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PlayersNikki Stanton

Nikki Stanton

Nikki Stanton

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1990-10-26 (age 35)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 118 GP · 5,282 min · 0 goals · 3 assists

Composite 2023: 0.202 — ranked 136 of 240 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Gotham124471000312300.000.00
22017Gotham16131099010632600.000.08
32018Stars20161520000211400.000.00
42019Stars19111079000311600.000.00
52021Stars14116700000360.7000.000.00
62022Reign14340200000375.2100.000.00
72023Reign16243302011275.6500.000.42
82024Reign71110000076.6000.000.00
8 Yrs1185052820301571472.82500.000.05

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Gotham FC47100.000.000.000.150.22-0.070.030.500.100.221
22017Gotham FC109900.38-0.380.03-0.030.57-0.610.001.670.140.940
32018Chicago Stars152000.03-0.030.00-0.160.46-0.62-0.011.410.080.760
42019Chicago Stars107900.03-0.030.000.710.96-0.250.061.080.090.487
52021Chicago Stars1670-0.080.12-0.20-0.050.600.330.092
62022Reign40200.03-0.030.010.090.25-0.160.020.440.100.258
72023Reign43300.25-0.250.05-0.51-0.15-0.37-0.110.390.080.310
82024Reign11100.160.130.030.130.250.200.053
8 Yrs528200.72-0.720.010.332.56-2.250.016.340.113.121

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
120221.320-0.7100.5260.4560.31589247
220231.120-1.3050.3610.8400.202136240

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
1201641214an 8, played like a 6
2201713355328played her role
3201816971411played her role
4201911542101played her role
52021111an 8, played like a 6
620224224played her role
7202383562an 8, played like a 6
82024333a 6, played like a center back
8 Yrs603282633547311played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Jenna WalkerCurrent2023Defender0.743
2Satara MurrayRacing2022Defender0.705
3Maitane LópezStars2025Midfielder0.705
4Kelli HublyBay FC2025Defender0.635
5Kiki PickettBay FC2025Midfielder0.627
6Elizabeth BallCurrent2025Defender0.626
7Dana FoedererRoyals2025Midfielder0.623
8Kayla SharplesStars2022Defender0.612
9Kayla DuranGotham2025Defender0.606
10Taryn TorresGotham2022Midfielder0.601