Dennis Eckert Ayensa tops the ratings in the top 8 leagues: 6-8 November weekend review

Dennis Eckert Ayensa posted the highest match rating of any player across Europe's top eight leagues this weekend: 9.55 for Standard Liège in a 3-0 win against SK Beveren, with 3 goals. We tracked 74 finished matches across 8 leagues (Premier League, Eredivisie, Bundesliga, Belgian Pro League, Ligue 1, Serie A, Liga Portugal and La Liga) from 6 to 8 November 2026, and ranked every player with at least 45 minutes on the pitch.

The top ten reads: Dennis Eckert Ayensa (Standard Liège, 9.55, 3 goals); Elia Caprile (Cagliari, 9.30); Aurélien Scheidler (Sporting Charleroi, 9.29, 2 goals and 1 assist); Sven Mijnans (PSV, 9.17, 3 goals); Frederik Rönnow (FC Union Berlin, 9.05); Albert Grønbæk (Hamburger SV, 9.04, 1 goal and 1 assist); Arda Güler (Real Madrid, 9.03, 1 goal and 1 assist); Ringo Meerveld (SC Heerenveen, 9.01, 3 goals); Davy Roef (Gent, 9.00); Mathew Ryan (Levante, 8.99).

League by league, the best individual performances were Dennis Eckert Ayensa in Belgian Pro League (9.55), Elia Caprile in Serie A (9.30), Sven Mijnans in Eredivisie (9.17), Frederik Rönnow in Bundesliga (9.05), Arda Güler in La Liga (9.03), Thierno Barry in Premier League (8.72), Murilo de Souza Costa in Liga Portugal (8.56) and Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal in Ligue 1 (8.22). The highest-scoring match of the weekend was SC Heerenveen 5-3 Feyenoord in Eredivisie.

Ratings measure one match; our valuation model measures a season, so a single standout weekend rarely moves a player's valuation on its own.