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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2025 Workload Report - Precarious Workload in Global Professional Women's Football

A two-speed industry is continuing to emerge in women’s professional football with widely contrasting levels of workload for players across the industry.

At one end of the spectrum, players are exposed to an increasingly high match and travel load, with little time to rest. At the other end, players do not have access to enough competitive games, hindering their development and the broader growth and competitiveness of women’s football.

The report evaluates the confederation competitions that took place at the end of the 2024-25 season including the UEFA Women’s EURO, the first continental football tournament to allocate at least 30 percent of prize money to players; as well as WAFCON and Conmebol’s Copa America Femenina, both of which faced criticism from players because of substandard planning and infrastructure.
Download the report here or click on the image below.
Previous reports by Football Benchmark & FIFPRO on Women's football:
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