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- The average game time of players in the 2022/23 DStv Premiership was 1,080 minutes – the equivalent of 12 matches-More than half the players only played for 720 minutes. The league's minimum game time is 2,790 minutes-11 players clocked up more than 3,000 minutes, while one in every 10 players did not play at all
The average time spent on the field by DStv Premiership players in the 2022/23 season was 1,080 minutes. With a match being 90 minutes long, this is the equivalent of 12 matches. It is also significantly less than the league minimum of 2,790 minutes, which was made up of 30 league matches and one Nedbank Cup match. More than half the 621 players only played for 720 minutes (8 matches) or less, with 76 not playing a single minute all season. The busiest players, who also played intercontinental fixtures, spent three times longer than average on the field. These 11 players played the equivalent of 40 matches.
— 13 September, 2023Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
