philosophy

The FDF scoring system is designed to capture the performance of players from the fan perspective. When you watch a game, fans applaud certain actions whilst others leave them howling in disbelief. Most fans just instinctively know what good and bad play looks like. The FDF system accounts for these differences, rating each position (GK, DEF, MID, FWD) based on its typical expectations. We will continue refining the system, but our goal is for FDF scores to feel natural and intuitive, closely aligning with how most fans perceive performances. Of course, evaluating performance is subjective, and opinions will always differ—but we’ll get as close as possible.

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Examples

Goalkeepers score highly for clean sheets, saves, claiming the ball and even some for good distribution. But if they make mistakes they may struggle to get big points totals, even if they get a clean sheet.

Defenders who get a clean sheet and make a lot of tackles, interceptions whilst contributing to the build up play will usually perform better than a defender who got a clean sheet but otherwise had a quiet game.

Midfielders are generally expected to make a strong overall contribution to the game whilst getting a goal and/or assist to excel.

Strikers who score but also miss many big chances will get beaten by more clinical finishers. They’ll score higher when they make an all round contribution to play as well as just goals and assists.

You can find the specific score breakdown on the Scoring Matrix page.