Player Barometer: De Bruyne takes over at the top

The Player Barometer is updated live during matches and provides an up-to-the-minute form guide at the finals. 

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Player Barometer presented by SOCAR – notable movers, 26 June*

• Kevin De Bruyne, Belgium: 1st (+4)
  Another impressive display from the Red Devils playmaker. De Bruyne put in ten crosses and set up four chances, on top of his five shots on target. Only the woodwork denied him a goal.

• Dimitri Payet, France: 2nd (-)
  Payet returned above Gareth Bale to the top of the rankings following his performance against the Republic of Ireland. He had four attempts at goal and created five chances for team-mates in addition to his ten crosses and three dribbles.

• Eden Hazard, Belgium: 3rd (+7)
  Outstanding against Hungary: finding the net and also providing an assist for Michy Batshuayi. He boosted his score by supplying four other chances for team-mates and completing 29 passes in the final third. He too leapfrogs Bale, moving third in the rankings.

• Antoine Griezmann, France: 7th (+27)
  With his two goals and eye-catching all-round attacking play, Griezmann was Man of the Match in Lyon. He had six attempts at goal, delivered three crosses and managed two through balls for team-mates in a match-winning turn.

• Julian Draxler, Germany: 21st (+87)
  The midfielder contributed a goal and an assist in Germany's victory over Slovakia. He mustered two attempts on goal, engineered a great opportunity for a team-mate, and racked up eight dribbles in a superb overall attacking effort.

*Rankings correct prior to any fixtures taking place on 27 June. The Player Barometer updates live during games.

How it works
The UEFA EURO 2016 Player Barometer tracks players' form in the lead-up to, and during, the tournament. The Barometer runs official player statistics through a specially-designed algorithm to create rankings based on player performances.

Player data from qualifying formed the initial basis for the rankings, which have taken into account performances for club and country since 1 January 2016. This gave a unique and comprehensive evaluation of players' form for when UEFA EURO 2016 kicked off. Now the Barometer tracks which players are excelling in the tournament itself.

As the Barometer acts as a form tracker, the more recent the match, the higher the weighting assigned to the data i.e. player stats from yesterday are afforded more significance than those from the previous week. If a player is not active (e.g. due to injury or non-selection), his ranking will decrease over that period of inactivity.