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Semi Ajayi

Semi Ajayi

Defender · Hull City · 32 · Nigeria

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Season score
45.6
Premier League 26/27, 8 matches
Last 5 weeks
44.5
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€1.0M
+€300k (+43%) since 28 May 2026
Transfermarkt, 7 Oct 2026

Photo: Kieran Clarke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
9 Nov 1993
Height
193 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2027
Wikipedia views
3,432 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

28 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 44.2 (minutes-weighted); 1 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619053.445.953.3
13–19 Oct 202619039.246.239.1
6–12 Oct 202619039.746.539.6
15–21 Sep 202619048.446.348.4
8–14 Sep 202619041.946.442.8
1–7 Sep 202619438.646.838.5
25–31 Aug 202619040.547.140.4
18–24 Aug 202616470.546.068.4
9–15 Jun 202616148.945.748.9
19–25 May 202619031.046.530.8
5–11 May 202619039.246.939.1
21–27 Apr 2026213544.147.144.3
14–20 Apr 202619049.046.851.0
7–13 Apr 202619043.946.843.9
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026218051.446.451.9
17–23 Mar 202619034.346.734.1
10–16 Mar 2026211144.146.844.3
3–9 Mar 202619033.647.434.2
13–19 Jan 2026220951.947.051.9
6–12 Jan 202619058.145.859.4
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 202619052.445.252.6
23–29 Dec 2025218051.544.447.8
9–15 Dec 2025218037.144.337.0
2–8 Dec 202519028.545.528.4
25 Nov – 1 Dec 2025218045.745.243.5
4–10 Nov 2025210441.445.041.3
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202514545.044.844.9
21–27 Oct 2025218035.545.737.2
30 Sep – 6 Oct 20251836.945.936.8
5–11 Aug 202519041.746.041.9

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: −2.1 a week below expectation.

20.040.060.080.05 Aug2 Dec6 Jan17 Mar21 Apr18 Aug15 SepScore 53.4Expected 45.9

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €1.0M +€300k (+43%) since 28 May 2026 7 Oct 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €930k no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €450k–€783k −44% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −40% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Kieffer Moore at 32 (€1.0M, scoring 43.7) +30%; Sebastián Pérez at 32 (€1.0M, scoring 44.1) −70%; Zlatko Tripić at 32 (€1.2M, scoring 44.0) −17%.
0€2.0M€4.0M€6.0M20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026€1.0M€930k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€930k
7 Oct 2026Transfermarkt€1.0M
28 May 2026Transfermarkt€700k
3 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€900k
27 May 2025Transfermarkt€1.0M
30 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€1.2M
24 May 2024Transfermarkt€1.5M
21 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€1.8M
1 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€2.5M
27 Oct 2022Transfermarkt€3.5M
13 May 2022Transfermarkt€4.0M
24 Nov 2021Transfermarkt€5.0M
8 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€6.0M
18 Mar 2021Transfermarkt€5.0M
13 Oct 2020Transfermarkt€5.0M
8 Apr 2020Transfermarkt€4.0M
27 Feb 2020Transfermarkt€5.0M
17 Oct 2019Transfermarkt€2.0M
28 Jun 2019Transfermarkt€1.0M
24 Sep 2018Transfermarkt€300k
27 Feb 2017Transfermarkt€150k
1 Sep 2016Transfermarkt€150k
24 Sep 2015Transfermarkt€100k

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

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
1 Jul 2025West Brom Hull CityFree or loan

What the score is made of

Premier League 26/27, 698 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting95Creating4Progressing35Keeping the ball44Defending25Aerial38Finishing72
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting95+0.67
Creating4−0.46
Progressing35−0.27
Keeping the ball44−0.06
Defending25−0.15
Aerial38−0.26
Finishing72+0.08

Attention

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

020K40K60K28 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 Semi Ajayi.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Premier League 26/27Premier LeagueHull City869845.645.5
Int. Friendly Games 2026International FriendliesNigeria16148.948.9
Championship 25/26ChampionshipHull City241,84340.840.9
Africa Cup of Nations 2025Africa Cup of NationsNigeria656952.951.9
Int. Friendly Games 2025International FriendliesNigeria19038.038.5
Championship 24/25ChampionshipWest Bromwich Albion151,23044.845.0

Latest matches

39 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
25 Oct 2026Premier LeagueBrentfordD 1–19000–0.0053.4
17 Oct 2026Premier Leagueat FulhamL 0–19000–0.0039.2
11 Oct 2026Premier LeagueEvertonD 2–29000–0.0239.7
19 Sep 2026Premier Leagueat Newcastle UnitedL 1–290000.010.0148.4
12 Sep 2026Premier Leagueat ChelseaD 2–290000.130.0041.9
5 Sep 2026Premier LeagueAston VillaD 0–09400–0.0038.6
29 Aug 2026Premier Leagueat Coventry CityW 1–09000–0.0040.5
22 Aug 2026Premier LeagueManchester UnitedW 2–064100.810.0070.5
10 Jun 2026International Friendliesat PortugalL 1–26100––48.9
23 May 2026ChampionshipMiddlesbroughW 1–09000–0.0031.0
All 39 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
25 Oct 2026Premier LeagueBrentfordD 1–19000–0.0053.4
17 Oct 2026Premier Leagueat FulhamL 0–19000–0.0039.2
11 Oct 2026Premier LeagueEvertonD 2–29000–0.0239.7
19 Sep 2026Premier Leagueat Newcastle UnitedL 1–290000.010.0148.4
12 Sep 2026Premier Leagueat ChelseaD 2–290000.130.0041.9
5 Sep 2026Premier LeagueAston VillaD 0–09400–0.0038.6
29 Aug 2026Premier Leagueat Coventry CityW 1–09000–0.0040.5
22 Aug 2026Premier LeagueManchester UnitedW 2–064100.810.0070.5
10 Jun 2026International Friendliesat PortugalL 1–26100––48.9
23 May 2026ChampionshipMiddlesbroughW 1–09000–0.0031.0
11 May 2026Championshipat MillwallW 2–09000–0.0039.2
25 Apr 2026Championshipat Charlton AthleticL 1–24500–0.0031.4
21 Apr 2026Championshipat Leicester CityD 2–290000.040.0050.5
18 Apr 2026ChampionshipBirmingham CityD 1–190000.260.0549.0
11 Apr 2026Championshipat Sheffield UnitedL 1–29000–0.0043.9
6 Apr 2026ChampionshipCoventry CityD 0–090000.120.0045.6
3 Apr 2026Championshipat Oxford UnitedD 1–19001–0.0257.3
21 Mar 2026ChampionshipSheffield WednesdayW 3–19000–0.0134.3
14 Mar 2026Championshipat West Bromwich AlbionL 0–390000.030.0043.2
10 Mar 2026Championshipat WrexhamW 2–12100–0.0048.3
7 Mar 2026ChampionshipMillwallL 1–390000.080.0133.6
17 Jan 2026Africa Cup of Nationsat EgyptD 0–08900––47.3
14 Jan 2026Africa Cup of NationsMoroccoD 0–012000––55.4
10 Jan 2026Africa Cup of Nationsat AlgeriaW 2–090000.16–58.1
5 Jan 2026Africa Cup of NationsMozambiqueW 4–090000.03–52.4
27 Dec 2025Africa Cup of NationsTunisiaW 3–290000.03–47.9
23 Dec 2025Africa Cup of NationsTanzaniaW 2–190100.07–55.1
13 Dec 2025Championshipat MillwallW 3–19000–0.0038.4
10 Dec 2025ChampionshipWrexhamW 2–09000–0.0035.8
5 Dec 2025ChampionshipMiddlesbroughL 1–49000–0.0128.5
29 Nov 2025Championshipat Stoke CityW 2–190100.490.0046.3
25 Nov 2025ChampionshipIpswich TownL 0–29000–0.0145.0
8 Nov 2025ChampionshipPortsmouthW 3–21400––51.1
4 Nov 2025Championshipat Derby CountyL 1–29000–0.0139.9
1 Nov 2025Championshipat Norwich CityW 2–04500–0.0045.0
25 Oct 2025ChampionshipCharlton AthleticD 1–190000.470.0135.6
21 Oct 2025ChampionshipLeicester CityW 2–19000–0.0035.4
4 Oct 2025ChampionshipSheffield UnitedW 1–0800––36.9
9 Aug 2025Championshipat Coventry CityD 0–090000.040.0141.7