I wonder if there is a stat for how far away you are from goal when you score stat. Lewa is the best clinical pure striker right now, but its rare to find a striker who only needs to be in 5 feet from goal and gets its the ball there at all times. Rarely need to create a shot for himself. Even if he is dynamic all around player as a striker.
i'm 99% sure that opta has this data as opta is able to follow games basically live, from pass to pass, with every players' position showing on the pitch (see sofascore's new feature), but i'm not sure whether someone published a similar stat. in whoscored/sofascore/squawka you can't get these stats as a regular end-user.
I don't know what his conversion rate for the NT is 
Obviously playing for a good team is beneficial for any striker/attacking player. I wouldn't get too caught on these Lewa numbers anyways. He had a career season last season and I'm not sure he can quite match those numbers going forward. However as I mentioned earlier usually the absolute top strikers have a conversion rate of around 15-20%.
What are the top strikers then? The ones that are scoring most goals or the ones with highest conversion rate? If we take Ronaldo as an example, he has something like 700 goals during his career so he checks all the boxes for scoring the goals. You said he has 10% conversion rate, which means he isn't top striker of the game?
So, what does it mean?
So, what does it mean?
Ronaldo isn't your typical striker, he's still more of a winger that likes to move to central positions. When I talk about top strikers I mean players like Aguero, Suarez, Lewa, Kane and so on. Their conversion rate is usually somewhere around 15-20%. Ronaldo is an all time great goalscorer no one is trying to refute that. Better comparisons for Ronaldo would be players like Messi or Salah.
No. If player A. has 40% conversion rate and shoots 2 times a game, he scores 0.8 goal per game. If player B. has 20% conversion rate and shoots 6 times a game, he scores 1.2 goals per game. After 10 games player A. has 8 goals, player B. has 12 goals. Let's say they both play 50 games, player A. has 40 goals and player B. has 60 goals.
If it has something to do with goalscoring, how player A. which is way more clinical, has 20 goals less over 50 game period?
If it has something to do with goalscoring, how player A. which is way more clinical, has 20 goals less over 50 game period?
Are these serious questions? I feel like you're being facetious at this point.
Obviously in this scenario of yours player B scores more goals because he takes more shots. Player A is the more clinical player between the two. If player A had the same conversion rate as player B he would score less goals. If player B would have the same conversion rate as player A he'd score more goals.
If it doesn't have anything to do with goalscoring how does it then affect the amount of goals these players score?
Obviously in this scenario of yours player B scores more goals because he takes more shots. Player A is the more clinical player between the two. If player A had the same conversion rate as player B he would score less goals. If player B would have the same conversion rate as player A he'd score more goals.
If it doesn't have anything to do with goalscoring how does it then affect the amount of goals these players score?
Because having 40% conversion rate and scoring +50 goals a season ain't going to happen at the pro level football.
It's like the save % in hockey, it doesn't really tell anything. You can stop 92% of the pucks while allowing 3 goals a game, but allowing 3 goals a game ain't going to win you more games than a guy who has 90% and allows 2 goals per game.
It's like the save % in hockey, it doesn't really tell anything. You can stop 92% of the pucks while allowing 3 goals a game, but allowing 3 goals a game ain't going to win you more games than a guy who has 90% and allows 2 goals per game.