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Adam Wharton

Midfielder22 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.041 non-penalty goals from 32 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.235 assists, 44 key passes
Finishing
-0.02goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.3712% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Adam Wharton ranks 138th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.7m on average, with 24% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 11% of Crystal Palace’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
1.11
npxG per shot
0.04
Shot distance
21.7m
Set-piece share
24%
Goals against xG
-0.2

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.17
Expected assists
0.23
Key passes
1.53
npxG + xA
0.27
xG chain
0.51
xG build-up
0.37
Assists against xA
-1.6

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
5.75
Defensive contribution
10.69

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
4season count
Red cards
1season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Ranked against 142 midfielders with half a match a round or more, the same comparison the compare page makes. Where less is better, such as being dispossessed, the order is turned round, so a high percentile is always the good end. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.93× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.03

1.11 per 90 × 0.93

Projected on target
0.19

0.21 per 90 × 0.92

Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.

Shots

34 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 3459%± 8
  • Over 1.58 of 3424%± 7
  • Over 2.53 of 349%± 5
  • Over 3.51 of 343%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 14 of 34.

Shooting profile

32 shots

Where they shoot

32 shots
3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot13% of shots, 4 shots19% of shots, 6 shots13% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots9%6%9%13%19%13%6%6%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Adam Wharton, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
29%
Centre
30%
right
40%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.036
Shots per 90
1.11
Key passes per 90
1.53
Average shot distance
21.7m
From set pieces
24%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
4%
Headed
0%

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 15% of Crystal Palace’s dead-ball danger, from 19 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch76% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Adam Wharton’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Yeremi Pino0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
  2. Daichi Kamada0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Justin Devenny0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Jørgen Strand Larsen0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Will Hughes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jørgen Strand Larsen1.3 xG5 shots, 2g
  2. Jean-Philippe Mateta1.2 xG8 shots, 0g
  3. Ismaila Sarr0.7 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. Chris Richards0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Maxence Lacroix0.6 xG4 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Adam Wharton carries 11.7% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.366
    84% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.509
    73% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in, with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance rather than the chance.

Match by match

Match log

34 appearances, oldest first

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Man City3 shots
0 on target

at Leeds1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs3 shots
1 on target

v Villa2 shots
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs2 shots
1 on target

v Leeds2 shots
0 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Brentford4 shots
2 on target

14 blanksno shot
not placed

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line. The feed cannot date an appearance with no shot in it, so 14 sits at the end, counted but unplaced.

How to read the ties. Each rate ties back to the league average: solid where the sample is settled, broken where it is still being shrunk toward the league, an open circle where there is no cohort to rank against.