Ben Close Stats, Market Value & Form

Summary

Ben Close has been a surprisingly prolific contributor for his side in the 2025/26 League One campaign, recording three goals from 25 appearances and 1,179 minutes of play. His goal rate of 0.23 per 90 minutes exceeds the midfield baseline of 0.12, underscoring his offensive impact beyond the typical expectations for his position. Close has taken nine shots, 4 of which were on target, giving a conversion rate of 33 percent that outpaces the midfield average of 0.89 shots per 90. He has also delivered 19 key passes, 1.45 per 90, higher than the baseline of 1.12, while his defensive contributions of 25 tackles and 16 interceptions (1.91 tackles per 90) remain slightly above the midfield norm of 1.81 tackles per 90. With an average match rating of 6.86, Ben Close’s season so far demonstrates a clear gap between his performance and the positional baseline.

Ben Close has played 1,179 minutes across 25 appearances in League One, scoring 0.23 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.12, converting 33% of 9 shots and averaging 6.86 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.

Where they rank

Total goals

=263rdof 560 · 110 level1

Total assists

=364thof 560 · 197 level0

Key passes

=269thof 560 · 13 level12

Ranked against 560 players in League One with 450+ minutes this season, every position included. Rates need 20+ attempts, so a percentage off a handful of tries is left out rather than ranked. Each chart draws the top 40, plus this player where he falls outside them.

🥅 Total goals

Season total · per game beside it

Dominic Ballard

23(0.57)

Kyle Wootton

19(0.39)

Jayden Wareham

19(0.41)

Lorent Tolaj

18(0.55)

Jack Marriott

16(0.67)

Aribim Pepple

16(0.46)

Harry Leonard

16(0.43)

David McGoldrick

15(0.41)

Ashley Fletcher

15(0.35)

Joe Taylor

15(0.38)

Jamie Reid

14(0.30)

Yousef Saleh

14(0.41)

Davis Keillor-Dunn

13(0.54)

Jake Beesley

13(0.29)

Owen Bailey

13(0.28)

Sam Nombe

12(0.39)

Marcus Browne

12(0.33)

Jordan Clark

12(0.32)

Jimmy Morgan

12(0.35)

Mason Burstow

12(0.25)

Sam Dalby

11(0.25)

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

11(0.27)

Lewis Wing

11(0.24)

Antoni Sarcevic

11(0.28)

Jack Moylan

11(0.35)

Omari Kellyman

11(0.31)

Kyrell Lisbie

11(0.25)

Fred Onyedinma

10(0.23)

Leo Castledine

10(0.43)

Robert Street

10(0.22)

Bobby Pointon

10(0.29)

Cauley Woodrow

9(0.24)

Mathew Stevens

9(0.32)

Lucas Akins

9(0.33)

Adam Phillips

9(0.21)

Tyrese Shade

9(0.24)

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

9(0.21)

Amario Cozier-Duberry

9(0.24)

Gideon Kodua

9(0.24)

Rhys Oates

8(0.22)

Ben Close

1(0.05)

🤝 Total assists

Season total · per game beside it

Ilmari Niskanen

13(0.28)

Reyes Cleary

13(0.31)

Ollie Tanner

12(0.43)

Oliver Norwood

11(0.25)

Lewis Wing

11(0.24)

Amario Cozier-Duberry

10(0.27)

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

8(0.20)

Liam Walsh

8(0.24)

Steve Seddon

8(0.17)

Fraser Murray

8(0.18)

Lorent Tolaj

8(0.24)

Ollie O'Neill

8(0.24)

Malachi Boateng

8(0.17)

Archie Collins

7(0.16)

Ryan Wintle

7(0.17)

Luke Molyneux

7(0.17)

Josh Neufville

7(0.16)

Kyran Lofthouse

7(0.16)

Chris Willock

7(0.17)

Jack Diamond

7(0.15)

Jake Beesley

7(0.16)

Harvey White

7(0.15)

Kyrell Lisbie

7(0.16)

Conor McGrandles

6(0.13)

Matt Ritchie

6(0.21)

Ben Osborn

6(0.15)

Ronan Curtis

6(0.15)

Bali Mumba

6(0.13)

Lynden Gooch

6(0.19)

Alfie May

6(0.18)

Marcus Harness

6(0.14)

Luke Leahy

6(0.15)

Callum Wright

6(0.15)

Jack Moylan

6(0.19)

Rubin Colwill

6(0.19)

Patrick Kelly

6(0.15)

Ronan Kpakio

6(0.18)

CJ Hamilton

5(0.12)

Thomas Hamer

5(0.11)

George Saville

5(0.13)

Ben Close

0(0.00)

🔑 Key passes

Chances created

Oliver Norwood

Ronan Curtis

Steve Seddon

Fraser Murray

Harvey White

Luca Connell

Max Power

Joel Bagan

Ben Osborn

Ilmari Niskanen

Rubin Colwill

Lewis Wing

Ethan Brierley

Liam Walsh

Kyran Lofthouse

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

Aaron Morley

Chris Willock

Amario Cozier-Duberry

Patrick Kelly

Mason Burstow

Luke Molyneux

Luke Leahy

Josh Sheehan

Max Conway

Charlie Savage

Reyes Cleary

Ibou Touray

George Saville

Joe Powell

Marcus Harness

Dean Campbell

Kami Doyle

Ryan Wintle

Alex Robertson

Kyrell Lisbie

Adam Phillips

Matthew Sorinola

Antoni Sarcevic

Odin Bailey

Ben Close

Player	Pos	Apps	Mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Drib %	Tackles	Interc.	Blocks	Duels won %	Fouls	Fouled	Yel	Saves	Rating	Form
Owen Bailey	M	51	4459	15	6	65	30	23%	48	72%	14	37%	72	44	15	53%	63	64	8	0	7.04	4.1
Luke Molyneux	M	45	3643	8	9	64	27	12%	59	71%	58	38%	42	22	2	39%	31	60	6	0	6.83	2.2
Billy Sharp	F	40	1947	7	2	31	19	23%	13	68%	6	43%	8	1	2	38%	24	46	4	0	6.70	8.5
Brandon Hanlan	F	40	2148	5	1	24	17	21%	12	72%	17	37%	17	5	2	30%	51	41	4	0	6.48	7.5
Jordan Gibson	M	45	1971	4	2	31	15	13%	27	73%	32	37%	28	13	2	39%	15	26	0	0	6.70	2.4
Ben Close	M	25	1179	3	0	9	4	33%	19	81%	2	50%	25	16	5	53%	12	5	2	0	6.86	2.6
Elliott Lee	M	18	1085	3	2	20	10	15%	15	83%	10	48%	7	2	6	36%	18	17	1	0	6.74	7.7
Matty Pearson	D	33	2496	2	0	14	4	14%	10	76%	2	100%	29	30	17	65%	21	32	3	0	6.94	4.6
Harry Clifton	M	39	2222	2	1	42	14	5%	26	70%	16	52%	38	15	6	46%	31	38	4	0	6.57	8.5
Hakeeb Adelakun	F	20	1246	2	2	18	4	11%	12	69%	15	58%	13	9	0	42%	17	13	0	0	6.75	6.3
Jack Senior	D	41	2948	1	0	14	4	7%	28	69%	15	48%	68	37	16	59%	24	36	9	0	6.75	7.2
Jay McGrath	D	36	2682	1	2	13	6	8%	6	69%	2	50%	31	35	19	58%	34	20	9	0	6.59	0.9
Robbie Gotts	M	39	2503	1	4	13	4	8%	29	76%	17	46%	65	37	5	56%	43	59	13	0	6.82	5.5
George Broadbent	M	40	2262	1	3	20	7	5%	28	75%	7	78%	40	40	8	50%	30	14	8	0	6.81	6.1
Glenn Middleton	M	39	1708	1	3	22	11	5%	38	76%	17	37%	14	8	3	37%	10	12	4	0	6.75	3.1
Tom Nixon	D	17	1112	1	0	6	3	17%	12	70%	13	72%	40	9	6	59%	12	12	1	0	6.78	2.5
Oyindamola Ajayi	F	15	450	1	0	7	2	14%	7	75%	8	73%	9	1	1	43%	6	3	1	0	6.63	0.8
Francis Okoronkwo	F	4	277	1	0	5	2	20%	3	51%	3	50%	2	1	0	33%	3	3	0	0	6.70	–
Thimothee Lo-Tutala	G	35	3143	0	0	0	0	–	0	57%	2	100%	0	0	0	92%	1	2	4	85	6.57	7.6
Jamie Sterry	D	34	2602	0	1	16	4	0%	22	74%	17	81%	60	22	11	54%	40	29	5	1	6.72	2.3
James Maxwell	D	22	1668	0	2	4	0	0%	10	67%	9	41%	57	30	2	59%	10	21	3	0	6.86	2.6
Connor O'Riordan	D	21	1659	0	0	4	1	0%	2	86%	5	62%	35	25	14	59%	23	4	3	0	6.77	1.9
Sean Grehan	D	20	1279	0	0	8	4	0%	6	76%	1	50%	27	18	11	62%	9	6	3	0	6.87	3.7
Neill Byrne	D	14	1146	0	0	4	3	0%	2	70%	0	0%	13	11	11	61%	10	6	3	0	6.83	4.2
Ian Lawlor	G	9	810	0	0	0	0	–	0	60%	0	–	0	0	0	67%	0	1	0	26	6.84	2.7
Zander Clark	G	7	630	0	0	0	0	–	0	44%	0	–	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	12	6.34	4.2
Charlie Crew	M	10	543	0	1	3	0	0%	5	82%	2	50%	14	0	2	46%	8	1	1	0	6.68	4.5
Joe Sbarra	M	6	398	0	0	1	1	0%	4	77%	1	100%	2	3	0	30%	4	1	1	0	6.35	4.4
Darren Robinson	M	7	239	0	0	2	0	0%	2	79%	1	50%	7	3	3	57%	1	2	1	0	6.80	5.7
Toyosi Olusanya	F	8	192	0	0	5	1	0%	1	79%	4	44%	0	0	1	29%	10	5	0	0	6.31	6.8
Joe Ironside	F	2	44	0	0	2	1	0%	0	78%	1	100%	0	0	0	46%	1	2	0	0	6.25	–
Bayley McCann	D	2	24	0	0	0	0	–	1	83%	0	–	0	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	6.40	–
Jake Oram	G	1	11	0	0	0	0	–	0	40%	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	6.60	–
Kasper Williams	D	1	8	0	0	0	0	–	0	67%	0	–	1	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	6.60	–

Per-player totals for 2025/26 from API-Football match stats, across 34 players. Click any column to sort. Goals/shot is conversion - goals divided by shots taken. Rating is API-Football's own 0-10 composite for each appearance, averaged here; it is their proprietary score, so treat it as a summary rather than an input. A blank from the provider means the player recorded none of that event, so it counts as zero. Form is 0-10: each appearance is scored as a per-90 composite of the stats that matter for that position, then the last 5 are compared with the player's own season baseline. 5 is their normal, green a hot run, red a cold one – it measures a player against themselves, not against the squad. Under 6 appearances shows a dash rather than a number off too small a sample.

Season	Club	Comp	Apps	Mins	Goals	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Tackles	Interc.	Duels won %	Fouls	Yel	Rating
2025/26	Doncaster	League One	21	907	1	6	2	17%	12	79%	2	17	12	55%	8	1	6.73
2025/26	Doncaster	League Cup	3	255	2	3	2	67%	7	85%	0	8	4	48%	4	1	7.73
2025/26	Doncaster	FA Cup	1	17	0	0	0	–	0	85%	0	0	0	–	0	0	6.70
2024/25	Doncaster	League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	–

Date	Opponent	Res	Mins	Goals	Shots	On tgt	Key passes	Tackles	Fouls	Yel	Rating	Form
18 Apr	a Northampton	–	1	–	0	–	0	0	–	0	–	2.2
06 Apr	a Exeter	–	69	–	1	–	0	3	–	0	6.90	4.4
24 Mar	v Port Vale	–	1	–	0	–	0	0	–	0	–	2.2
14 Mar	v Blackpool	–	11	–	0	–	0	0	–	0	6.70	2.7
10 Mar	v Luton	–	24	–	0	–	1	1	–	0	6.60	8.1
07 Mar	a Plymouth	–	24	–	1	–	0	0	–	0	6.70	4.9
28 Feb	v Cardiff	–	32	–	0	–	0	2	–	0	6.90	5.6
17 Feb	v Huddersfield	–	81	–	0	–	0	1	2	0	6.90	3.6
29 Dec	a Stockport	–	59	–	0	–	1	1	–	0	6.30	3.9
26 Dec	a Blackpool	–	90	–	0	–	2	2	–	0	7.20	5.7
20 Dec	v Plymouth	–	19	–	1	1	1	1	–	0	6.30	7.9
13 Dec	a Cardiff	–	89	–	0	–	1	1	2	1	7.20	5.0
09 Dec	v Stockport	–	27	–	1	–	0	0	–	0	6.30	6.4
06 Dec	a Chesterfield	W	17	–	0	–	0	0	–	0	6.70	3.2
25 Oct	a Reading	–	75	–	0	–	0	1	–	0	6.50	3.5

Ben Close

🥅 Total goals

🤝 Total assists

🔑 Key passes

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