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Sarah Griffith

Sarah Griffith

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1999-04-30 (age 27)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 33 GP · 1,075 min · 2 goals · 3 assists

Composite 2025: 0.592 — ranked 52 of 258 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Chicago Stars206625210136782.8000.290.43
22023Chicago Stars6326001052378.5000.000.35
32024Chicago Stars7319001010183.6000.000.47
42025Chicago Stars000000000
4 Yrs331210752301981181.9000.170.42

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Chicago Stars62522.57-0.570.370.390.75-0.360.060.890.130.155
22023Chicago Stars26000.91-0.910.32-0.70-0.57-0.14-0.240.450.160.044
32024Chicago Stars19000.08-0.080.040.660.74-0.080.310.180.080.052
42025Chicago Stars00
4 Yrs107523.56-1.560.300.350.92-0.580.031.520.130.251

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120220.7860.675-0.7460.5990.243110247
22023-0.0730.842-0.5911.5410.48558240
32024-0.1370.853-0.2521.1650.46794338
420250.2400.8860.0031.1110.59252258

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
12022862134a winger, played like a 9
2202351414played her role
3202431212played her role
3 Yrs161112211194played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Alex PfeifferKC Current2024Forward0.775
2Mille GejlCourage2023Forward0.751
3Havana SolaunDash2023Midfielder0.737
4Bia ZanerattoKC Current2025Forward0.714
5Jess FishlockReign2025Midfielder0.702
6Manaka MatsukuboCourage2024Midfielder0.695
7Cameron TuckerRoyals2024Forward0.691
8LudmilaChicago Stars2025Forward0.670
9Jaedyn ShawSan Diego Wave2024Midfielder0.668
10Leah PruittPride2022Forward0.666