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Joel Waterman

Joel Waterman

Defender · Portland Timbers · 30 · Canada

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Season score
40.1
MLS 2026, 22 matches
Last 5 weeks
42.1
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€1.5M
−€500k (−25%) since 2 Jun 2026
Transfermarkt, 18 Sep 2026

Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
24 Jan 1996
Height
188 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
31 Dec 2027
Wikipedia views
750 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2026

27 of 70 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 41.9 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619041.544.441.4
13–19 Oct 2026218037.844.937.6
6–12 Oct 202619839.645.239.5
15–21 Sep 202619040.045.440.2
8–14 Sep 202619056.144.456.0
1–7 Sep 2026190.044.60.0
18–24 Aug 2026218041.744.541.7
28 Jul – 3 Aug 202619034.045.133.9
21–27 Jul 2026218048.744.246.4
19–25 May 202612840.444.040.3
12–18 May 202619041.544.041.4
5–11 May 202619022.945.322.7
21–27 Apr 202619038.545.638.4
14–20 Apr 202611736.945.636.8
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202615846.445.446.3
24–30 Mar 202619052.644.752.5
17–23 Mar 202619034.745.334.5
10–16 Mar 202612536.245.336.1
3–9 Mar 202619050.344.850.3
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202613323.545.124.1
17–23 Feb 202619040.445.340.3
18–24 Nov 202515752.644.852.5
11–17 Nov 202519036.745.237.4
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519043.845.143.7
21–27 Oct 2025218043.244.943.2
14–20 Oct 202519042.845.042.8
7–13 Oct 202519052.344.352.2
30 Sep – 6 Oct 2025218037.944.637.8
23–29 Sep 202519041.944.841.8
16–22 Sep 202519052.644.145.8
9–15 Sep 202528241.444.041.3
2–8 Sep 20251846.043.646.2
22–28 Jul 202519036.343.936.2
15–21 Jul 2025218040.844.240.7
8–14 Jul 202519041.343.941.3

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −3.8 a week below expectation.

20.030.040.050.060.08 Jul16 Sep14 Oct17 Feb21 Apr28 Jul6 OctExpected 44.4Score 41.5

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €1.5M −€500k (−25%) since 2 Jun 2026 18 Sep 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €1.4M no change recorded 24 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €874k–€1.1M −33% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −33% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Mortadha Ben Ouanes at 31 (€1.5M, scoring 40.0) −33%; João Novais at 30 (€1.2M, scoring 40.8) −50%; Francisco Calvo at 31 (€1.7M, scoring 40.4) −12%.
0€1.0M€2.0M€3.0M2020202120222023202420252026€1.5M€1.4M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
24 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€1.4M
18 Sep 2026Transfermarkt€1.5M
2 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€2.0M
11 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€2.5M
5 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€2.5M
12 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€2.5M
13 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€2.5M
18 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€2.5M
22 Aug 2023Transfermarkt€2.5M
31 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€2.5M
8 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€2.0M
18 Aug 2022Transfermarkt€1.5M
9 Nov 2021Transfermarkt€400k
9 Jul 2021Transfermarkt€200k
18 Dec 2020Transfermarkt€200k
26 Aug 2020Transfermarkt€200k
17 Feb 2020Transfermarkt€175k
15 Jul 2019Transfermarkt€175k

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

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
2 Sep 2026Chicago Portland€85k
20 Aug 2025Montreal Chicago€430k

What the score is made of

MLS 2026, 1,650 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 547 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting19Creating26Progressing11Keeping the ball37Defending1Aerial27Finishing85
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting19−0.26
Creating26−0.31
Progressing11−0.38
Keeping the ball37−0.21
Defending1−0.43
Aerial27−0.40
Finishing85+0.18

Attention

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

02.5K5.0K7.5K10K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
MLS 2026MLSPortland Timbers221,65040.139.8
Int. Friendly Games 2026International FriendliesCanada214850.150.1
MLS 2025MLSChicago Fire272,23940.339.9
Int. Friendly Games 2025International FriendliesCanada633645.946.1
MLS 2024MLSCF Montréal262,22143.543.5
Int. Friendly Games 2024International FriendliesCanada22136.937.5

Latest matches

42 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
25 Oct 2026MLSCharlotte FCW 3–29000–0.0241.5
18 Oct 2026MLSColorado RapidsD 0–09000–0.0136.8
15 Oct 2026MLSat LA GalaxyL 0–29000–0.0238.7
11 Oct 2026MLSat Sporting Kansas CityD 3–39800–0.0139.6
20 Sep 2026MLSAtlanta UnitedL 0–190000.040.2940.0
13 Sep 2026MLSat FC DallasL 1–29000–0.0256.1
6 Sep 2026MLSMinnesota UnitedW 5–4900–0.000.0
22 Aug 2026MLSat New York Red BullsD 1–19000–0.0042.8
19 Aug 2026MLSat Orlando City SCW 2–19000–0.0040.7
2 Aug 2026MLSCharlotte FCW 2–19000–0.0034.0
All 42 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
25 Oct 2026MLSCharlotte FCW 3–29000–0.0241.5
18 Oct 2026MLSColorado RapidsD 0–09000–0.0136.8
15 Oct 2026MLSat LA GalaxyL 0–29000–0.0238.7
11 Oct 2026MLSat Sporting Kansas CityD 3–39800–0.0139.6
20 Sep 2026MLSAtlanta UnitedL 0–190000.040.2940.0
13 Sep 2026MLSat FC DallasL 1–29000–0.0256.1
6 Sep 2026MLSMinnesota UnitedW 5–4900–0.000.0
22 Aug 2026MLSat New York Red BullsD 1–19000–0.0042.8
19 Aug 2026MLSat Orlando City SCW 2–19000–0.0040.7
2 Aug 2026MLSCharlotte FCW 2–19000–0.0034.0
25 Jul 2026MLSat New York City FCL 1–390100.430.0155.0
22 Jul 2026MLSat Inter Miami CFL 2–39000–0.0042.5
24 May 2026MLSToronto FCW 2–12800–0.0040.4
16 May 2026MLSat CF MontréalW 2–09000–0.0141.5
9 May 2026MLSNew York Red BullsL 1–39000–0.3722.9
26 Apr 2026MLSSporting Kansas CityW 5–09000–0.0238.5
18 Apr 2026MLSat FC CincinnatiD 3–31700–0.0036.9
1 Apr 2026International FriendliesTunisiaD 0–05800––46.4
28 Mar 2026International FriendliesIcelandD 2–29000––52.6
21 Mar 2026MLSat Philadelphia UnionW 2–19000–0.0134.7
15 Mar 2026MLSDC UnitedL 1–22500–0.0136.2
8 Mar 2026MLSat Columbus CrewD 0–09000–0.0150.3
28 Feb 2026MLSCF MontréalW 3–033000.040.0023.5
22 Feb 2026MLSat Houston DynamoL 1–29000–0.0140.4
19 Nov 2025International Friendliesat VenezuelaW 2–05700––52.6
14 Nov 2025International FriendliesEcuadorD 0–09000––36.7
1 Nov 2025MLSPhiladelphia UnionL 0–39000–0.0143.8
26 Oct 2025MLSat Philadelphia UnionD 2–29000–0.0047.3
23 Oct 2025MLSOrlando City SCW 3–19000–0.0139.2
18 Oct 2025MLSat New England RevolutionD 2–29000–0.0142.8
10 Oct 2025International FriendliesAustraliaL 0–19000––52.3
5 Oct 2025MLSToronto FCD 2–29000–0.0140.1
30 Sep 2025MLSat Inter Miami CFW 5–39000–0.0035.8
28 Sep 2025MLSColumbus CrewW 2–09000–0.0141.9
21 Sep 2025MLSat Minnesota UnitedW 3–090100.150.0152.6
14 Sep 2025MLSNew York City FCL 1–38100–0.0141.5
9 Sep 2025International Friendliesat WalesW 1–0100––30.1
5 Sep 2025International Friendliesat RomaniaW 3–0800––46.0
25 Jul 2025MLSat New England RevolutionW 3–19000–0.1436.3
19 Jul 2025MLSChicago FireL 0–29000–0.0232.2
16 Jul 2025MLSat Philadelphia UnionL 1–29001–0.3549.3
12 Jul 2025MLSat Orlando City SCD 1–19000–0.0341.3