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PlayersJess Fishlock

Jess Fishlock

Jess Fishlock

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
Wales
Born:
1987-01-14 (age 39)
Height:
160 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 140 GP · 11,192 min · 28 goals · 16 assists

Composite 2026: 0.411 — ranked 107 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Reign16161478140291612400.060.30
22017Reign20201840720392419300.340.44
32018Reign18181637210371825200.110.16
42019Reign5543531026188000.620.83
52022Reign2019164542037213575.8300.220.33
62023Reign2019156541032132073.6200.230.29
72024Reign181714000301062079.1000.000.19
82025Reign1888476202091170.4000.640.85
92026Reign5534510073682.5100.260.26
9 Yrs140127111922816023712815675.91500.230.35

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Reign147810.610.390.042.273.07-0.800.145.580.340.618
22017Reign184074.232.770.214.455.36-0.920.224.410.220.636
32018Reign163722.87-0.870.161.291.76-0.470.073.710.200.698
42019Reign43533.11-0.110.642.362.39-0.030.491.020.210.056
52022Reign164543.450.550.192.422.97-0.550.133.050.170.282
62023Reign156543.030.970.173.644.06-0.420.212.280.130.204
72024Reign140000.49-0.490.030.680.84-0.160.042.470.160.396
82025Reign84763.842.160.414.945.01-0.080.521.550.170.193
92026Reign34511.18-0.180.310.620.72-0.100.161.440.380.041
9 Yrs111922822.815.190.1822.6726.18-3.530.1825.510.213.124

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120220.2190.0820.7740.7920.52353247
220230.4330.2531.4271.3190.95215240
320240.1980.2301.6540.7760.81627338
420250.5310.3541.5550.1090.66743258
520261.1820.1430.778-0.1180.0000.411107385

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
12016161591115an 8, played like a 6
220172011812171an 8, played like a 6
320181961313321an 8, played like a 6
42019523113an 8, played like a 9
52020111an 8, played like a 10
6202124617111445an 8, played like a 6
7202225915114155an 8, played like a 6
8202319991973played her role
9202417662121331played her role
102025814211313played her role
112026551112an 8, played like a 9
11 Yrs1592441005533941324322an 8, played like a 6

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Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
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9Jodie TaylorPride2021Forward0.559
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