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Fleetwood Town · League Two← BackJames Bolton has delivered a season in League Two that stands out for a defender who consistently surpasses the positional baseline in goal contribution. Over 20 appearances and 1,663 minutes, Bolton has netted two goals and supplied one assist, giving him a goals-per-90 rate of 0.11 compared with the 0.05 benchmark for his position. His 17 shots, 6 on target and a 12% conversion rate, translate to 0.92 shots per 90, more than double the 0.47 baseline. While his key passes per 90 (0.11) fall short of the 0.5 standard, his defensive work remains solid with 26 tackles and 24 interceptions, slightly below the 1.5 tackles per 90 benchmark but still a respectable contribution. James Bolton’s offensive output, particularly his goal tally, clearly outpaces what is typical for a defender in this league.
James Bolton has played 1,663 minutes across 20 appearances in League Two, scoring 0.11 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.05, converting 12% of 17 shots and averaging 7.06 a match.
| 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 | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Helm | M | 48 | 3497 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 24 | 21% | 59 | 76% | 41 | 51% | 43 | 19 | 8 | 46% | 30 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 7.8 |
| Ryan Graydon | F | 25 | 1621 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 21% | 17 | 63% | 13 | 33% | 7 | 3 | 2 | 42% | 32 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.81 | 4.0 |
| Will Davies | F | 43 | 2436 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 16% | 11 | 63% | 10 | 31% | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33% | 45 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 2.7 |
| Ched Evans | F | 44 | 2431 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 14% | 32 | 64% | 7 | 21% | 19 | 1 | 7 | 33% | 69 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 4.4 |
| Ethan Ennis | M | 40 | 3292 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 8% | 58 | 70% | 45 | 38% | 62 | 16 | 3 | 41% | 38 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.98 | 7.7 |
| Matthew Virtue-Thick | M | 36 | 2060 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14% | 17 | 64% | 5 | 50% | 33 | 8 | 5 | 46% | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 4.4 |
| Jordan Davies | M | 16 | 693 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12% | 12 | 60% | 8 | 42% | 18 | 4 | 2 | 48% | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | 3.9 |
| Elliot Bonds | M | 43 | 3558 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9% | 43 | 70% | 27 | 51% | 120 | 16 | 19 | 54% | 64 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 3.2 |
| James Bolton | D | 20 | 1663 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12% | 2 | 77% | 3 | 100% | 26 | 24 | 25 | 61% | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.06 | 1.4 |
| James Norwood | F | 19 | 687 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 15% | 8 | 60% | 3 | 30% | 5 | 1 | 3 | 35% | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 2.9 |
| Detlef Esapa Osong | F | 15 | 440 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 40% | 4 | 67% | 8 | 38% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27% | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.51 | 4.3 |
| Crispin McLean | M | 8 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 87% | 2 | 67% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 2.5 |
| Harrison Neal | M | 45 | 2828 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8% | 43 | 69% | 7 | 58% | 79 | 37 | 18 | 58% | 51 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 7.3 |
| Finley Potter | D | 31 | 2551 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8% | 15 | 73% | 7 | 70% | 30 | 39 | 17 | 54% | 19 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 3.2 |
| Shaun Rooney | D | 25 | 2059 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11% | 4 | 70% | 10 | 67% | 48 | 16 | 9 | 56% | 43 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.92 | 5.0 |
| Zech Medley | D | 22 | 1399 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8% | 5 | 66% | 18 | 58% | 26 | 20 | 16 | 53% | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 | 6.8 |
| Lewis McCann | M | 16 | 961 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9% | 6 | 53% | 8 | 33% | 28 | 4 | 3 | 60% | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 2.8 |
| Ronan Coughlan | F | 11 | 498 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10% | 6 | 74% | 7 | 50% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36% | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 7.1 |
| Owen Devonport | F | 16 | 436 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12% | 7 | 62% | 2 | 33% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44% | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 4.8 |
| Liam Roberts | M | 6 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 73% | 1 | 50% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43% | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 4.5 |
| Jay Lynch | G | 46 | 4140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 47% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92% | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 6.84 | 2.3 |
| Conor Haughey | D | 20 | 1763 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 77% | 3 | 100% | 26 | 7 | 16 | 54% | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 4.6 |
| Harrison Holgate | D | 21 | 1680 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 71% | 0 | – | 35 | 17 | 7 | 61% | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 2.5 |
| Toby Mullarkey | D | 23 | 1642 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 6 | 73% | 7 | 35% | 17 | 16 | 22 | 52% | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 3.2 |
| Kayden Hughes | D | 18 | 1405 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 70% | 1 | 17% | 14 | 12 | 9 | 49% | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 5.3 |
| Josh Powell | M | 18 | 1193 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0% | 7 | 59% | 3 | 60% | 23 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 2.8 |
| Mitchell Clark | M | 14 | 871 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0% | 11 | 70% | 9 | 56% | 19 | 7 | 2 | 57% | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 5.0 |
| Denver Hume | M | 9 | 663 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 75% | 6 | 43% | 13 | 3 | 4 | 62% | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.23 | 4.8 |
| George Morrison | M | 10 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 59% | 1 | 50% | 8 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.34 | 1.4 |
| David Harrington | G | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 44% | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.30 | – |
| Will Johnson | D | 3 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 78% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 1 | 1 | 48% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | – |
| Rhys Bennett | D | 3 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 73% | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | 0 | 74% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | – |
| Rafaele Cirino | D | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Fleetwood Town | League Two | 20 | 1663 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12% | 2 | 77% | 3 | 26 | 24 | 61% | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7.06 |
| 2024/25 | Fleetwood Town | League Cup | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 94% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.30 |
| 2023/24 | ST Mirren | Premiership | 23 | 1272 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10% | 4 | 67% | 1 | 19 | 14 | 64% | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6.83 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 May | v Milton Keynes Dons | – | 74 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 7.5 |
| 25 Apr | a Shrewsbury | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 3.0 |
| 18 Apr | v Chesterfield | – | 90 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4.7 |
| 11 Apr | a Accrington | – | 19 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 1.9 |
| 22 Nov | v Shrewsbury | – | 90 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.00 | 0.0 |
| 15 Nov | v Swindon | – | 90 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.30 | 4.8 |
| 08 Nov | a Crawley Town | – | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.90 | 7.2 |
| 25 Oct | v Accrington | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6.7 |
| 18 Oct | a Chesterfield | – | 90 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.30 | 5.7 |
| 11 Oct | v Harrogate | – | 90 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 5.2 |
| 27 Sep | v Colchester | – | 40 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 3.8 |
| 20 Sep | a Cambridge | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 10.0 |
| 13 Sep | v Walsall | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.50 | 4.8 |
| 06 Sep | a Notts County | – | 90 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6.2 |
| 30 Aug | a Barrow | – | 90 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.90 | 5.7 |