Changelog · Statsball

25 Jun 2026

Archive UX polish across domestic and international surfaces.

A broad editorial pass on navigation, filters, loading states, citations, and share previews so the archive reads as one coherent reference desk rather than a set of stitched tools.

Domestic and international archive homes now use sticky filter rails, debounced auto-apply, and clearer season scope labels. Shared links that mean the full archive now carry ?seasons=all so recipients see the same slice.
The international archive home gained editorial lead copy, season-total and trend charts, and filter parity with the domestic homepage. International navigation now includes Round recap and the More tools cluster.
Compare, round recap, query, nWAR, league composition, and player dossiers no longer paint loading copy into editorial shells before data arrives. Compare adds a recoverable error banner with Try again when builder or comparison data fails.
International Ask the Stats now states its narrower scope up front. Specialist tools, compare, query, round recap, and archive filter views expose copy-ready citation blocks.
Major pages now ship page-specific Open Graph and Twitter card images, built from scope-branded share artwork at deploy time.
New international API endpoints support season-total and trend series for competition, team, and player panels on the international home.

Open the archive Open international archive Open Compare

26 Apr 2026

Ask the Stats Query Expansion

Significant expansion of Ask the Stats query capabilities with intelligent parsing and guided builder for complex multi-filter queries.

New Query Shapes: Comparison (2-way team/player matchups), Combination (multi-filter AND/OR), Trend (multi-season tracking), Record (all-time rankings)
Intelligent Parser: Confidence-based natural language processing with helpful error messages and rephrasing suggestions for ambiguous queries
Query Builder: Multi-step guided interface for complex queries with pre-filled hints and suggestions from parser analysis
Query Parity: Builder-composed queries produce identical results to natural language equivalents, ensuring consistency
Expanded Examples: 8–10 template queries covering all available shapes and use cases for quick exploration

Try Ask the Stats

25 Apr 2026

Round preview fixture cards show fantasy form and grouped player watch.

Upcoming fixtures now surface fantasy scoring leaders across the last five completed matches alongside goal-scoring form, and player watch items are grouped by team for easier reading.

Round preview fixture cards now show two player highlights per team: the leading goal scorer over the last five completed matches, and the fantasy points leader over the same window.
Fantasy scoring formula accounts for games played, quarters, goals (including super shots), attacking and defensive contributions, and penalty adjustment.
Player watch items are now grouped under a single team heading rather than repeating the team name on each line, making the card layout cleaner and easier to scan.
Fixed a data serialization issue where player watch fields were being wrapped as arrays instead of scalar values.

View round preview

24 Apr 2026

Round preview layout is restructured and forms are easier to read.

Fixture cards now use horizontal form chips showing recent match results, clearer team and venue labels, and a more spacious layout that reduces cognitive load.

Fixture cards now display recent form as horizontal chips with W/L/D result badges and streaks, making team momentum instantly visible.
Team names and venues are now explicitly labeled rather than buried in meta copy, so the card hierarchy is clearer at a glance.
Removed redundant text ("fixtures scheduled" was repeated three times in rapid succession) and ambiguous team references to make the reading path more direct.
Card layout has been optimized for both desktop and mobile so player watch items and form chips stay easy to scan on smaller screens.

View round preview

17 Apr 2026

Compare and Ask the Stats now guide you through the read.

The two main tool pages are more staged, the archive homepage has a clearer first move, and player dossiers are easier to scan on smaller screens.

Compare now runs as a four-step flow: set the matchup, add the shortlist, tune the stat frame, then run the verdict.
Ask the Stats now opens with question templates, clearer parser guidance, and tighter recovery copy when a question needs to be rewritten.
The homepage now leads with the archive control desk first, with the editorial lead and scoreflow records shifted into supporting roles.
Player dossiers and tool-page summary bands have been tightened on mobile so the main totals and prompts stay easier to scan.

Open Compare Try Ask the Stats Open the archive homepage

17 Apr 2026

League composition trends and player identity context.

A new league composition page surfaces season-by-season youth break-in rates, league age and experience spreads, and import share trends. Player dossiers now include an identity context block showing birthday, nationality, and import status from the maintained player reference file, alongside debut season and experience derived from archive data.

New League composition page tracks how the SSN player pool has evolved each season across age, experience, and import dimensions.
Youth break-in rate, median debut age, and import share are each broken out by season band so long-run shifts are easy to read.
Player dossiers now show an identity context panel with birthday, nationality, and import status from config/player_reference.csv, plus debut season and accumulated experience derived from archive data.
The /player-profile API endpoint now returns an identity block alongside the existing career overview, stats, and pillars.

Open League composition

15 Apr 2026

Home Court Advantage is back in full.

The venue breakdown release is now live again, with multi-season splits restored, stat-led venue reads filled properly, and a calmer page layout around the core numbers.

Home Court Advantage once again supports multi-season venue breakdowns, stat lenses, opponent splits, and club-specific home floor comparisons.
The venue stat ledger now returns Contacts, General Play Turnovers, Held Balls, and Obstructions correctly instead of leaving those rows blank.
The page layout has been tightened so the main venue signal stays up front while deeper matchup context sits behind cleaner disclosures.
The lead summary area has also been re-arranged so the headline metrics and spotlight figures are easier to scan at a glance.

Open Home Court Advantage Open the venue breakdown API

13 Apr 2026

Venue context and nWAR filters are sharper.

The live API can now break down home-court effects by venue, and the public nWAR view is easier to filter across eras and position groups.

A new /api/home-venue-impact endpoint now measures home win rate, margin, and penalty swing by season, team, and venue.
Team venue splits now compare one home court against that same team's other home venues, so arena-specific edges are easier to spot.
The nWAR page now supports ANZC vs SSN filters plus broad shooter, midcourt, and defender groupings.
The underlying nWAR and venue queries were tightened so all-season views and season-level venue slices return more reliably.

Open Home Court Advantage Open nWAR

8 Apr 2026

The main browsing pages are simpler.

The homepage is less crowded, Ask the Stats is easier to scan, and Compare now gives you a clearer verdict up front.

The homepage now leads with a short editorial note instead of jumping straight into a dense filter block.
Extra archive filters are tucked behind a secondary reveal so the main path stays cleaner.
Ask the Stats now uses shorter guidance and collapsible help instead of showing everything at once.
Compare now opens with a simple verdict before the chart and table.

Open the archive Try Ask the Stats Open Compare

7 Apr 2026

Analytical stats were added.

The archive and player dossiers now include a first analytical layer with explainers, formulas, and ranked outputs.

Player and team views can now surface analytical metrics alongside standard totals.
Analytical controls include plain-language notes so the numbers are easier to interpret.
Player profiles now carry analytical dossier context as part of the main reading flow.

See the archive Browse player profiles

7 Apr 2026

Older seasons and player records were cleaned up.

Historical coverage is clearer, older participation counts are more trustworthy, and the site now explains the 2008 archive boundary more directly.

The public copy now states that 2008 is finals-only and full season coverage starts in 2009.
Games-played and participation logic were corrected for older seasons.
Season tables and older-era browsing were tightened so the historical record is easier to follow.

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