diff --git a/soccerdata/sofifa.py b/soccerdata/sofifa.py
index 9325cee..f322dda 100644
--- a/soccerdata/sofifa.py
+++ b/soccerdata/sofifa.py
@@ -475,16 +475,22 @@ def read_player_ratings(
                 "player": before_br if before_br else after_br,
                 **version.to_dict(),
             }
-            for s in score_labels:
-                nodes = tree.xpath(
-                    f"(//li[not(self::script)] | //div | //p)[.//text()[contains(.,'{s}')]]//em"
-                )
-                # for multiple matches, only accept first match
-                if len(nodes) >= 1:
-                    scores[s] = nodes[0].text.strip()
-                # if there's no match, put NA
-                else:
-                    scores[s] = None
-            ratings.append(scores)
+
+        # Try each XPath until one returns a result
+        for s in score_labels:
+            value = None
+            xpaths = [
+                f"//p[.//text()[contains(.,'{s}')]]/span/em",
+                f"//div[contains(.,'{s}')]/em",
+                f"//li[not(self::script)][.//text()[contains(.,'{s}')]]/em",
+            ]
+            for xpath in xpaths:
+                nodes = tree.xpath(xpath)
+                if nodes:  # If at least one match is found
+                    value = nodes[0].text.strip()  # Take only the first match
+                    break  # Stop checking other XPaths once we find a valid value
+
+            scores[s] = value if value is not None else None  # Assign only once
+        ratings.append(scores)
         # return data frame
         return pd.DataFrame(ratings).pipe(standardize_colnames).set_index(["player"]).sort_index()