Shots per 90

When assessing a striker, it’s not just about how many goals they score, but how often they get into scoring/shooting positions.

If you shoot more, you score more, it is as simple as that. For this category, there is a clear winner between Toney and Osimhen.

The Napoli forward averaged 4.63 shots per 90 in Serie A last season, compared to Toney’s 2.65. Of course, there is one mitigating factor that has to be taken into account.

Osimhen was playing for a dominant team in Italy (who won the title), while Toney (in contrast) was at a mid-table club, so he will have fewer chances to shoot. Even so, there is a significant enough disparity between the two forwards to suggest that Osimhen is simply more liable to get a shot away on goal.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.