A review of the hit rate on the signings made by the 19 clubs of La Liga for the 2016/17 season. We identified 210 signings for the first-team squad; 204 are included in the hit-rate calculation. Signings that did not earn relevant minutes during the season are classified as unsuccessful, except for youth investments (under 23 years old), classified separately and outside the count (6 cases, flagged in the appendix). Hit-rate scoring: successful signings count as a full point; fair ones, half a point.
Club ranking by hit rate
| Club | League position | Signings | Evaluated | Successful | Fair | Unsuccessful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| 1º | Atletico Madrid | 3º | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
| 2º | Sevilla | 4º | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 58% |
| 3º | Valencia | 12º | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 56% |
| 4º | Espanyol | 8º | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50% |
| 5º | Villarreal | 5º | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 6º | Las Palmas | 14º | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 7º | Real Sociedad | 6º | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| 8º | Deportivo La Coruna | 16º | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 46% |
| 9º | Eibar | 10º | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 46% |
| 10º | Alaves | 9º | 22 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 11º | Real Betis | 15º | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38% |
| 12º | Leganes | 17º | 24 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33% |
| 13º | Sporting Gijon | 18º | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 33% |
| 14º | Barcelona | 2º | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 31% |
| 15º | Granada CF | 20º | 19 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 25% |
| 16º | Osasuna | 19º | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 22% |
| 17º | Malaga | 11º | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21% |
| 18º | Celta Vigo | 13º | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17% |
| 19º | Athletic Club | 7º | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones (median performance), half a point; Unsuccessful ones, zero. The difference between Signings and Evaluated are the youth investments (under-23), listed in the appendix. The full list for each club is in the appendix at the end.
The 5 best-performing signings
| Player | Club | Minutes | G+A | Avg rating |
|---|
| Sandro Ramírez | Malaga | 2315 | 14+3 | 7.15 |
| Willian José | Real Sociedad | 2077 | 12+4 | 7.07 |
| Roberto Soriano | Villarreal | 2470 | 9+5 | 6.92 |
| Franco Vázquez | Sevilla | 2091 | 7+3 | 7.03 |
| Deyverson | Alaves | 2581 | 7+1 | 7.00 |
Methodology
Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered (academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded). The performance of each signing is measured by the player's output over the season — minutes on the pitch, goal involvement and average match rating — in comparison with the other players in the competition.
Appendix — Signings by club
Full list of the signings identified, with each player's figures for the season.
* Youth investment (under 23 years old, no game time in the season) — classified separately, outside the hit-rate calculation.
** Matches and minutes counted across the fixtures analysed by the team.
Alaves (22 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Fernando Pacheco | 36 | 3240 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcos Llorente | 32 | 2805 | 0 | 2 |
| Deyverson | 32 | 2581 | 7 | 1 |
| Kiko Femenia | 31 | 2503 | 0 | 2 |
| Víctor Camarasa | 31 | 2503 | 3 | 1 |
| Zouhair Feddal | 27 | 2245 | 2 | 1 |
| Víctor Laguardia | 26 | 2148 | 2 | 1 |
| Manu García | 25 | 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| Ibai Gómez | 29 | 1827 | 5 | 2 |
| Alexis Ruano | 24 | 1816 | 2 | 1 |
| Édgar Méndez | 27 | 1616 | 4 | 1 |
| Daniel Torres | 21 | 1438 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl García | 18 | 1268 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaizka Toquero | 23 | 1227 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Vigaray | 19 | 944 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Santos | 21 | 831 | 3 | 1 |
| Rodrigo Ely | 10 | 789 | 1 | 0 |
| Nenad Krstičić | 14 | 746 | 2 | 0 |
| Óscar Romero | 13 | 528 | 0 | 1 |
| Cristian Espinoza * | 6 | 159 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Pantić | 2 | 154 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Ábalo Paulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Athletic Club (1 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Mikel Vesga | 6 | 285 | 0 | 0 |
Atletico Madrid (3 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Kévin Gameiro | 31 | 1716 | 12 | 5 |
| Nicolás Gaitán | 23 | 1022 | 3 | 2 |
| Šime Vrsaljko | 14 | 923 | 0 | 0 |
Barcelona (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Samuel Umtiti | 25 | 2133 | 1 | 0 |
| André Gomes | 30 | 1591 | 3 | 1 |
| Lucas Digne | 17 | 1175 | 0 | 0 |
| Paco Alcácer | 20 | 849 | 6 | 3 |
| Marlon * | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Cillessen | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Pérez Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Celta Vigo (6 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Facundo Roncaglia | 32 | 2716 | 2 | 0 |
| Pione Sisto | 30 | 1664 | 3 | 3 |
| Jozabed Sánchez | 19 | 1096 | 2 | 2 |
| Giuseppe Rossi | 18 | 791 | 4 | 1 |
| Álvaro Lemos | 5 | 439 | 1 | 0 |
| Joao Camacho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Deportivo La Coruna (12 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Florin Andone | 37 | 2900 | 12 | 2 |
| Emre Çolak | 33 | 2476 | 3 | 6 |
| Raúl Albentosa | 27 | 2335 | 1 | 1 |
| Guilherme | 30 | 2280 | 2 | 1 |
| Bruno Gama | 22 | 1452 | 0 | 0 |
| Carles Gil | 23 | 1411 | 1 | 4 |
| Przemysław Tytoń | 13 | 1125 | 0 | 0 |
| Joselu | 20 | 891 | 5 | 1 |
| Marlos Moreno | 19 | 792 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaël Kakuta | 10 | 542 | 2 | 1 |
| Ola John | 11 | 348 | 0 | 1 |
| Borja Valle | 7 | 202 | 0 | 0 |
Eibar (12 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Pedro León | 37 | 3009 | 10 | 5 |
| Florian Lejeune | 34 | 2971 | 1 | 1 |
| Yoel Rodríguez | 25 | 2117 | 0 | 0 |
| Anaitz Arbilla | 22 | 1572 | 0 | 2 |
| Kike | 24 | 1536 | 7 | 1 |
| Alejandro Gálvez | 19 | 1328 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Rico | 17 | 1225 | 2 | 1 |
| Rubén Peña | 28 | 1050 | 1 | 0 |
| Cristian Rivera | 17 | 712 | 0 | 0 |
| Bebé | 20 | 684 | 3 | 2 |
| Pere Milla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unai Elgezabal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Espanyol (10 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Diego López | 35 | 3113 | 0 | 0 |
| Diego Reyes | 34 | 2889 | 1 | 0 |
| Javi Fuego | 31 | 2565 | 1 | 0 |
| José Jurado | 31 | 2459 | 3 | 3 |
| Pablo Piatti | 30 | 2351 | 10 | 10 |
| Léo Baptistão | 21 | 1429 | 6 | 4 |
| José Antonio Reyes | 21 | 864 | 3 | 4 |
| Álvaro Vázquez | 10 | 313 | 0 | 1 |
| Roberto Jiménez | 4 | 307 | 0 | 0 |
| Martín Demichelis | 2 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Granada CF (19 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Guillermo Ochoa | 38 | 3420 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Pereira | 35 | 2830 | 5 | 3 |
| Mehdi Carcela-González | 22 | 1753 | 5 | 1 |
| Gastón Silva | 22 | 1748 | 0 | 0 |
| Rubén Vezo | 18 | 1488 | 0 | 0 |
| Jérémie Boga | 26 | 1453 | 2 | 1 |
| Artem Kravets | 26 | 1377 | 5 | 2 |
| Matthieu Saunier | 16 | 1309 | 0 | 1 |
| Sergi Samper | 22 | 1268 | 0 | 1 |
| Adrian Ramos | 14 | 1131 | 4 | 1 |
| Tito | 12 | 999 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Silva | 12 | 977 | 0 | 0 |
| Héctor Hernández | 13 | 912 | 0 | 2 |
| Mubarak Wakaso | 11 | 869 | 1 | 1 |
| Alberto Bueno | 13 | 558 | 1 | 2 |
| Franck Tabanou | 6 | 367 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Toral | 5 | 267 | 0 | 0 |
| Panagiotis Kone | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Enrique Angulo * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Las Palmas (6 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Michel Macedo | 25 | 2086 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin-Prince Boateng | 28 | 1989 | 10 | 4 |
| Marko Livaja | 25 | 1445 | 5 | 3 |
| Hélder Lopes | 15 | 1225 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesé Rodríguez | 16 | 1159 | 3 | 1 |
| Alen Halilović | 18 | 645 | 0 | 2 |
Leganes (24 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Gabriel Pires | 34 | 2752 | 5 | 2 |
| Martín Mantovani | 31 | 2699 | 1 | 0 |
| Rubén Pérez | 30 | 2335 | 0 | 1 |
| Diego Rico | 25 | 2222 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Ángel Guerrero | 31 | 2148 | 5 | 1 |
| Alexander Szymanowski | 28 | 2037 | 8 | 2 |
| Pablo Insua | 29 | 1901 | 1 | 0 |
| David Timor | 24 | 1873 | 2 | 1 |
| Iago Herrerín | 21 | 1826 | 0 | 0 |
| Víctor Díaz | 23 | 1811 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitrios Siovas | 16 | 1392 | 1 | 0 |
| Alberto Martín | 16 | 1191 | 0 | 0 |
| Luciano | 25 | 1169 | 4 | 2 |
| Jon Ander Serantes | 13 | 1110 | 0 | 0 |
| Darwin Machís | 27 | 1047 | 1 | 3 |
| Nabil El Zhar | 14 | 957 | 1 | 2 |
| Adrián Marín | 13 | 912 | 0 | 0 |
| Tito | 11 | 879 | 0 | 2 |
| Carl Medjani | 8 | 594 | 0 | 0 |
| Samu García | 11 | 526 | 0 | 1 |
| Alberto Bueno | 11 | 375 | 1 | 1 |
| Nereo Champagne | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ibáñez | 5 | 168 | 2 | 1 |
| Alberto Brignoli | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Malaga (13 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Sandro Ramírez | 30 | 2315 | 14 | 3 |
| Diego Llorente | 25 | 2028 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Hernández | 19 | 1679 | 1 | 1 |
| Mikel Villanueva | 15 | 1263 | 0 | 0 |
| Jony | 24 | 1250 | 2 | 1 |
| Keko | 22 | 1054 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Santos | 14 | 738 | 3 | 0 |
| Martín Demichelis | 10 | 675 | 0 | 0 |
| Bakary Koné | 7 | 602 | 0 | 0 |
| José Rodríguez | 6 | 456 | 0 | 0 |
| Denys Boyko | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Zdravko Kuzmanović | 4 | 216 | 0 | 0 |
| Adalberto Peñaranda * | 3 | 171 | 0 | 0 |
Osasuna (16 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Oier | 36 | 3150 | 0 | 2 |
| Sergio León | 33 | 2402 | 10 | 0 |
| Goran Čaušić | 26 | 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlos Clerc | 25 | 1947 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvatore Sirigu | 18 | 1620 | 0 | 0 |
| Oriol Riera | 22 | 1467 | 4 | 1 |
| Kenan Kodro | 28 | 1466 | 7 | 1 |
| Juan Rafael Fuentes | 17 | 1287 | 0 | 1 |
| Fausto Tienza | 19 | 1231 | 0 | 0 |
| Nauzet Pérez | 13 | 1170 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaime Romero | 19 | 897 | 0 | 4 |
| Fran Mérida | 15 | 810 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Rivière | 15 | 800 | 0 | 1 |
| Iván Márquez | 4 | 360 | 0 | 1 |
| Didier Digard | 3 | 194 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Flaño | 4 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
Real Betis (8 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Riza Durmisi | 27 | 2387 | 1 | 4 |
| Aïssa Mandi | 26 | 2217 | 2 | 1 |
| Antonio Sanabria | 22 | 1494 | 4 | 1 |
| Rubén Pardo | 16 | 1272 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonas Martin | 20 | 1156 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Donk | 16 | 855 | 0 | 1 |
| Felipe Gutiérrez | 14 | 754 | 1 | 0 |
| Matías Nahuel | 10 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
Real Madrid (1 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Mariano Díaz * | 8 | 115 | 1 | 1 |
Real Sociedad (2 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Willian José | 28 | 2077 | 12 | 4 |
| Juanmi | 35 | 1835 | 11 | 0 |
Sevilla (12 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Gabriel Mercado | 29 | 2185 | 3 | 1 |
| Pablo Sarabia | 34 | 2133 | 8 | 8 |
| Franco Vázquez | 30 | 2091 | 7 | 3 |
| Samir Nasri | 23 | 1843 | 2 | 3 |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | 31 | 1663 | 11 | 4 |
| Luciano Vietto | 21 | 1312 | 6 | 3 |
| Joaquín Correa | 26 | 1311 | 4 | 0 |
| Matías Kranevitter | 21 | 1283 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevan Jovetić | 21 | 1204 | 6 | 4 |
| Ganso | 10 | 484 | 2 | 1 |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 4 | 286 | 1 | 2 |
| Salvatore Sirigu | 2 | 178 | 0 | 0 |
Sporting Gijon (16 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Duje Čop | 31 | 2280 | 9 | 3 |
| Fernando Amorebieta | 27 | 2221 | 0 | 1 |
| Lillo Castellano | 25 | 2137 | 0 | 0 |
| Burgui | 32 | 1998 | 2 | 4 |
| Moi Gómez | 26 | 1877 | 2 | 5 |
| Douglas | 21 | 1718 | 3 | 0 |
| Jean-Sylvain Babin | 22 | 1715 | 1 | 1 |
| Mikel Vesga | 17 | 1409 | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor Rodríguez | 25 | 1381 | 2 | 1 |
| Xavi Torres | 17 | 858 | 0 | 0 |
| Borja Viguera | 16 | 741 | 1 | 1 |
| Lacina Traoré | 8 | 464 | 2 | 0 |
| Akram Afif | 9 | 230 | 0 | 0 |
| Elderson Echiejile | 3 | 197 | 1 | 0 |
| Diego Mariño | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Óscar Whalley * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valencia (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Eliaquim Mangala | 30 | 2646 | 2 | 0 |
| Ezequiel Garay | 27 | 2340 | 4 | 0 |
| Martín Montoya | 29 | 2220 | 2 | 1 |
| Munir El Haddadi | 33 | 2035 | 6 | 3 |
| Nani | 25 | 1870 | 5 | 7 |
| Mario Suárez | 21 | 1498 | 3 | 0 |
| Simone Zaza | 20 | 1376 | 6 | 1 |
| Fabián Orellana | 16 | 1143 | 1 | 1 |
| Álvaro Medrán | 16 | 949 | 2 | 0 |
Villarreal (9 signings)
| Player | Matches** | Minutes** | Goals | Assists |
|---|
| Roberto Soriano | 33 | 2470 | 9 | 5 |
| Nicola Sansone | 32 | 2125 | 8 | 3 |
| Álvaro González | 23 | 1883 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrés Fernández | 15 | 1315 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Pato | 14 | 881 | 2 | 1 |
| José Ángel | 7 | 630 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Borré | 17 | 346 | 2 | 1 |
| Denis Cheryshev | 11 | 335 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred N'Diaye | 7 | 112 | 0 | 1 |