Guaranteed compensation: base salary plus signing bonuses and other guaranteed money, annualized; performance bonuses are not included. Contract length is not made public.
2026 season, in progress (259 minutes played). The percentile ranks the player among regular attacking midfielders and wingers (1,000+ minutes over a full season): 90th means better than 90% of them.
Goals
1
12th percentile
Assists
0
3th percentile
Expected goals (xG)
0.3
0th percentile
Expected assists (xA)
0.3
1th percentile
Goals − xG
+0.7
70th percentile
Key passes
2
0th percentile
Pass completion
81.2 %
86th percentile
Passes over expected
+0.2 /100
63th percentile
g+ per 90
−0.16
0th percentile
Minutes
259
Regular season. xG: expected goals from chance quality; xA: expected assists. Passes over expected: completed passes above expectation, per 100 passes, given their difficulty. g+: goals added, above the position average. Data: American Soccer Analysis.
Projected WAR
0.0
80% of cases: -0.1 to 0.1
Confidence: low · based on the backtest and minutes played
Projected minutes
252
WAR 2026
-0.1
Minutes played
259
The pace of the last three seasons (WAR per minute, 60/25/15), pulled toward the group average as if 1,000 more minutes, over the minutes expected from the last two seasons, adjusted for age. Method chosen by backtest (2023 to 2026): mean error of 0.24 wins.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
The trend compares this season's WAR per 3,000 minutes with last season's (at least 500 minutes each), weighted by playing time.
Outlook, age included
+25 · 19 y.o. · usually still improving
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, transfers or role changes.
Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite. EX counts his MLS seasons since 2021, from our data: his career elsewhere is not included. OV describes the abilities a player has shown over several seasons; it is not a forecast: for next season, last season's performance (PAL) tells you as much.
OV · Overall
65
Depth player
WAR: the goals added (g+) of each of his actions, above replacement level (the per-minute output of his group's fringe players), converted to standings points (0.64 points per goal), then to wins (3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
-0.1
−0.5 goals above replacement
PAL Rating
32 / 100
Value Rating · 2026
Sporting contract value
70 / 100
The surplus: his 2026 WAR (-0.1) × the price of a win ($3.6M), minus his 2026 guaranteed compensation, against other attacking midfielders and wingers. Commercial value (tickets, sponsors, media rights) is not counted.Salary$113KSurplus−$478KWAR paid0.03PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Fouls drawn (free kicks, penalties won) minus fouls committed.
How his passes change his team's chances of scoring and conceding.
Breaking up the opponent's play: tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocked shots.
Getting open and receiving the ball in dangerous areas.
The value of his shots: the quality of the chance and what he makes of it.
Carrying the ball and beating defenders, minus the balls lost.
The parts above are measured against the position average. This adjustment moves the baseline to a fringe player in his group, prorated by minutes: positive when fringe players do worse than average, negative when they do better.
Rúben Ismael has 1 goal and 0 assists in 259 minutes in 2026 (expected goals: 0.3).
Rúben Ismael is 27 years old. He is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 152 lb (69 kg).
Rúben Ismael produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026. His PAL rating is 32 out of 100: below average for his position.
Rúben Ismael earns $113K for the 2026 season. His Value Rating (on-field contract efficiency) is 70 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position; the player's commercial value is not part of it.
Rúben Ismael plays for Vitória in the MLS, at M, and wears number 16.