Three of Carlisle United’s best performing players in League One last season – according to stats experts – are no longer at the club.
The Blues’ 2023/24 campaign resulted in relegation back to the fourth tier.
And while the season may not have been full of consistent top performers, data website WhoScored.com have ranked Carlisle’s players for their efforts during the full term.
The top average rating went to midfielder Owen Moxon, who left the Blues for Portsmouth in January after featuring 26 times for Paul Simpson’s side.
Next best, according to the analysis, was Luke Armstrong, the record striker signing who joined from Harrogate Town in January.
Third, based on performances during the campaign, was the experienced captain Paul Huntington, who has just been released.
And fourth was another player on the released list – midfielder and top scorer Jordan Gibson.
Moxon was given an overall average rating of 6.98, making him statistically United’s top player in 2023/24.
The Denton Holme favourite scored three goals and contributed three assists in his half-season with his home-city club.
Armstrong’s rating was 6.8 from his 21 outings which brought three goals.
Huntington’s 20 appearances earned him an average match rating of 6.77 with Gibson next on 6.73 following his seven goals and three assists across the league season.
WhoScored grade players in a number of metrics including passing accuracy, shots, aerial challenges, tackles, interceptions, dribbles, blocks, key passes and crosses.
Fifth on the list for United was Harrison Neal with Sam Lavelle, Callum Guy, Fin Back, Josh Vela and Jon Mellish completing the top ten.
Defender Lavelle, who played more minutes (4,111) than anyone else in an ever-present league season, actually topped the Blues assists chart with four.
The player with the highest passing accuracy was Dan Butterworth with 81.4 per cent from his 28 outings.
Striker Armstrong led the way with aerial challenges won – 6.7 per game on average, according to WhoScored.
Gibson had the most shots per game at an average of 2.3 and also the most key passes at 1.3, while Moxon was top tackler at an average of 3.2 per game and also attempted the most crosses per game at 1.2.
Neal and Guy topped the chart for interceptions – 1.6 per game – while Moxon committed the most fouls on average with a figure of 1.4.
Huntington carried out the most clearances per game at 6.3, while Neal made on average the most passes per game, at 48.3, as well as the most long balls at an average of 3.9 per game.
Gibson and Diamond attempted the most dribbles per match, an average of 1.4, while the stats say strikers Georgie Kelly and Joe Garner were United’s most frequently fouled players, on 1.4 occasions per game.
League One’s top performing player according to the data site in 2023/24 was Stevenage defender Carl Piergianni followed by Derby County defender Eiran Cashin and Oxford United midfielder Cameron Brannagan.
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