Top Rank Town - Ipswich Town News
Town have had four players named in the top ten of the Football League's new Actim Player Rankings. Striker Darren Bent is second, Richard Naylor is sixth, Tommy Miller seventh and Jason De Vos ninth.
The Press Association provide the data from which "complex mathematical formulae... calculate the value of each player's contribution, match by match".
Top of the pile is Wigan's Jason Roberts who was awarded a mark of 9.13 with Town's Bent on 8.97. Naylor scored 6.82, Miller 6.77, former Blue Marcus Stewart was eighth netting 6.63, De Vos 6.58 and Shefki Kuqi in 12th on 6.31.
Other Blues in the top 50 were Darren Currie in 24th, 5.8, Ian Westlake 35th, 5.58, Fabian Wilnis 38th, 5.46 and Kelvin Davis in 50th on 5.14. The Blues had no players ranked between 51st and 100th.
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