New FIFPRO report underlines widespread player concerns over excessive workload in men’s football. Some players get the equivalent of less than one full day off per week, contravening international health and safety standards.

The Player Workload Monitoring (PWM) Report 2024, which was developed by FIFPRO Player IQ, in collaboration with Football Benchmark, highlights the unsustainable burden on players that risks harming their welfare, performance, and career prospects alike. FIFPRO breaks down seven key learnings from the report.

FIFPRO has released the 2024 Women’s Player Workload Monitoring report, analysing players’ experience through the lens of high-usage and underloaded players during the 2023/24 season and culminating with the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024.

The monitoring tool provides transparent and regular player workload updates to the football industry, covering a global sample of women's professional footballers.

The monitoring tool provides transparent and regular player workload updates to the football industry, covering a global sample of men's professional footballers.

Balanced competition calendars protect the health and well-being of the athlete’s career prospects and empower peak sporting performance across the men’s and women’s game.

Prominent player unions exchanged best-practice and knowledge on athlete workload and performance at the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Performance Summit in Spain.

The growth of women’s football competitions is bringing increased recognition and professionalisation in parts of the world, but piling excessive pressure on some players, and failing to address wider issues like uneven games and underload, according to a FIFPRO study.

FIFPRO Player IQ and Football Benchmark host Beyond Growth: Player Workload & Financial Sustainability live from Istanbul to mark the annual end-of-season launch of FIFPRO’s player workload report.

FIFPRO and the Football Benchmark practice of KPMG have signed a three-year cooperation agreement to create a new cutting-edge platform that will monitor the workload of professional footballers.

Professional Footballers' Association CEO Maheta Molango says the player union will continue to support footballers speaking out about the congested match calendar and dangerous levels of workload in the elite men’s game.

Dr Darren Burgess, FIFPRO Senior Advisor on Player Workload, Health & Performance, breaks down five key learnings from the FIFA World Cup 2022: Post-Tournament Review & Player Survey.