We identified 204 real signings for the first-team squad of the 20 clubs; 201 are included in the hit-rate calculation — 3 youth investments (under-23) are classified separately. Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. The league's average hit rate was 37%.
Distribution of ratings
Club ranking by hit rate
| Club | League position | Signings | Evaluated | Successful | Fair | Unsuccessful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| 1º | Real Sociedad | 11º | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75% |
| 2º | Real Betis | 6º | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 67% |
| 3º | Valencia | 4º | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 67% |
| 4º | Eibar | 9º | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 5º | Atletico Madrid | 2º | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| 6º | Athletic Club | 16º | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| 7º | Girona | 10º | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 45% |
| 8º | Villarreal | 5º | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 38% |
| 9º | Las Palmas | 19º | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 34% |
| 10º | Getafe | 8º | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33% |
| 11º | Barcelona | 1º | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33% |
| 12º | Espanyol | 13º | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33% |
| 13º | Alaves | 14º | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 32% |
| 14º | Levante | 15º | 24 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25% |
| 15º | Deportivo La Coruna | 18º | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25% |
| 16º | Leganes | 17º | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 23% |
| 17º | Sevilla | 7º | 13 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21% |
| 18º | Malaga | 20º | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18% |
| 19º | Celta Vigo | 12º | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17% |
| 20º | Real Madrid | 3º | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.
Hit rate by position
| Position | Evaluated | Successful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| Goalkeepers | 14 | 2 | 39% |
| Defenders | 51 | 14 | 44% |
| Midfielders | 85 | 15 | 26% |
| Forwards | 49 | 14 | 43% |
The 5 best-performing signings
| Player | Club | Minutes | G+A | Rating |
|---|
| Christian Stuani | Girona | 2722 | 21+0 | Excellent |
| Carlos Bacca | Villarreal | 2511 | 15+6 | Excellent |
| Munir El Haddadi | Alaves | 2456 | 10+6 | Excellent |
| Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia | 2441 | 5+9 | Excellent |
| Alex Granell | Girona | 2853 | 1+7 | Excellent |
Methodology
Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Performance is classified into five tiers based on the player's output over the season (minutes, goal involvement, match ratings and consistency), compared with the other players in the competition.
Appendix — Signings by club
* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.
Alaves (14 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Munir El Haddadi | 33 | 2456 | 10 | 6 | Excellent |
| Alfonso Pedraza | 33 | 2441 | 3 | 5 | Fair |
| Tomás Pina | 30 | 2392 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Rubén Duarte | 24 | 2141 | 0 | 2 | Good |
| Guillermo Maripán | 19 | 1527 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| John Guidetti | 17 | 1231 | 3 | 3 | Good |
| Mubarak Wakaso | 21 | 1097 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Burgui | 23 | 1034 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Álvaro Medrán | 17 | 941 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Bojan Krkić | 13 | 436 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hernán Pérez | 10 | 370 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Enzo Zidane | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Héctor Hernández | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Juanan Entrena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Athletic Club (1 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Iñigo Martínez | 16 | 1440 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
Atletico Madrid (2 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Diego Costa | 15 | 1048 | 3 | 3 | Good |
| Vitolo | 14 | 619 | 1 | 2 | Below expectations |
Barcelona (10 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Paulinho | 34 | 1939 | 9 | 2 | Fair |
| Nélson Semedo | 24 | 1495 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Philippe Coutinho | 18 | 1303 | 8 | 5 | Excellent |
| Ousmane Dembélé | 17 | 930 | 3 | 6 | Fair |
| Gerard Deulofeu | 10 | 503 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Yerry Mina | 5 | 370 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Vitinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| David Concha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| David Costas * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
Celta Vigo (3 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Stanislav Lobotka | 38 | 3061 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Emre Mor | 23 | 650 | 1 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Lucas Boyé | 13 | 267 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Deportivo La Coruna (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Adrián López | 30 | 2346 | 9 | 6 | Excellent |
| Fabian Schär | 25 | 2220 | 2 | 2 | Good |
| Zakaria Bakkali | 23 | 906 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Michael Krohn-Dehli | 11 | 733 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Eneko Bóveda | 8 | 668 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Costel Pantilimon | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Sulley Muntari | 8 | 408 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Nacho Monsalve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Eibar (9 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Marko Dmitrović | 36 | 3240 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| José Ángel | 30 | 2430 | 0 | 8 | Excellent |
| Joan Jordan | 35 | 2422 | 6 | 4 | Good |
| Paulo Oliveira | 26 | 2215 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Charles Días | 30 | 1580 | 8 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Fabián Orellana | 17 | 1182 | 3 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Iván Alejo | 22 | 1105 | 1 | 3 | Fair |
| David Lombán | 13 | 996 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Papakouli Diop | 15 | 943 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Espanyol (6 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Sergi Darder | 35 | 2788 | 1 | 2 | Good |
| Mario Hermoso | 22 | 1929 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Sergio García | 33 | 1629 | 2 | 6 | Fair |
| Esteban Granero | 25 | 1222 | 1 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Carlos Sánchez | 14 | 1123 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Naldo | 11 | 922 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
Getafe (18 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Djené | 36 | 3239 | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| Amath Ndiaye | 37 | 2883 | 3 | 3 | Fair |
| Vitorino Antunes | 34 | 2797 | 0 | 2 | Fair |
| Jorge Molina | 36 | 2790 | 7 | 4 | Good |
| Francisco Portillo | 33 | 2465 | 2 | 3 | Fair |
| Fayçal Fajr | 31 | 2383 | 1 | 4 | Excellent |
| Mauro Arambarri | 27 | 2135 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Bruno González | 20 | 1538 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Markel Bergara | 18 | 1469 | 4 | 1 | Good |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 22 | 1003 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Sergio Mora | 26 | 799 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Leandro Cabrera | 9 | 720 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Francisco Molinero | 10 | 575 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Álvaro Jiménez | 13 | 524 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Mathieu Flamini | 8 | 482 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Loïc Rémy | 11 | 458 | 3 | 0 | Fair |
| Emiliano Martínez | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Jefferson Montero | 4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Girona (20 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Juanpe | 35 | 3064 | 5 | 1 | Good |
| Portu | 37 | 3010 | 11 | 5 | Excellent |
| Bernardo Espinosa | 34 | 2868 | 0 | 3 | Good |
| Alex Granell | 34 | 2853 | 1 | 7 | Excellent |
| Borja Garcia | 37 | 2812 | 2 | 5 | Excellent |
| Christian Stuani | 33 | 2722 | 21 | 0 | Excellent |
| Bono | 30 | 2655 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Pere Pons | 31 | 2564 | 0 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Johan Mojica | 30 | 2132 | 0 | 4 | Below expectations |
| Aday Benítez | 31 | 1833 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Marc Muniesa | 13 | 1129 | 0 | 1 | Good |
| David Timor | 17 | 922 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Gorka Iraizoz | 9 | 765 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Pedro Alcala | 8 | 690 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Anthony Lozano | 14 | 465 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Olarenwaju Kayode | 12 | 375 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Douglas Luiz | 15 | 295 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Carles Planas | 5 | 190 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Marlos Moreno * | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
| Kévin Soni | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Las Palmas (16 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Jonathan Calleri | 37 | 3111 | 9 | 3 | Excellent |
| Ximo Navarro | 31 | 2606 | 0 | 1 | Good |
| Leandro Chichizola | 27 | 2430 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Alejandro Gálvez | 18 | 1619 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Alberto Aquilani | 21 | 1298 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Oghenekaro Etebo | 14 | 1215 | 0 | 1 | Good |
| Matías Aguirregaray | 15 | 1155 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Loïc Rémy | 12 | 761 | 5 | 0 | Fair |
| Nacho Gil | 14 | 730 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Vitolo | 9 | 690 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Oussama Tannane | 10 | 574 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Gabriel Peñalba | 7 | 572 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Jairo Samperio | 11 | 558 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Imoh Ezekiel | 10 | 468 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Sergi Samper | 2 | 145 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Héctor Arrigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Leganes (11 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Iván Cuéllar | 35 | 3150 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Joseba Zaldúa | 30 | 2560 | 1 | 0 | Good |
| Javier Eraso | 34 | 2540 | 4 | 3 | Fair |
| Claudio Beauvue | 28 | 1670 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Nordin Amrabat | 30 | 1620 | 2 | 4 | Below expectations |
| Gerard Gumbau | 25 | 1431 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ezequiel Muñoz | 19 | 1407 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Raúl García | 19 | 1388 | 0 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Darko Brašanac | 23 | 1201 | 2 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Mauro Dos Santos | 14 | 981 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| José Naranjo | 16 | 561 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Levante (24 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| José Campaña | 35 | 2742 | 1 | 4 | Excellent |
| Sergio Postigo | 30 | 2426 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Oier Olazábal | 26 | 2340 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Antonio Luna | 23 | 2021 | 0 | 2 | Fair |
| Chema | 25 | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Róber Pier | 25 | 1904 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Ivi | 29 | 1759 | 4 | 3 | Fair |
| Enis Bardhi | 26 | 1580 | 9 | 1 | Good |
| Coke | 17 | 1385 | 3 | 0 | Fair |
| Emmanuel Boateng | 25 | 1270 | 6 | 0 | Fair |
| Erick Cabaco | 14 | 1039 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Cheick Doukouré | 19 | 1020 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Saša Lukić | 16 | 996 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Raúl Fernández | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Álex Alegría | 9 | 632 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Enes Ünal | 7 | 597 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Giampaolo Pazzini | 9 | 444 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Nano Mesa | 9 | 274 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Armando Sadiku | 6 | 267 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Samu García | 11 | 184 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ruben Rochina | 5 | 148 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Fahad Al-Muwallad | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Mitchell Langerak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Juan Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Malaga (14 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Roberto Jiménez | 34 | 3060 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Adrián González | 29 | 2341 | 3 | 0 | Fair |
| Diego Rolán | 26 | 1944 | 5 | 0 | Fair |
| Manuel Iturra | 20 | 1583 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Diego Gonzalez | 18 | 1432 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Paul Baysse | 15 | 1238 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Mehdi Lacen | 15 | 1062 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Borja Bastón | 20 | 977 | 2 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Brown Ideye | 13 | 731 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Maxime Lestienne | 12 | 671 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Isaac Success | 9 | 496 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Esteban Rolón | 8 | 422 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Alberto Bueno | 11 | 217 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Cenk Gönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Real Betis (12 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Javi García | 32 | 2410 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Antonio Barragán | 29 | 2377 | 0 | 6 | Good |
| Andrés Guardado | 29 | 2266 | 2 | 8 | Excellent |
| Jordi Amat | 25 | 2051 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Sergio León | 31 | 1981 | 11 | 1 | Good |
| Cristian Tello | 32 | 1684 | 4 | 3 | Good |
| Marc Bartra | 16 | 1421 | 1 | 0 | Good |
| Ryad Boudebouz | 27 | 1361 | 2 | 3 | Good |
| Zouhair Feddal | 15 | 1257 | 3 | 0 | Good |
| Víctor Camarasa | 24 | 1253 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Juan Narváez | 7 | 304 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Joel Campbell | 8 | 209 | 2 | 1 | Fair |
Real Madrid (2 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Theo Hernández | 13 | 961 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Dani Ceballos | 12 | 397 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Real Sociedad (4 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Diego Llorente | 27 | 2328 | 3 | 0 | Good |
| Adnan Januzaj | 28 | 1579 | 3 | 5 | Good |
| Miguel Ángel Moyà | 9 | 765 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Héctor Moreno | 8 | 720 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
Sevilla (13 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Jesús Navas | 26 | 1762 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Guido Pizarro | 24 | 1754 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Luis Muriel | 29 | 1603 | 7 | 1 | Fair |
| Nolito | 30 | 1599 | 4 | 5 | Fair |
| Simon Kjær | 20 | 1571 | 2 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Miguel Layún | 16 | 1181 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Sébastien Corchia | 12 | 823 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Sandro Ramírez | 13 | 715 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Johannes Geis | 14 | 670 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Lionel Carole | 6 | 540 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Roque Mesa | 7 | 342 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Guilherme Arana * | 3 | 192 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
| Miguel Olavide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Valencia (9 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Neto | 33 | 2970 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Geoffrey Kondogbia | 31 | 2617 | 4 | 4 | Excellent |
| Gabriel Paulista | 30 | 2584 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Gonçalo Guedes | 33 | 2441 | 5 | 9 | Excellent |
| Jeison Murillo | 17 | 1374 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Andreas Pereira | 23 | 1076 | 1 | 3 | Fair |
| Francis Coquelin | 9 | 656 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Nemanja Maksimović | 15 | 551 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Luciano Vietto | 14 | 524 | 2 | 1 | Fair |
Villarreal (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Pablo Fornals | 35 | 2622 | 3 | 12 | Excellent |
| Carlos Bacca | 35 | 2511 | 15 | 6 | Excellent |
| Enes Ünal | 23 | 1122 | 5 | 2 | Good |
| Javi Fuego | 11 | 538 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ruben Semedo | 4 | 231 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Roger Martínez | 8 | 226 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Salem Al-Dawsari | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Imanol García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |