FIFPRO Player Workload Monitoring (PWM) platform and reports

Developed and operated jointly by FIFPRO and Football Benchmark, the FIFPRO Player Workload Monitoring (PWM) platform provides extensive data about the workload of professional men's and women's footballers.

The cutting-edge platform addresses the growing need for aggregated player workload data by delivering information about the playing time, travel and recovery periods of a sample of male and female footballers. The open, digital platform is aimed at helping football industry stakeholders make informed decisions in designing the next generation of national and international competitions so that they are sustainable, integrated, and benefit footballers and the game as a whole.

Since 2019, Football Benchmark has been supporting FIFPRO in the development of several workload related thought leadership reports for both men's and women's football. These studies are largely based on the wealth of data housed in the PWM platform.

What can you find inside the PWM platform?

The FIFPRO Player Workload Monitoring (PWM) platform, operated in collaboration with Football Benchmark, was initially established in early-2021 and has gradually evolved over recent years. It tracks workload metrics including the match load, distance travelled, and rest and recovery, of professional players from across the world. 

There are two separate versions of the PWM tool: one for men's football and one for women's football. The former tracks the workload of 1,500 players worldwide, while the latter currently focuses on a 300-player sample in women's professional football.

Open PWM platforms

Overworked and Underprotected: The Player Health and Performance Impact - 2025 Annual Workload Report

The 2024/25 season report, entitled 'Overworked and Underprotected: The Player Health and Performance Impact’ uses data from 1,500 men's football players tracked on FIFPRO's Player Workload Monitoring platform, benchmarking their rest and recovery against recommendations from 70 medical and performance experts working for clubs and national teams.

The report also looks at recovery time in other sports and, for the first time, incorporates extreme heat as a growing factor for performance, health, and competition planning. 
Download the report here or click on the image below.
Previous reports by Football Benchmark & FIFPRO on Men's football:
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2024 Workload Report - From High-Usage to Underload: A Tale of Two Industries

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 the latest annual women's football workload report.

The study discussess the disproportionate development of the game, with new or expanded competitions announced in a few countries, notably in Europe and North America, and little or no development elsewhere. This uneven growth creates an imbalance in the number of games for professional women footballers, with some over-stretched by too many matches, but the majority having too few.

In addition, the report also includes a detailed assessment of competitive balance metrics in top women's leagues, an analysis of all 2024 Olympic Games squads and a match and travel load overview of the 2023/24 season.
Download the report here or click on the image below.
Previous reports by Football Benchmark & FIFPRO on Women's football: