SportAnalytics announces a new technology partnership with Gradient, a data provider specializing in advanced broadcast tracking and player performance evaluation. The collaboration allows SportAnalytics to integrate a new layer of high-quality tracking and grading data into its platform, expanding the analytical depth available to professional clubs and performance departments.

Through this partnership, Gradient’s data becomes part of the SportAnalytics analytical environment, where it can be explored, contextualized and transformed into actionable insights through customized dashboards, proprietary KPIs and automated workflows.

Gradient’s broadcast tracking technology is based on a FIFA-certified computer vision model that enhances traditional player identification by adding ball possession information to jersey number recognition. This approach significantly increases the reliability of player tracking and enables more accurate profiling of physical output and on-ball involvement. In parallel, Gradient’s Player Grades introduce a structured and comparable method for evaluating player performance across competitions. Each player receives a match-by-match rating on a 30–100 scale across the top five European leagues and the UEFA Champions League. 

Once integrated into SportAnalytics, this data supports a wide range of operational use cases, including:

• Scouting, recruitment and player benchmarking
• Performance analysis and player development
• Match preparation and post-match review
• Objective reporting for technical and management staff.

For SportAnalytics, the partnership represents a further step in strengthening its role as a decision support system. The goal is to help clubs move from raw information to structured evaluation, faster interpretation and more confident decisions.

About Gradient

Gradient is a soccer data provider focused on broadcast tracking, computer vision and player performance grading. Its FIFA-certified tracking model enhances player identification by combining jersey recognition with ball possession data, reaching accuracy rates of up to 98%. Its Player Grades deliver a standardized 30–100 performance score, updated match by match across the Big 5 European leagues and the UEFA Champions League, and are designed to objectively reflect the quality of player execution by combining event and tracking information. Gradient supports clubs and soccer organizations with data for performance analysis, recruitment and tactical evaluation.