B. Cristante

Cristante's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, B. Cristante was used in rotation for AS Roma in the Serie A: 5 appearances and 427 minutes, averaging 85 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 101st of 978 midfielders and inside the top 10%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.2 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 4.0 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Cristante's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Cristante sits in the top 3% for tackling volume but only the top 68% for shot conversion.

Set against Cristante's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 517 minutes against 3292 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.07 to 7.39 since 2025/26. Our records cover 12 seasons of Cristante's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Palermo, Benfica, Atalanta, Pescara and others. In that time he has played 451 matches across 6 competitions, 33,410 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 5 assists in 2023/24, from 52 appearances. He is 6 appearances into the current one. Cristante has 92 appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League on our records, and he is modestly more productive domestically - 0.11 per 90 domestically against 0.08 in Europe.

Away from his club, Cristante has 33 appearances for Italy on our records — across World Cup - Qualification Europe, Euro Championship and UEFA Nations League. On our positional score Cristante rates 20 out of 100, 218th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 67%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is tackles and interceptions.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.