Injury locations and severity in elite European professional footballers
| Injuries | Slight | Minor | Moderate | Major | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Values in parentheses are percentages. Approximation of the percentages has been made to equal 100%. | |||||
| Head/face/neck | 22 (3) | 11 (6) | 7 (4) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Back | 41 (6) | 18 (10) | 17 (9) | 4 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Hip/groin | 79 (12) | 22 (12) | 24 (13) | 24 (12.5) | 9 (9) |
| Thigh | 152 (23) | 36 (20) | 46 (24.5) | 55 (28.5) | 15 (15.5) |
| Knee | 131 (20) | 40 (22) | 26 (14) | 32 (16.5) | 33 (34) |
| Lower leg | 73 (11) | 25 (14) | 16 (8.5) | 22 (11.5) | 10 (10.5) |
| Ankle | 89 (14) | 18 (10) | 28 (15) | 31 (16) | 12 (12.5) |
| Foot | 35 (5.5) | 9 (5) | 5 (3) | 11 (6) | 10 (10.5) |
| Other | 36 (5.5) | 3 (2) | 17 (9) | 10 (5) | 6 (6) |
| Total | 658 (100) | 182 (100) | 186 (100) | 193 (100) | 97 (100) |