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James Tarkowski

Defender33 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.041 non-penalty goals from 15 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.091 assists, 16 key passes
Finishing
-0.14goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.147% of Everton’s build-up value

James Tarkowski ranks 241st of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 9.4m on average, with 94% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Everton’s attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.46
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
9.4m
Set-piece share
94%
Goals against xG
-0.3

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
0.49
npxG + xA
0.12
xG chain
0.16
xG build-up
0.14
Assists against xA
-1.8

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 defenders 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Arsenal

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 9.6 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.39

0.46 per 90 × 0.84

Projected on target
0.09

0.12 per 90 × 0.71

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

Shots

33 appearances
  • Over 0.513 of 3339%± 9
  • Over 1.51 of 333%± 3
  • Over 2.51 of 333%± 3
  • Over 3.50 of 330%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 20 of 33.

Shooting profile

15 shots

Where they shoot

15 shots
7% of shots, 1 shot27% of shots, 4 shots7% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 3 shots33% of shots, 5 shots7%27%7%7%20%33%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

James Tarkowski, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
44%
Centre
43%
right
13%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.084
Shots per 90
0.46
Key passes per 90
0.49
Average shot distance
9.4m
From set pieces
94%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 15% of Everton’s dead-ball danger, from 8 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch86% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Dwight McNeil0.5 xG7 shots, 0g
  2. Jesper Lindstrom0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. James Garner0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Tim Iroegbunam0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. Jack Harrison0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Beto1.2 xG4 shots, 1g
  2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Jarrad Branthwaite0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Iliman Ndiaye0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Jack Harrison0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Tarkowski carries 6.9% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.143
    6% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.160
    5% of defenders

Ranked against 123 defenders 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

33 appearances, oldest first

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs3 shots
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Southampton1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

v Leicester1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

20 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 20 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.