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Ian James

Defender · Sporting Kansas City · 18 · USA

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Season score
37.0
MLS 2026, 16 matches
Last 5 weeks
36.1
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€800k
+€600k (+300%) since 11 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 2 Jun 2026
Born
6 Jun 2008
Height
188 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
31 Dec 2027
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Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

8 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 37.2 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202628638.843.339.2
6–12 Oct 202612731.743.332.3
25–31 Aug 202613330.943.530.7
11–17 Aug 202614543.743.143.6
14–20 Jul 202614534.843.234.7
19–25 May 202619036.743.536.6
12–18 May 2026218034.844.334.7
5–11 May 202614526.045.525.8
21–27 Apr 202617530.446.730.3
14–20 Apr 202613950.746.352.5
7–13 Apr 202619040.146.840.0
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202616430.548.230.4
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202618937.349.737.2
17–23 Feb 202619048.150.048.2

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 8 weeks with 60+ minutes: −9.1 a week below expectation.

30.035.040.045.050.017 Feb24 Feb31 Mar7 Apr21 Apr12 May19 May13 OctExpected 43.3Score 38.8

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €800k +€600k (+300%) since 11 Dec 2025 2 Jun 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €830k no change recorded 24 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €800k–€4.0M +107% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +60% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Troy Nyhammer at 18 (€700k, scoring 38.5) +186%; Harrison Armstrong at 18 (€800k, scoring 39.5) +3650%; Sondre Milian Granaas at 19 (€1.0M, scoring 39.7) +200%.
0€250K€500K€750K€1.0MAprJulOct2026AprJulOct€800k€830k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
24 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€830k
2 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€800k
11 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€200k
5 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€200k
17 Apr 2025Transfermarkt€200k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
6 Dec 2024Kansas Academy Kansas CityUndisclosed
5 Dec 2024Kansas City II Kansas AcademyFree or loan
15 Mar 2024Kansas Academy Kansas City IIFree or loan

What the score is made of

MLS 2026: each part per 90 minutes against the average defender in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −0.28
  • Creating −0.35
  • Progressing −0.22
  • Keeping the ball −0.69
  • Defending −0.49
  • Aerial −0.62
  • Finishing −0.07

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Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
PlayerRecent scoreValue nowLikeness
Nathan Byrne Charlotte FC · 3435.8€500k98%Compare
DeAndre Yedlin Real Salt Lake · 3336.5€600k97%Compare
Devon Koswal Sandefjord Fotball · 23––96%Compare
Facundo Mura Inter Miami CF · 2736.5€2.0M96%Compare
Shaq Moore FC Dallas · 2938.5€1.5M94%Compare
Nathan Mendes Vitória · 24––94%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Ian James.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
MLS 2026MLSSporting Kansas City1699837.037.1

Latest matches

16 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
18 Oct 2026MLSReal Salt LakeL 1–317000.060.0048.6
15 Oct 2026MLSat Nashville SCL 0–46900–0.0136.4
11 Oct 2026MLSPortland TimbersD 3–327000.030.0031.7
30 Aug 2026MLSVancouver WhitecapsL 0–33300–0.0130.9
16 Aug 2026MLSat Colorado RapidsL 0–24500–0.0043.7
17 Jul 2026MLSat St.Louis CityL 2–34500–0.0134.8
24 May 2026MLSNew York Red BullsL 1–290000.010.0136.7
17 May 2026MLSat Austin FCW 2–19000–0.0837.5
14 May 2026MLSLA GalaxyW 3–19000–0.0032.1
10 May 2026MLSat Portland TimbersL 0–64500–0.0126.0
All 16 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
18 Oct 2026MLSReal Salt LakeL 1–317000.060.0048.6
15 Oct 2026MLSat Nashville SCL 0–46900–0.0136.4
11 Oct 2026MLSPortland TimbersD 3–327000.030.0031.7
30 Aug 2026MLSVancouver WhitecapsL 0–33300–0.0130.9
16 Aug 2026MLSat Colorado RapidsL 0–24500–0.0043.7
17 Jul 2026MLSat St.Louis CityL 2–34500–0.0134.8
24 May 2026MLSNew York Red BullsL 1–290000.010.0136.7
17 May 2026MLSat Austin FCW 2–19000–0.0837.5
14 May 2026MLSLA GalaxyW 3–19000–0.0032.1
10 May 2026MLSat Portland TimbersL 0–64500–0.0126.0
26 Apr 2026MLSat Chicago FireL 0–57500–0.0030.4
18 Apr 2026MLSat Vancouver WhitecapsL 0–339000.100.0050.7
12 Apr 2026MLSSan Jose EarthquakesL 1–39000–0.0240.1
4 Apr 2026MLSat Real Salt LakeL 1–36400–0.0030.5
1 Mar 2026MLSColumbus CrewD 2–28900–0.0137.3
22 Feb 2026MLSat San Jose EarthquakesL 0–390000.020.0048.1