Player Rankings & Rarity

1. What a rank tier is

Every player on VirtuaLeagues who has played enough recorded matches gets a rank tier, from Sunday Baller I up to Icon. The tier is shown on the player’s profile and in the Rankings, and it is what VirtuaLeagues Fantasy uses as a card’s rarity: the eight rank families (Icon, Legend, Maestro, Star, Pro, Local Hero, Street Baller, Sunday Baller) are the families that pack odds, market quotas and rank rules refer to. Fantasy calls the Legend family “Legendary”.

A tier is a rating inside our fantasy system, not a guarantee of future performance. It describes how a player’s recorded statistics compare with other players in the same position group up to now. It is not a judgement of the person, and it does not promise how that player, or a fantasy card of him, will perform or be valued tomorrow.

2. How the score is built

Each player has a rankings score per position group (forwards, midfielders, defensive midfielders, defenders, goalkeepers), computed from the statistics recorded for his league and cup matches on VirtuaLeagues. The score adds up, match by match:

The match statistics that count: goals, assists, man of the match, tackles, interceptions, possession won, saves, completed passes and clean sheets (clean sheets for defensive positions and goalkeepers only). Each statistic has a point value per position group — a goal weighs more for a forward than for a defender, a save counts for a goalkeeper, and so on
Opponent strength: points from a match are weighted by the opponent club’s ELO rating, within a bounded range, so beating strong clubs counts for more
Competition difficulty: the league’s and division’s difficulty settings scale the points, within a bounded range
Form: a run of productive matches earns a small bonus that grows per match up to a cap; a quiet match ends the run. Points are never negative
Position: a match counts for the position group the player was recorded in. When no position was recorded, his usual position is inferred and that appearance is weighted a little lower
Where a site setting switches it on, trophy points from titles won add to the all-time score only

A player is rated once he has at least 10 appearances with recorded statistics across his position groups; until then he is “Unrated” and his fantasy card carries the floor value. His headline tier is the one for the position group he has played most. The point values and weights are set by the VirtuaLeagues head administrators and may be tuned; the all-time record is what decides a tier (eras are views only).

3. From score to tier: percentile bands

Tiers are relative. Within each position group every rated player is ranked by score, and his percentile among them picks his tier from the bands below (the percentage of rated players at or below him). Because the bands are percentiles, a player’s tier can change without his own statistics changing: when others improve, he can drop; when the group grows, the bands fill differently. In a small position group the Legend and Maestro sub-divisions are merged.

Family	Percentile band	Share of rated players	Divisions (percentile · OVR)
Icon Icon: 99.6–100 · OVR 98	99.6–100top of the group	about 0.4%	Icon: 99.6–100 · OVR 98
Legend“Legendary” in fantasy Legend III: 99.2–99.6 · OVR 95–97 Legend II: 98.6–99.2 · OVR 92–94 Legend I: 97.7–98.6 · OVR 89–91	97.7–99.6	about 1.9%	Legend III: 99.2–99.6 · OVR 95–97 Legend II: 98.6–99.2 · OVR 92–94 Legend I: 97.7–98.6 · OVR 89–91
Maestro Maestro III: 95.9–97.7 · OVR 86–88 Maestro II: 93.5–95.9 · OVR 83–85 Maestro I: 90.5–93.5 · OVR 80–82	90.5–97.7	about 7.2%	Maestro III: 95.9–97.7 · OVR 86–88 Maestro II: 93.5–95.9 · OVR 83–85 Maestro I: 90.5–93.5 · OVR 80–82
Star Star III: 86.9–90.5 · OVR 78–79 Star II: 82.3–86.9 · OVR 75–77 Star I: 76.7–82.3 · OVR 72–74	76.7–90.5	about 13.8%	Star III: 86.9–90.5 · OVR 78–79 Star II: 82.3–86.9 · OVR 75–77 Star I: 76.7–82.3 · OVR 72–74
Pro Pro III: 70.2–76.7 · OVR 70–71 Pro II: 62.7–70.2 · OVR 67–69 Pro I: 54.7–62.7 · OVR 64–66	54.7–76.7	about 22%	Pro III: 70.2–76.7 · OVR 70–71 Pro II: 62.7–70.2 · OVR 67–69 Pro I: 54.7–62.7 · OVR 64–66
Local Hero Local Hero III: 46.7–54.7 · OVR 62–63 Local Hero II: 38.7–46.7 · OVR 59–61 Local Hero I: 30.7–38.7 · OVR 56–58	30.7–54.7	about 24%	Local Hero III: 46.7–54.7 · OVR 62–63 Local Hero II: 38.7–46.7 · OVR 59–61 Local Hero I: 30.7–38.7 · OVR 56–58
Street Baller Street Baller III: 23.2–30.7 · OVR 54–55 Street Baller II: 16.2–23.2 · OVR 51–53 Street Baller I: 10.2–16.2 · OVR 48–50	10.2–30.7	about 20.5%	Street Baller III: 23.2–30.7 · OVR 54–55 Street Baller II: 16.2–23.2 · OVR 51–53 Street Baller I: 10.2–16.2 · OVR 48–50
Sunday Baller Sunday Baller III: 5.2–10.2 · OVR 46–47 Sunday Baller II: 1.7–5.2 · OVR 43–45 Sunday Baller I: 0–1.7 · OVR 40–42	0–10.2	about 10.2%	Sunday Baller III: 5.2–10.2 · OVR 46–47 Sunday Baller II: 1.7–5.2 · OVR 43–45 Sunday Baller I: 0–1.7 · OVR 40–42

These are the bands in force right now; head administrators may tune them. Within a family, III is the highest division and I the lowest. The OVR shown on a card is derived from the player’s position inside his band.

4. When tiers update

After every recorded match: when a match result and its statistics are saved or corrected, the players’ scores are recomputed at once
Every night: tiers, OVR and fantasy base values are re-cut from the updated scores and percentiles (around 04:30 UTC / 00:30 Eastern), so a tier shown during the day may change overnight
Head administrators may rebuild the whole rankings when the point values or bands change; a rebuild can move many tiers at once

A card’s tier can change. A fantasy card shows the player’s tier at the moment you look at it. A card you drew as a Star may read Pro next month, or Maestro — and a paid pack’s guarantee refers to the family at the moment the pack is opened. Inside an edition, a card’s live fantasy value then moves with the player’s nightly points under that edition’s rules; the tier is never a promise of value or points.

5. Fantasy values and your card

A player’s base fantasy value is derived from his rankings score relative to the top of his position group, rounded, with a floor for unrated and low-scoring players. One coin equals one unit of rankings value
Each edition then moves values per match night under its own rules (a capped change for a good or poor night, a reduction for a no-show)
Your card shows your gamertag, profile image, positions, statistics, tier and value because you joined a league on VirtuaLeagues (Terms of Service, Section 7). If you would rather not appear in fantasy packs and markets, ask us through the Contact page
Statistics come from match results submitted by clubs and leagues or pulled automatically; we do not guarantee their accuracy (Terms of Service, Section 11)