Sports analyst / statistician

Sports analysts and statisticians analyse data to inform strategy, performance, and decisions. The work involves collecting and analysing sports data, building models and metrics, identifying patterns and insights, and providing analysis that informs coaching, scouting, and team decisions, increasingly central to modern sport.

They work for teams, media, and organisations. The role suits analytical, sports-knowledgeable, detail-oriented people who can work with data rigorously, build meaningful metrics and models, find actionable insights, and combine statistical skill with the understanding of sport that turning data into decisions teams and analysts can use requires.