+0.48goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.303% of Chelsea’s build-up value
league 0.27
Reece James ranks 207th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 22.8m on average, with 56% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Chelsea’s attacking involvement, the 12th largest share in the squad.
Injured. Knee injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.
Against their position
137 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0853rd
Non-penalty goals
0.0854th
xG
0.0533rd
Non-penalty xG
0.0533rd
Shots
0.9344th
npxG per shot
0.0524th
Shot distance
22.8m17th
Set-piece share
56%87th
Goals against xG
+0.481st
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0848th
Expected assists
0.1153rd
Key passes
0.9348th
npxG + xA
0.1639th
xG chain
0.3330th
xG build-up
0.3062nd
Assists against xA
-0.347th
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
1season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 137 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.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
vsTottenham
Sat 24 Oct, 16:30 UTC
Tottenham concede 13.8 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
0.99
0.93 per 90 × 1.06
Projected on target
0.27
0.25 per 90 × 1.07
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
19 appearances
Over 0.58 of 1942%± 11
Over 1.53 of 1916%± 8
Over 2.50 of 190%± 0
Over 3.50 of 190%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 19.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Reece James, 2024/25, 11 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.
left
23%
Centre
20%
right
56%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.053
Shots per 90
0.93
Key passes per 90
0.93
Average shot distance
22.8m
From set pieces
56%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
79%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
79%
Club role
Chelsea
What they are for
On the pitch31% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Reece James’output.
Chances received
who supplies them
Malo Gusto0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
Pedro Neto0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Nicolas Jackson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Cole Palmer0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Marc Cucurella0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
Christopher Nkunku0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
Tosin Adarabioyo0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
Tyrique George0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Levi Colwill0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Reece James carries 2.6%of Chelsea’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.299
62% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.328
29% of midfielders
Ranked against 137 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
19 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
1g
v Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
v Wolves2 shots 0 on target
at Man City1 shot 0 on target
at Villa1 shot 0 on target
at Brentford2 shots 1 on target
at Fulham1 shot 1 on target
at Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
v Man Utd2 shots 0 on target
11 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 11 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.
