Era comparison — football by the decade

How players, goals per game, and total matches evolved across the decades.

Decade	Unique players	Total goals	Total matches	Goals / match
'000s	7,124	14,541	131,669	0.11
'010s	8,291	16,585	150,704	0.11
'020s	9,431	19,143	173,659	0.11
'030s	10,645	21,393	199,552	0.11
'040s	11,989	24,621	232,704	0.11
'050s	13,069	26,575	255,206	0.10
'060s	14,370	29,168	279,931	0.10
'070s	15,548	33,658	316,134	0.11
'080s	16,905	35,616	342,375	0.10
'090s	18,308	40,092	368,759	0.11
'100s	19,839	44,240	402,737	0.11
'110s	21,707	48,632	434,035	0.11
'120s	22,929	53,466	474,910	0.11
'130s	24,833	57,093	503,871	0.11
'140s	26,067	60,214	540,144	0.11
'150s	28,228	64,304	575,593	0.11
'160s	30,192	70,999	621,761	0.11
'170s	32,416	75,352	654,447	0.12
'180s	35,051	80,373	704,076	0.11
'190s	37,479	70,060	620,676	0.11
'200s	40,048	72,402	684,090	0.11
'210s	42,794	91,849	849,752	0.11
'220s	43,635	95,040	895,686	0.11
'230s	43,299	94,313	884,468	0.11
'240s	41,711	90,311	868,656	0.10
'250s	30,344	11,434	104,198	0.11
'260s	4	0	0
'600s	1	0	1	0.00
'610s	1	3	24	0.13
'650s	1	0	1	0.00
'720s	1	0	1	0.00
'730s	2	1	35	0.03
'740s	2	3	44	0.07
'750s	2	2	49	0.04
'760s	3	1	67	0.01
'770s	3	5	47	0.11
'780s	3	6	102	0.06
'790s	5	12	104	0.12
'800s	8	3	139	0.02
'810s	10	15	169	0.09
'820s	13	18	236	0.08
'830s	35	51	492	0.10
'840s	65	84	692	0.12
'850s	97	138	1,270	0.11
'860s	179	231	2,220	0.10
'870s	261	399	3,597	0.11
'880s	381	626	5,590	0.11
'890s	524	775	7,950	0.10
'900s	756	1,189	12,189	0.10
'910s	1,034	1,789	17,977	0.10

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