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Matthijs de Ligt

Netherlands Defender·14 apps·1,215 mins
Last 6
no recent games
Tackles /90
1.41
tackles
Interceptions /90
1.11
interceptions
Duels won
63%
of duels
Blocks /90
0.52
blocks
Pass accuracy
88%
of passes
Fouls /90
0.44
committed
Summary

Matthijs de Ligt has delivered a season that, while modest in goal output, still surpasses the defensive baseline for his position in the Premier League. In 14 appearances totalling 1,215 minutes, he has scored one goal, a rate of 0.07 goals per 90 minutes compared with the typical 0.04 for defenders. His shooting activity is also above average, with 9 shots (0.67 per 90) versus the baseline 0.44, though only 3 of those were on target, giving a conversion rate of 11%. De Ligt’s key-passing contribution sits at 3 key passes (0.22 per 90), slightly below the 0.54 benchmark, and his defensive work rate shows 19 tackles (1.41 per 90) and 15 interceptions, both lower than the 1.67 tackles and 0.38 successful dribbles per 90 that are typical for the role. His average match rating of 6.95 reflects solid, if not standout, performances across the season so far.

Matthijs de Ligt has played 1,215 minutes across 14 appearances in Premier League, scoring 0.07 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.04, converting 11% of 9 shots and averaging 6.95 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.
01 Historic Performance02 Player Strength Analysis03 VS other players04 Player value05 Squad Statistics06 Season log07 Match log
01Historic Performance📊
Tackles per match
Total
16
Per match
1.60
5MAN14/092CHE20/093BRE27/092SUN04/10LIV19/10BRI25/101NOT01/112TOT08/11EVE24/111CRY30/11
Interceptions per match
Total
13
Per match
1.30
3MAN14/092CHE20/09BRE27/091SUN04/10LIV19/101BRI25/102NOT01/112TOT08/112EVE24/11CRY30/11
Duels won per match
Dotted line: duels won %
Total
53
Win rate
65%
5MAN14/095CHE20/096BRE27/096SUN04/102LIV19/102BRI25/1011NOT01/114TOT08/115EVE24/117CRY30/11
Blocks per match
Total
3
Per match
0.30
MAN14/091CHE20/09BRE27/09SUN04/10LIV19/101BRI25/10NOT01/11TOT08/111EVE24/11CRY30/11
Pass accuracy per match
Dotted line: accuracy %
Completed
406
Accuracy
87%
37MAN14/0943CHE20/0952BRE27/0938SUN04/1014LIV19/1039BRI25/1040NOT01/1137TOT08/1161EVE24/1145CRY30/11
Fouls per match
Total
5
Per match
0.50
MAN14/092CHE20/091BRE27/09SUN04/101LIV19/10BRI25/10NOT01/11TOT08/11EVE24/111CRY30/11
Dribbled past per match
Total
5
Per match
0.50
MAN14/092CHE20/09BRE27/09SUN04/10LIV19/102BRI25/10NOT01/11TOT08/11EVE24/111CRY30/11
Saves per match
Total
0
Per match
0.00
Save rate
-
MAN14/09CHE20/09BRE27/09SUN04/10LIV19/10BRI25/10NOT01/11TOT08/11EVE24/11CRY30/11
Form per match
0-10 against his own baseline · 5 is normal
Average
4.8
Best
7.3
5.07.3MAN14/095.8CHE20/094.9BRE27/095.3SUN04/100.5LIV19/102.3BRI25/107.0NOT01/116.5TOT08/115.5EVE24/113.4CRY30/11
02Player Strength Analysis💪
Where they rank
Tackles
=254thof 401 · 11 level19
Interceptions
=166thof 401 · 15 level15
Duels won
47thof 38563%
Pass accuracy
68thof 40188%
Saves
=29thof 401 · 373 level0
Ranked against 401 players in Premier League 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.

🛡️ Tackles

Season total · per 90 beside it
James Garner
120(3.16)
João Palhinha
110(4.50)
João Gomes
108(3.42)
Elliot Anderson
104(2.81)
Mateus Fernandes
104(3.10)
Adrien Truffert
103(2.74)
Tyrick Mitchell
101(2.79)
Neco Williams
96(2.69)
Florentino Luís
90(3.82)
Casemiro
90(3.12)
Enzo Le Fée
89(2.72)
Moisés Caicedo
87(2.79)
André
82(2.67)
Ethan Ampadu
81(2.33)
Diego Gómez
78(3.28)
Pedro Porro
75(2.41)
Luke Shaw
74(2.06)
Daniel Muñoz
74(2.77)
Declan Rice
70(2.03)
Iliman Ndiaye
70(2.26)
Yehor Yarmoliuk
70(2.36)
Adam Wharton
70(2.46)
Nordi Mukiele
69(2.23)
Tim Iroegbunam
69(4.13)
Álex Jiménez
69(2.67)
Martín Zubimendi
68(2.04)
Nico O'Reilly
68(2.31)
Trai Hume
67(1.99)
Hugo Bueno
67(2.54)
Jayden Bogle
66(2.11)
Matty Cash
66(1.97)
Jurriën Timber
66(2.42)
Mats Wieffer
66(3.10)
Michael Kayode
66(1.82)
Gabriel Gudmundsson
65(2.21)
Anton Stach
65(2.46)
Kenny Tete
64(3.20)
Daichi Kamada
63(2.97)
Marcos Senesi
62(1.70)
Bruno Guimarães
62(2.27)
Matthijs de Ligt
19(1.46)

🧲 Interceptions

Season total · per 90 beside it
Moisés Caicedo
59(1.90)
James Garner
57(1.50)
Marcos Senesi
56(1.53)
Ethan Ampadu
50(1.44)
Marc Guéhi
50(1.43)
Konstantinos Mavropanos
49(1.74)
Adrien Truffert
48(1.28)
Ryan Gravenberch
47(1.41)
Neco Williams
47(1.32)
Luke Shaw
46(1.28)
Jan Paul van Hecke
46(1.29)
Kyle Walker
45(1.31)
Maxence Lacroix
45(1.31)
Chris Richards
43(1.37)
Florentino Luís
41(1.74)
Elliot Anderson
41(1.11)
Nordi Mukiele
40(1.29)
Wesley Fofana
40(2.09)
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
39(1.68)
James Hill
39(1.66)
Martín Zubimendi
39(1.17)
Hugo Bueno
38(1.44)
Michael Kayode
38(1.05)
Michael Keane
37(1.27)
Declan Rice
37(1.07)
Maxime Estève
37(1.13)
Joachim Andersen
36(1.12)
Omar Alderete
36(1.16)
Nathan Collins
36(1.09)
João Gomes
36(1.14)
Alex Scott
36(1.13)
Trevoh Chalobah
35(1.13)
Mateus Fernandes
35(1.04)
Rodrigo Bentancur
34(1.62)
Tyrick Mitchell
34(0.94)
Murillo
34(1.43)
Noah Sadiki
34(1.06)
Tyler Adams
33(1.67)
Jayden Bogle
33(1.06)
Reece James
33(1.51)
Matthijs de Ligt
15(1.15)

💪 Duels won

Won / contested · count beside it
Bernd Leno
97%(28)
Emiliano Martínez
97%(28)
David Raya
96%(25)
José Sá
96%(22)
Robin Roefs
95%(35)
Gianluigi Donnarumma
92%(22)
Robert Sánchez
90%(26)
Đorđe Petrović
88%(23)
Martin Dúbravka
85%(29)
Dean Henderson
84%(21)
Bart Verbruggen
76%(16)
Virgil van Dijk
73%(216)
Caoimhin Kelleher
73%(16)
Harry Maguire
70%(98)
Tosin Adarabioyo
70%(58)
Ibrahima Konaté
69%(220)
Jarrad Branthwaite
69%(44)
Ayden Heaven
69%(55)
James Tarkowski
68%(233)
Ezri Konsa
67%(100)
Joël Veltman
67%(75)
Rodri
67%(119)
Nikola Milenković
67%(143)
Lewis Miley
66%(89)
Cristian Romero
66%(155)
Maxime Estève
66%(139)
Nathan Aké
66%(33)
Sven Botman
66%(131)
Konstantinos Mavropanos
65%(134)
Lisandro Martínez
65%(47)
Gabriel Magalhães
65%(171)
Jair
65%(22)
Sepp van den Berg
65%(175)
Malick Thiaw
64%(176)
Yves Bissouma
64%(32)
Olivier Boscagli
64%(46)
James Hill
64%(166)
Hjalmar Ekdal
64%(83)
Emmanuel Agbadou
64%(67)
Morato
64%(65)
Matthijs de Ligt
63%(74)

📏 Pass accuracy

Completed / attempted · count beside it
Ezri Konsa
95%(1998)
Victor Lindelöf
94%(602)
Trevoh Chalobah
93%(2124)
Rúben Dias
93%(1629)
Benoît Badiashile
93%(408)
William Saliba
93%(1954)
Tom Cairney
93%(639)
Lewis Dunk
92%(2298)
Josh Acheampong
92%(440)
Wesley Fofana
92%(1153)
Jorrel Hato
92%(696)
Abdukodir Khusanov
92%(992)
Moisés Caicedo
92%(1883)
Myles Lewis-Skelly
92%(350)
Curtis Jones
92%(1508)
André
91%(1194)
Cristhian Mosquera
91%(578)
Emile Smith Rowe
91%(838)
Tosin Adarabioyo
90%(685)
Ayden Heaven
90%(447)
Micky van de Ven
90%(1595)
Nico González
90%(1185)
Rayan Aït-Nouri
90%(531)
Bernardo Silva
90%(1980)
Andrey Santos
90%(719)
Rodri
90%(1454)
Douglas Luiz
90%(588)
Tyrone Mings
90%(840)
Lisandro Martínez
90%(844)
Lamare Bogarde
90%(451)
Sander Berge
90%(1551)
Jacob Ramsey
90%(634)
Lewis Miley
90%(754)
Marc Guéhi
90%(2068)
Malick Thiaw
90%(1518)
Ibrahima Konaté
90%(1941)
Ilia Gruev
90%(523)
Jhon Arias
89%(356)
Joško Gvardiol
89%(936)
Kobbie Mainoo
89%(934)
Matthijs de Ligt
88%(537)

🧤 Saves

Season total · per 90 beside it
Martin Dúbravka
127(3.63)
Caoimhin Kelleher
109(2.95)
Đorđe Petrović
109(2.87)
Robin Roefs
109(3.11)
Dean Henderson
106(2.86)
Bart Verbruggen
106(2.79)
Jordan Pickford
100(2.63)
Bernd Leno
98(2.58)
Robert Sánchez
98(2.90)
Emiliano Martínez
95(3.02)
Matz Sels
94(3.17)
Nick Pope
89(3.31)
Guglielmo Vicario
83(2.68)
Senne Lammens
79(2.47)
Gianluigi Donnarumma
78(2.29)
Alphonse Aréola
77(3.85)
José Sá
65(2.83)
Karl Darlow
63(2.86)
David Raya
60(1.62)
Alisson
57(2.19)
Mads Hermansen
55(3.06)
Sam Johnstone
39(3.25)
Lucas Perri
38(2.38)
Giorgi Mamardashvili
34(3.53)
Aaron Ramsdale
25(2.24)
Marco Bizot
19(2.92)
Altay Bayındır
13(2.17)
Antonín Kinský
10(1.43)
Jadon Sancho
0(0.00)
Jacob Bruun Larsen
0(0.00)
Rodri
0(0.00)
Benoît Badiashile
0(0.00)
Jorge Cuenca
0(0.00)
Jean-Clair Todibo
0(0.00)
Kieran Trippier
0(0.00)
Kyle Walker-Peters
0(0.00)
Cody Gakpo
0(0.00)
Donyell Malen
0(0.00)
Joe Gomez
0(0.00)
Andy Robertson
0(0.00)
Matthijs de Ligt
0(0.00)
03VS other players👥
Compare with
Up to 3 at once
Tackles /90
1.41
0.54
Interceptions /90
1.11
0.72
Duels won %
63%
72%
Blocks /90
0.52
0.69
Pass accuracy %
88%
89%
Fouls /90
0.44
0.67
1.411.1163%0.5288%0.440.540.7272%0.6989%0.67Tacklesrim 1.41Intrim 1.11Duelsrim 72%Blocksrim 0.69Pass accrim 89%Foulsrim 0.67
Each spoke has its own scale: rings are 25/50/75/100% of the rim value shown.
Matthijs de Ligt Virgil van Dijk
04Player value💶
Current market value
€30.0m
Transfermarkt, 2026
Value by year
€38.0m2024€30.0m2025€30.0m2026
05Squad Statistics👥
Min apps6+
Team form
PlayerPosAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesDrib
%
TacklesInterc.BlocksDuels
won %
FoulsFouledYelRedSavesRatingForm
Bryan MbeumoF342666123603320%5379%1833%268133%23284006.88
4.4
Benjamin ŠeškoF321816121583921%969%1134%63240%1772006.77
4.7
Matheus CunhaF352683102623616%4080%4949%4121447%30604007.08
5.1
Bruno FernandesM373201922582616%14382%1643%5822646%25365007.64
6.9
CasemiroM35260492361825%3781%744%90312753%463611107.19
8.1
Patrick DorguM28159644221318%2977%1328%5218354%25495006.92
4.1
Mason MountM2511063114521%1582%739%259144%16142006.89
7.6
Amad DialloM3324262342255%4388%4049%3817450%24392006.88
1.7
Harry MaguireD2517682214714%686%150%23141271%18174106.95
7.7
Joshua ZirkzeeF267022119911%1274%542%121241%984006.54
3.4
Luke ShawD383231116317%1687%1050%7446955%49209006.71
7.7
Diogo DalotD362797132374%3285%1966%5429960%26155006.89
8.4
Kobbie MainooM301822139311%2789%2051%37231049%15243006.89
6.6
Matthijs de LigtD141215109311%388%150%1915763%650006.95
4.9
Senne LammensG3329700000060%010092%0400807.00
8.5
Leny YoroD33183800830%489%250%34321255%1861006.67
4.5
Lisandro MartínezD19131600310%690%1583%22121365%1030107.13
6.6
Manuel UgarteM24102500810%386%867%5122555%26171006.69
3.5
Noussair MazraouiD20102200200%787%853%2814263%12143006.88
6.3
Ayden HeavenD18100201300%390%675%2231266%892006.90
3.5
Altay BayındırG65400000160%1100%00083%0300136.58
3.9
Jack FletcherM310700100%282%00%51139%210006.57
André OnanaG1900000084%0000100%000026.70
Shea LaceyF47800510%189%125%10033%422106.50
Tyler FredricsonD2550000092%020080%111006.50
Tyrell MalaciaD3320000085%030060%000006.57
Tyler FletcherM2170000095%0000000006.70
Bendito MantatoF11500001100%00%0000%000006.30
Per-player totals for 2025/26 from API-Football match stats, across 28 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.
06Season log🗂️
SeasonClubCompAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesTacklesInterc.Duels
won %
FoulsYelRedRating
2025/26Manchester UnitedPremier League131170108312%388%1191563%6006.93
2025/26Manchester UnitedLeague Cup14500100%085%00075%0007.20
2024/25Manchester UnitedPremier League2921372014914%690%2303364%16306.92
2024/25Manchester UnitedUEFA Europa League966500520%291%08364%5206.87
2024/25Manchester UnitedFA Cup22400000283%07357%1007.45
2024/25Manchester UnitedLeague Cup2840000095%00025%1006.50
2023/24Bayern MünchenBundesliga2213962011718%394%2131660%12506.97
2023/24Bayern MünchenUEFA Champions League646701200%191%08470%4007.12
2022/23Bayern MünchenBundesliga3124143118817%691%0322360%18407.08
2022/23Bayern MünchenUEFA Champions League76150000093%051054%8107.14
07Match log📅
DateOpponentResMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtKey
passes
TacklesFoulsYelRedRatingForm
30 Nova Crystal Palace9001011006.30
3.4
24 Novv Everton9002110007.30
5.5
08 Nova Tottenham90101102007.20
6.5
01 Nova Nottingham Forest900001006.90
7.0
25 Octv Brighton900000006.30
2.3
19 Octa Liverpool9001001006.50
0.5
04 Octv Sunderland900002007.20
5.3
27 Sepa Brentford9001031006.70
4.9
20 Sepv Chelsea9000122007.20
5.8
14 Sepa Manchester City900005006.30
7.3
30 Augv Burnley900000006.20
2.2
27 Auga GrimsbyD450100007.20
3.8
24 Auga Fulham900001008.50
8.2
17 Augv Arsenal90021121007.50
7.4
04 Maya Brentford350000006.30