James Milner

James Milner

Midfielder · 40 · England

Season score
53.2
Premier League 25/26, 20 matches
Last 5 weeks
49.1
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€500k
−€250k (−33%) since 9 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 3 Jun 2026

Photo: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
4 Jan 1986
Height
175 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2026
Wikipedia views
35,274 4 weeks

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

7 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 48.3 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
19–25 May 202615943.650.943.4
17–23 Mar 202617647.851.148.5
10–16 Mar 202619048.751.448.6
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202618643.752.243.5
17–23 Feb 202618953.252.253.7
10–16 Feb 202616852.252.453.2
27 Jan – 2 Feb 20261148.052.548.0
20–26 Jan 20261933.352.932.7
6–12 Jan 202611348.453.148.4
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 202628242.254.342.1
16–22 Dec 202511976.554.280.0
9–15 Dec 202511345.054.644.8
21–27 Oct 2025131100.053.2100.0
14–20 Oct 202511941.353.641.0
30 Sep – 6 Oct 2025114100.053.1100.0
16–22 Sep 202512750.553.350.5
9–15 Sep 202516651.353.651.4
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202513081.152.976.7
12–18 Aug 202511037.353.236.8

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 7 weeks with 60+ minutes: −4.1 a week below expectation.

40.045.050.055.09 Sep30 Dec10 Feb17 Feb24 Feb10 Mar17 MarExpected 51.1Score 47.8
Transfermarkt €500k −€250k (−33%) since 9 Dec 2025 3 Jun 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €820k no change recorded 23 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
0€5.0M€10M€15M20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026€500k€820k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
23 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€820k
3 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€500k
9 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€750k
30 May 2025Transfermarkt€1.0M
16 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€1.0M
27 May 2024Transfermarkt€1.0M
19 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€1.0M
20 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€1.5M
3 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€2.0M
15 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€2.0M
23 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€2.0M
8 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€3.0M
18 Mar 2021Transfermarkt€3.0M
13 Oct 2020Transfermarkt€5.0M
8 Apr 2020Transfermarkt€6.5M
9 Mar 2020Transfermarkt€8.0M
10 Dec 2019Transfermarkt€12.0M
13 Jun 2019Transfermarkt€15.0M
19 Dec 2018Transfermarkt€15.0M
28 May 2018Transfermarkt€15.0M
2 Jan 2018Transfermarkt€12.0M
28 Jun 2017Transfermarkt€12.0M
20 Feb 2017Transfermarkt€15.0M
1 Aug 2016Transfermarkt€15.0M
1 Jun 2016Transfermarkt€15.0M
9 Feb 2016Transfermarkt€14.0M
1 Jul 2015Transfermarkt€14.0M

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

DateMoveFee
1 Jul 2026Brighton RetiredUndisclosed
1 Jul 2023Liverpool BrightonFree or loan

What the score is made of

Premier League 25/26: each part per 90 minutes against the average midfielder in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting +0.04
  • Creating −0.14
  • Progressing −0.11
  • Keeping the ball +0.98
  • Defending +0.20
  • Aerial −0.14
  • Finishing −0.02

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

050K100K150K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Premier League 25/26Premier LeagueBrighton & Hove Albion2080253.253.3
Premier League 24/25Premier LeagueBrighton & Hove Albion417356.157.1
Premier League 23/24Premier LeagueBrighton & Hove Albion1577858.358.9

Latest matches

20 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 May 2026Premier LeagueManchester UnitedL 0–35900–0.0143.6
21 Mar 2026Premier LeagueLiverpool FCW 2–176000.070.0147.8
14 Mar 2026Premier Leagueat SunderlandW 1–09000–0.0348.7
1 Mar 2026Premier LeagueNottingham ForestW 2–18600–0.0343.7
21 Feb 2026Premier Leagueat BrentfordW 2–089000.040.0253.2
11 Feb 2026Premier Leagueat Aston VillaL 0–168000.080.0552.2
31 Jan 2026Premier LeagueEvertonD 1–1100–0.0048.0
24 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat FulhamL 1–2900–0.0133.3
7 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat Manchester CityD 1–11300–0.0048.4
3 Jan 2026Premier LeagueBurnleyW 2–01000–0.0148.4
All 20 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 May 2026Premier LeagueManchester UnitedL 0–35900–0.0143.6
21 Mar 2026Premier LeagueLiverpool FCW 2–176000.070.0147.8
14 Mar 2026Premier Leagueat SunderlandW 1–09000–0.0348.7
1 Mar 2026Premier LeagueNottingham ForestW 2–18600–0.0343.7
21 Feb 2026Premier Leagueat BrentfordW 2–089000.040.0253.2
11 Feb 2026Premier Leagueat Aston VillaL 0–168000.080.0552.2
31 Jan 2026Premier LeagueEvertonD 1–1100–0.0048.0
24 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat FulhamL 1–2900–0.0133.3
7 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat Manchester CityD 1–11300–0.0048.4
3 Jan 2026Premier LeagueBurnleyW 2–01000–0.0148.4
30 Dec 2025Premier Leagueat West Ham UnitedD 2–272000.020.0141.3
20 Dec 2025Premier LeagueSunderlandD 0–019000.060.1276.5
13 Dec 2025Premier Leagueat Liverpool FCL 0–21300–0.0045.0
25 Oct 2025Premier Leagueat Manchester UnitedL 2–43101–0.28100.0
18 Oct 2025Premier LeagueNewcastle UnitedW 2–11900–0.0041.3
5 Oct 2025Premier Leagueat WolverhamptonD 1–11400–0.03100.0
20 Sep 2025Premier LeagueTottenham HotspurD 2–22700–0.0350.5
13 Sep 2025Premier Leagueat BournemouthL 1–26600–0.0251.3
31 Aug 2025Premier LeagueManchester CityW 2–130100.790.0181.1
16 Aug 2025Premier LeagueFulhamD 1–11000–0.0037.3