Metric Explainers How Changes to TRACR Impact Our College Football Rankings The long and painful wait is over. College football has returned. For many, college football is one of the most thrilling sports to watch, especially when your alma mater is… 4 weeks ago Evan Boyd
Metric Explainers What Is Expected Goals (xG)? Expected goals (or xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood it will be scored by using historical shot information. 2 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Metric Explainers Introducing Opta Player Ratings: Premier League Star Players in 2022-23 We look back at the star players from 2022-23 based on their Opta Player Rating score ahead of the 2023-24 Premier League season. 2 months ago Matt Furniss
Metric Explainers Slice It Up: Introducing Opta Player Radars Introducing Opta Radars, the elegant and concise way to analyse and compare footballers' different playing styles. 3 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Metric Explainers How the Golf Ecosystem Has Changed Opta Analyst’s FRACAS Model Since we introduced FRACAS, the Official World Golf Rankings has drastically changed its model as there have been a number of ongoing critiques on both sides of the coin. We… 6 months ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Metric Explainers Introducing Power Rankings: Your Club Ranked Introducing Power Rankings, the new way to tell which club is actually “by far the greatest team the world has ever seen." 8 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Metric Explainers Beverley Over LaVine? Frequently Asked DRIP Questions Answered Quick. You’re the general manager of a new NBA expansion team. You have the choice between two players and their contracts are exactly the same one-year deal in this hypothetical.… 8 months ago Donald Kolakowski
Metric Explainers TRACR College Football Rankings: An Inside Look at Our New Playoff Potential Rating The playoff potential rating measures a team's likelihood of reaching the College Football Playoff. Check out what it says about which squads have the best chances in this year's chase. 10 months ago Evan Boyd
Metric Explainers Why Targets Are No Longer Good Enough When It Comes to Valuing Pass Catchers Targets are out. Read percentage is in. Introducing the metric that gives a clearer indication of how often a player is potentially being given the chance to make a play. 11 months ago Trevor Goldstein
Metric Explainers Explaining Next Ball Probability in Cricket Opta's Next Ball Predictor model forecasts the probabilities of different outcomes of the next delivery in cricket. Here's how it works. 12 months ago Danny Dinsdale
