C. Palmer

Palmer's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, C. Palmer was used in rotation for Chelsea in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 443 minutes, averaging 89 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 0.4 goals per 90, 2.8 shots per 90 and 36% of his shots on target — the rate profile behind Palmer's totals.

Set against Palmer's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he has managed 22 in a season before, so 4 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 671 minutes against 3199 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.04 to 7.46 since 2025/26. Our records cover 7 seasons of Palmer's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Manchester City, Chelsea. In that time he has played 191 matches across 7 competitions, 12,383 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 26 goals in 2023/24, from 47 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one. Palmer has 34 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 2.8 times more productive domestically, 0.51 per 90 domestically against 0.18 in Europe.

Palmer has reached 15 goals in a season 2 times, between 2023/24 and 2024/25 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Palmer has 10 appearances for England on our records — across Euro Championship - Qualification, World Cup - Qualification Europe and Euro Championship.

Treat these rates carefully. At 443 minutes — roughly 5 full matches — Palmer is 457 short of our 900-minute qualifying floor, so he does not appear on the ranking boards: on a sample this size two good afternoons move a per-90 number further than a month of steady form.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.