30 Apr FIFA Female Best Player Viz, Part Two
In continuation of part one of my FIFA Best Female Player voting exploration, I’ve stretched out the data set a bit further.
This viz takes a more detailed look at the voting patterns within the original data set. The Part One post goes over my first attempt at wrangling the data; it focuses on slicing the nominations and winners by different categorizations.
One data note of importance – detailed voting numbers are not available for years 2001 – 2006 so the results represent 2007 – 2021 inclusive.
FIFA Player - Detailed Voting Viz
This viz has four separate tabs, each drilling in on a different aspect of the voting results. Filters are added where possible so you can construct your own view. Additional information on each tab is provided below.
Use the expand button in the bottom right of the viz to open a full screen view.
Voting Year by Year
This first chart represents all the players on the nominee long list each year and how they ranked overall according to the vote placements.
The second chart provides the total points, vote percentage, and rank for each player according to the captain, coach, and media vote categories (fan voting numbers are not released).
For the most part, each category tends to vote similarly with winners ranked within the top three across the board. The exception is 2016 when Marta won based on the fan vote even though she was ranked no higher than third among captains, coaches, and media.
Voting Patterns by nominee
This is a fun one if you are interested in seeing the votes mapped across the globe. You can look by player/nominee, by all or individual vote category, and by year.
The mapping shows all total votes attributed to a nominee regardless ranking.
A total of 209 countries have participated in the voting process. Brazil’s Marta has received votes from 199 or 95% of those countries.
Voting Patterns by Country
This tab is a twist on the previous one, showing how each country voted each year.
It’s fascinating that given Marta’s 13 appearances in the top three and 6 wins, no Brazilian coach ranked her in the top three until 2016. Not one.
Shortlist Rankings
This tab drills down further and allows for a compare / contrast of rankings across the vote categories by the country of the voter. For example, you can view how France captains voted over the years or how the different categories voted in a specific year.
In case you were wondering at this point, coaches and captains are forbidden from voting for themselves, should they be on the nominee list. Their votes are invalidated if they do so.
Check out FIFA Best Female Player Viz, Part One to see how this data exploration in Tableau started.