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Defender·16 apps·515 minsJoel Ward has been a workhorse for his club in the 2025/26 Championship season, featuring in 16 matches and logging 515 minutes. He has recorded 8 tackles and 11 interceptions, which translate to 1.4 tackles per 90 and 1.54 interceptions per 90, both slightly below the defensive baseline for his position. Ward’s offensive output is modest, with a single shot and no goals or assists, giving him a 0.0 goals per 90 and 0.17 shots per 90, well below the positional averages. He has contributed 2 key passes, equating to 0.35 key passes per 90, again below the baseline of 0.57. His average match rating sits at 6.6, reflecting a solid, if not standout, season so far.
Joel Ward has played 515 minutes across 16 appearances in Championship, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.05, converting 0% of 1 shots and averaging 6.60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Žan Vipotnik | F | 49 | 3264 | 25 | 3 | 71 | 39 | 35% | 29 | 72% | 6 | 26% | 7 | 7 | 6 | 36% | 22 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 6.8 |
| Adam Idah | F | 27 | 987 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 33% | 16 | 66% | 4 | 33% | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33% | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 6.5 |
| Ronald | M | 49 | 3354 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 13% | 36 | 77% | 33 | 34% | 61 | 29 | 2 | 48% | 31 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 | 7.0 |
| Liam Cullen | F | 43 | 1785 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 16% | 18 | 81% | 2 | 15% | 25 | 11 | 4 | 39% | 27 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 2.7 |
| Ethan Galbraith | M | 44 | 3535 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 10% | 35 | 82% | 34 | 52% | 71 | 48 | 11 | 53% | 36 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.99 | 3.6 |
| Gonçalo Franco | M | 49 | 3467 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 15% | 39 | 82% | 25 | 47% | 123 | 40 | 27 | 48% | 64 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 2.2 |
| Ji-sung Eom | M | 48 | 2718 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 7% | 60 | 78% | 31 | 46% | 53 | 22 | 5 | 50% | 34 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 8.8 |
| Marko Stamenić | M | 38 | 2644 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 19% | 11 | 86% | 8 | 50% | 55 | 51 | 8 | 46% | 57 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.0 |
| Cameron Burgess | D | 51 | 4531 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12% | 12 | 82% | 1 | 50% | 42 | 60 | 54 | 66% | 17 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | 3.3 |
| Josh Key | D | 34 | 2277 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20% | 30 | 81% | 13 | 35% | 39 | 20 | 7 | 40% | 24 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 5.7 |
| Josh Tymon | D | 50 | 4395 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 4% | 94 | 83% | 18 | 38% | 57 | 57 | 7 | 50% | 20 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 2.9 |
| Ben Cabango | D | 47 | 4192 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5% | 11 | 84% | 3 | 100% | 75 | 50 | 33 | 61% | 25 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 1.3 |
| Jay Fulton | M | 34 | 1448 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 4 | 82% | 5 | 62% | 24 | 22 | 13 | 56% | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 3.4 |
| Zeidane Inoussa | F | 29 | 1309 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8% | 18 | 77% | 30 | 43% | 17 | 7 | 0 | 42% | 33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 4.7 |
| Malick Yalcouyé | M | 36 | 1208 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9% | 16 | 85% | 12 | 43% | 24 | 6 | 1 | 52% | 11 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.63 | 6.4 |
| Leo Walta | M | 10 | 316 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14% | 9 | 87% | 2 | 50% | 6 | 6 | 0 | 41% | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 5.5 |
| Bobby Wales | F | 6 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 60% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | 2.8 |
| Lawrence Vigouroux | G | 45 | 4050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 66% | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87% | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 7.17 | 8.5 |
| Melker Widell | M | 43 | 1908 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 0% | 18 | 78% | 17 | 42% | 42 | 14 | 7 | 47% | 31 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 2.7 |
| Kaelan Casey | D | 13 | 687 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 89% | 0 | – | 6 | 6 | 12 | 68% | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 1.9 |
| Andrew Fisher | G | 6 | 579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 69% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.30 | 4.9 |
| Gustavo Nunes | F | 12 | 559 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 4 | 71% | 12 | 46% | 14 | 2 | 1 | 47% | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 1.8 |
| Joel Ward | D | 16 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 69% | 1 | 50% | 8 | 11 | 2 | 63% | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 3.8 |
| Samuel Parker | D | 6 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 3 | 78% | 4 | 36% | 17 | 7 | 0 | 62% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 4.2 |
| Ishé Samuels-Smith | D | 8 | 362 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 82% | 2 | 40% | 13 | 5 | 1 | 55% | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 4.3 |
| Manuel Benson | F | 8 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 88% | 9 | 53% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61% | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 3.4 |
| Oliver Cooper | M | 2 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 85% | 1 | 100% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Ricardo Santos | D | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 92% | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Cameron Congreve | M | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 75% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Arthur Parker | D | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 86% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| Thomas Woodward | M | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 80% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| 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 | Swansea | Championship | 15 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 70% | 1 | 7 | 9 | 59% | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 |
| 2025/26 | Swansea | FA Cup | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 66% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 88% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 2 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 58% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.15 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace | League Cup | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 86% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace | FA Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2023/24 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 26 | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 76% | 8 | 45 | 14 | 53% | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6.68 |
| 2022/23 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 28 | 2255 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33% | 9 | 75% | 7 | 50 | 25 | 59% | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6.77 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 May | v Charlton | – | 12 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 2.0 |
| 25 Apr | a Norwich | – | 60 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 8.4 |
| 21 Apr | a QPR | – | 17 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | 2.5 |
| 18 Apr | v Southampton | – | 30 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 6.8 |
| 11 Apr | a Leicester | – | 34 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 2.7 |
| 06 Apr | v Middlesbrough | – | 18 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 5.5 |
| 03 Apr | a Sheffield United | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 5.6 |
| 21 Mar | v Coventry | – | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 4.9 |
| 10 Mar | a Portsmouth | – | 20 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 6.60 | 5.6 |
| 07 Mar | v Stoke | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2.1 |
| 28 Feb | a Ipswich | – | 14 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 4.0 |
| 21 Feb | v Bristol City | – | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 3.8 |
| 31 Jan | a Watford | – | 68 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 2.7 |
| 20 Jan | v Blackburn | – | 24 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 8.5 |
| 17 Jan | v Birmingham | – | 12 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 7.2 |
