About Elmar Bjarnason
In the 2024 Besta deild, Elmar Bjarnason made 23 appearances (1,657 minutes), with 3 goals and 2 assists — 0.27 goal involvements per 90. His average match rating for that season came out at 7.33. By match rating he stood in the 69th percentile of the 72 Besta deild midfielders who played 450+ minutes in 2024 — above the cohort median, and 14th of 72 for goals scored.
His best-rated season remains 2023 (7.38, Besta deild); his lowest was 2020/2021 (6.79). Compared with his earlier career average, his final two rated seasons were up by 0.39.
His recorded league football covers 6 domestic leagues: Superliga (Denmark) (128 appearances, 5 goals), Besta deild (84 appearances, 8 goals) and 1. Lig (74 appearances, 3 goals) — the three with most games. In 9 of the 18 campaigns on record he played at least 25 league games. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2015/2016–2017/2018, 94 league games, 31 a year.









