First of all, players merits should be ranked taking seasons as references. You start competitions around September and end them in May or later if there is a Euros or WC.
Second, if you use average marks to back your points you have to acknowledge 7.84 is a ridiculously high one in CL for Modric in 2013/14, especially for a player in his position. If a player gets 7.84 in 11 games, that means for him to overcome a 6 (everyone has quiet games) he will need his fair share of excellent marks in the majority of the rest of games.
Third, the fact you had to mention Modric in 2018 in a team that was declining that year when the player started to excel at Madrid in September 2013 is funny to say the least.
What so funny about mentioning Modric getting very low avg rating in 2018?
As midfielder, De Bruyne got 7.97 avg rating last season with City, now this is something I’d expect a Ballon D’or winning midfielder to be capable of doing.
If we go back to Real Madrid in 2018 CL winning squad:
- Ronaldo 8.12
- Caravajal 7.53
- Casemiro 7.36
- Marcelo 7.29
- Bale 7.21
- Benzema 7.20
- Nacho 7.19
- Ramos 7.10
- Vazquez 7.08
- Varane 7.07
- Modric 7.02
- Kroos 7.01
Yes, he is ranked at 11th in his own team.
If we go to Real Madrid in 2018 league campaign:
- Ronaldo 7.94
- Casemiro 7.49
- Bale 7.49
- Kroos 7.47
- Hakimi 7.34
- Modric 7.29
Much better, ranked at 6th in his own team.
Season 18/19?
In CL, Modric is rated at 6.93, ranked at 10th in his own team
In league, Modric is rated at 7.03, ranked at 5th in his own team
Funny observation is, since Ronaldo has left he managed to move up 1 place, so much consistency.
What do we see there? He was consistently Real Madrid 5th-6th best player in their league campaign, and 10th-11th best player in their CL campaign, from year 2017 to 2019. So it pretty much cover all of his Ballon D’or winning period.
Extremely underwhelming.
Surely season 13/14 could be possibly be one of his best season. He was rated at 7.83 in Real CL campaign (ranked 2nd), and at 7.31 in Real league campaign (ranked 8th). Well not that impressive overall actually, but still a great CL campaign for him.
Season 16/17? 4th in CL, 7th in league at Real Madrid.
I could go on and on, but it’s clear he is having a hard time getting into top 5 in his own team most of the time.
And the so called Ballon D’or winner and best midfielder in the world since 2013?
Overrated.