I think Data would have been more likely to point the finger at his teammates. He could likely out analyze both kag and cheaters, but if his team is garbage there is no recovery.
I think Data would smoke anyone with a non-positronic brain ever in any PvP video game. Except maybe an entity like Q who could just make himself win anyway.
He's allergic to that stuff. Otherwise he'd have done that with the ship more than that one time in that one episode, instead of wasting his life away tapping on a console like a filthy meatbag.