We identified 151 real signings across the 16 clubs of Saudi Pro League; 148 are included in the hit-rate calculation (3 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 34%.
Comparison with 2019/20
The league's average hit rate was 34%, against 34% the previous season (▲ 0 p.p.). There were 151 real signings, against 203 in 2019/20.
Hit rate by club
1º Al-Fateh (7th in the league · 5 eval.)
2º Al Baten (13th in the league · 14 eval.)
3º Al-Faisaly FC (11th in the league · 9 eval.)
4º Al-Nassr (6th in the league · 8 eval.)
5º Al Shabab (2nd in the league · 12 eval.)
6º Abha (12th in the league · 10 eval.)
7º Al Taawon (4th in the league · 5 eval.)
8º Al-Ahli Jeddah (8th in the league · 8 eval.)
9º Al-Ain (16th in the league · 15 eval.)
10º Al-Qadisiyah FC (14th in the league · 9 eval.)
11º Al Wehda Club (15th in the league · 10 eval.)
12º Al-Ittihad FC (3rd in the league · 7 eval.)
13º Damac (10th in the league · 14 eval.)
14º Al-Hilal Saudi FC (1st in the league · 6 eval.)
15º Al-Raed (9th in the league · 13 eval.)
16º Al-Ettifaq (5th in the league · 3 eval.)
Detailed ranking
| Club | League position | Signings | Evaluated | Successful | Fair | Unsuccessful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| 1º | Al-Fateh | 7º | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 70% |
| 2º | Al Baten | 13º | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 54% |
| 3º | Al-Faisaly FC | 11º | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 44% |
| 4º | Al-Nassr | 6º | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 44% |
| 5º | Al Shabab | 2º | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 42% |
| 6º | Abha | 12º | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 40% |
| 7º | Al Taawon | 4º | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
| 8º | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 8º | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38% |
| 9º | Al-Ain | 16º | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 37% |
| 10º | Al-Qadisiyah FC | 14º | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33% |
| 11º | Al Wehda Club | 15º | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 30% |
| 12º | Al-Ittihad FC | 3º | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29% |
| 13º | Damac | 10º | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18% |
| 14º | Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 1º | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17% |
| 15º | Al-Raed | 9º | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15% |
| 16º | Al-Ettifaq | 5º | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Season Highlights
| Player | Club | Min | G+A | Nota | Rating |
|---|
| Éver Banega | Al Shabab | 2332 | 7+11 | 7.76 | Excellent |
| Fabio Abreu | Al Baten | 2505 | 17+2 | 7.20 | Excellent |
| Júlio Tavares | Al-Faisaly FC | 2630 | 15+5 | 7.13 | Excellent |
| Saleh Al-Amri | Abha | 2600 | 4+8 | 7.27 | Excellent |
| Carlos Strandberg | Abha | 2457 | 16+2 | 7.13 | Excellent |
Methodology
Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.
Appendix — Signings by club
* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.
Abha (10 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Saleh Al-Amri | 30 | 2600 | 4 | 8 | Excellent |
| Carlos Strandberg | 28 | 2457 | 16 | 2 | Excellent |
| Riyadh Sharahili | 25 | 2243 | 4 | 3 | Good |
| Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 30 | 1354 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Craig Goodwin | 16 | 1335 | 2 | 1 | Good |
| Fahad Bin Jumayah | 26 | 927 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Saeed Ali | 18 | 442 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Thaar Al-Otaibi | 15 | 72 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdullah Al Shammari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ali Al-Mazidi | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al Baten (14 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Fabio Abreu | 28 | 2505 | 17 | 2 | Excellent |
| Martín Campaña | 27 | 2429 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Xandro Schenk | 27 | 2161 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Youssef El Jebli | 26 | 2152 | 5 | 11 | Excellent |
| Renato Chaves | 24 | 2070 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Dhaifallah Al-Qarni | 28 | 2034 | 0 | 2 | Good |
| Saad Al Khayri | 27 | 2013 | 0 | 3 | Fair |
| Mohamed Rayhi | 26 | 1985 | 6 | 4 | Good |
| Khaleem Hyland | 21 | 1531 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Al-Aowda | 13 | 909 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Hassan Mohammed Raghfawi | 20 | 878 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Naif Almas | 27 | 866 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Rakan Shamlan | 17 | 719 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Saleh Al Abbas | 28 | 563 | 4 | 1 | Below expectations |
Al Shabab (13 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Igor Lichnovsky | 26 | 2340 | 3 | 1 | Excellent |
| Éver Banega | 27 | 2332 | 7 | 11 | Excellent |
| Fábio Martins | 26 | 2082 | 9 | 4 | Excellent |
| Majed Zaid | 26 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Fawaz Al-Sagour | 24 | 1372 | 1 | 4 | Fair |
| Husain Al-Monassar | 29 | 1210 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Odion Ighalo | 13 | 846 | 9 | 3 | Fair |
| Giedrius Arlauskis | 8 | 720 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Nawaf Al-Abed | 20 | 637 | 2 | 2 | Fair |
| Jamal Bajandouh | 27 | 432 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Khaled Al-Ghamdi | 4 | 166 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Dubaysh Khalid Hussain | 15 | 101 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ammar Al Najjar * | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
Al Taawon (5 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Iago Santos | 26 | 2250 | 4 | 0 | Good |
| Nawaf Al-Sabhi | 21 | 1180 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Alejandro Romero Gamarra | 11 | 872 | 7 | 4 | Fair |
| Mitchell Duke | 12 | 781 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Ali Alnemer | 22 | 429 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
Al Wehda Club (10 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Abdullah Hussein Al-Owisher | 27 | 2436 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Abdullah Al-Hafith | 24 | 1978 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Hernâni | 30 | 1882 | 5 | 1 | Good |
| Pedro Henrique | 25 | 1447 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hussain Ahmed Al Issa | 26 | 1390 | 2 | 5 | Good |
| Ala'a Al-Hejji | 28 | 1146 | 0 | 3 | Below expectations |
| Mohammed Al Alamri | 15 | 555 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Raghed Al-Najjar | 20 | 270 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulkarim Al Qahtani | 12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Basem Al-Baqi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Ahli Jeddah (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ljubomir Fejsa | 23 | 1641 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Alexandru Mitriță | 25 | 1466 | 4 | 5 | Good |
| Driss Fettouhi | 20 | 1461 | 2 | 0 | Good |
| Samuel Owusu | 10 | 684 | 3 | 2 | Fair |
| Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 27 | 614 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Talal Al-Absi | 6 | 188 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| M'Baye Niang | 5 | 124 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hassan Al Qaid | 8 | 119 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Ain (15 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Getterson | 29 | 2225 | 4 | 4 | Good |
| Filip Bradarić | 25 | 2044 | 1 | 5 | Good |
| Bastos | 23 | 1935 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Saif Hussain | 24 | 1634 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Juanpi Añor | 18 | 1397 | 5 | 5 | Excellent |
| Badou Ndiaye | 13 | 1140 | 2 | 1 | Good |
| Mohammed Al-Shoraimi | 19 | 1049 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hassan Fallatah | 13 | 837 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Ali Al-Khaibari | 10 | 586 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Saphir Taïder | 7 | 552 | 3 | 1 | Fair |
| Abraham Frimpong | 14 | 516 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Nawwaf Al Harthi | 8 | 496 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Rabeaa Sefiani | 23 | 320 | 2 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Nawaf Al-Farshan | 16 | 186 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdullah Al Rashidi | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Ettifaq (3 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Karol Mets | 26 | 1834 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Abdullah Al-Salem | 11 | 290 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Firas Al-Ghamdi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Faisaly FC (9 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Júlio Tavares | 30 | 2630 | 15 | 5 | Excellent |
| Hicham Faik | 28 | 2388 | 3 | 4 | Excellent |
| Alexander Merkel | 27 | 2071 | 1 | 2 | Good |
| Romain Amalfitano | 23 | 1900 | 1 | 3 | Good |
| Abdulaziz Al-Shereid | 30 | 645 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Khaled Al-Semeiry | 15 | 334 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hussain Qasim | 28 | 280 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 7 | 145 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Shaye Sharahili | 12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Fateh (5 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Mourad Batna | 26 | 2149 | 6 | 6 | Excellent |
| Amaar Al Dohaim | 26 | 2081 | 1 | 0 | Good |
| Christian Cueva | 15 | 1054 | 8 | 7 | Excellent |
| El Arbi Hillel Soudani | 13 | 894 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Hassan Al-Habib | 25 | 726 | 0 | 2 | Below expectations |
Al-Hilal Saudi FC (6 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Luciano Vietto | 27 | 1790 | 4 | 3 | Excellent |
| Habib Al-Wutaian | 22 | 720 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Muteb Al-Mufarrij | 18 | 504 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdullah Al-Jadani | 16 | 270 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 11 | 204 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Fwaz Altryes | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Ittihad FC (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ahmed Hegazy | 25 | 2197 | 2 | 0 | Good |
| Bruno Henrique | 17 | 1308 | 1 | 3 | Excellent |
| Omar Hawsawi | 27 | 903 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Hamed Al-Mansour | 20 | 431 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulaziz Al Jebreen | 25 | 271 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulmajid Al-Sawat | 18 | 179 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulrahman Al Yami | 13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Mohammed Al-Thain * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
Al-Nassr (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ali Al-Hassan | 28 | 1589 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Gonzalo Martínez | 18 | 1423 | 3 | 6 | Excellent |
| Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem | 19 | 1315 | 2 | 1 | Good |
| Ali Lajami | 20 | 881 | 1 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Osama Al Khalaf | 28 | 738 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Raed Al-Ghamdi | 22 | 649 | 2 | 2 | Fair |
| Jin-su Kim | 7 | 596 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Abdulfattah Asiri | 8 | 280 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
Al-Qadisiyah FC (9 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Edson | 21 | 1874 | 1 | 1 | Good |
| Carolus Andria | 30 | 1845 | 7 | 0 | Fair |
| Danilo Asprilla | 18 | 1334 | 8 | 1 | Good |
| Mihai Bordeianu | 14 | 1018 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Abdulrahman Al-Safri | 29 | 771 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Anas Zabani | 23 | 236 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Mohammed Al-Waked | 26 | 225 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Omar Al-Zeni | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ahmed Al Fraidi | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Al-Raed (13 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Nemanja Miletić | 29 | 2612 | 0 | 1 | Good |
| Khalid Al-Khathlan | 26 | 1461 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Aqel Al-Sahbi | 23 | 905 | 1 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Marko Marin | 10 | 814 | 0 | 3 | Fair |
| Ronnie Fernández | 15 | 721 | 3 | 2 | Fair |
| Jaber Issa | 13 | 322 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Mansour Al-Harbi | 10 | 265 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Awdh Faraj | 4 | 185 | 1 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Fawaz Fallatah | 22 | 62 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Khalid Alsubaie | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulfattah Adam Mohammed | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulrahman Al Ghamdi | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hussain Al-Nakhli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Damac (15 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Tariq Mohammed | 26 | 1922 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Mansour Hamzi | 28 | 1594 | 4 | 2 | Good |
| Abdullah Al-Amar | 27 | 1491 | 2 | 2 | Fair |
| Cristian Lema | 11 | 923 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Mohammed Alzubaidi | 19 | 858 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Constantin Budescu | 12 | 851 | 0 | 4 | Fair |
| Abdulaziz Majrashi | 21 | 823 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Amahl Pellegrino | 15 | 579 | 2 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Mohmad Atiah | 30 | 523 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Waleed Hizam | 10 | 425 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulrahman Khalid Al Rio | 15 | 415 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Muhannad Fallatah | 7 | 214 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ramzi Sawlan * | 5 | 84 | 0 | 0 | Investment |
| Mansour Almuwallad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Abdulaziz Al Aryani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |