Players›Sarah Puntigam
Sarah Puntigam
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Nationality:
- Austria
- Born:
- 1992-10-13 (age 33)
- Height:
- 173 cm
Career (2023–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 58 GP · 3,262 min · 1 goals · 3 assists
Composite 2026: -0.419 — ranked 317 of 385 Composite page →
Standard Stats
Advanced Stats
| Expected | VAEP | Threat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | Min | Gls | xG | G−xG | xG/90 | VAEP | Off | Def | VAEP/90 | xT | xT/90 | DAxT |
| 1 | 2023 | Dash | 469 | 0 | 0.48 | -0.48 | 0.09 | -0.10 | 0.18 | -0.28 | -0.02 | 0.84 | 0.16 | 0.069 |
| 2 | 2024 | Dash | 1589 | 0 | 0.67 | -0.67 | 0.04 | -0.21 | 0.42 | -0.63 | -0.01 | 2.74 | 0.16 | 0.418 |
| 3 | 2025 | Dash | 679 | 0 | 0.25 | -0.25 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.35 | -0.19 | 0.02 | 1.19 | 0.16 | 0.097 |
| 4 | 2026 | Dash | 525 | 1 | 1.07 | -0.07 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.35 | -0.11 | 0.04 | 1.90 | 0.33 | 0.113 |
| 4 Yrs | 3262 | 1 | 2.47 | -1.47 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 1.30 | -1.21 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 0.18 | 0.697 | ||
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.
| Components | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | xG | Carries | Box Passes | Defense | GK | Composite | Rank | Pool |
| 1 | 2026 | 0.168 | -1.111 | -0.652 | 0.098 | 0.000 | -0.419 | 317 | 385 |
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) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Starts | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | Read |
| 1 | 2023 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | played her role | |||||||||
| 2 | 2024 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2025 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 2026 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | played her role | ||||||||||||
| 4 Yrs | 38 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | ||||||||
Similar Players
Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.
| Rk | Player | Team | Season | Pos | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordynn Dudley | Gotham FC | 2026 | Forward | 0.701 |
| 2 | Cassandra Bogere | Thorns | 2026 | Midfielder | 0.683 |
| 3 | Ella Stevens | Chicago Stars | 2021 | Forward | 0.640 |
| 4 | Jordyn Huitema | Chicago Stars | 2026 | Forward | 0.629 |
| 5 | Agnes Nyberg | Royals | 2024 | Midfielder | 0.590 |
| 6 | Mikayla Cluff | Royals | 2025 | Midfielder | 0.567 |
| 7 | S. Pratt | Thorns | 2016 | Defender | 0.563 |
| 8 | Keira Barry | Bay | 2026 | Forward | 0.562 |
| 9 | Jorian Nicole Baucom | Courage | 2022 | Forward | 0.547 |
| 10 | Maddie Pokorny | Racing Lou | 2024 | Midfielder | 0.543 |