C. Gakpo

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

In 2026/27, C. Gakpo was used in rotation for Liverpool in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 371 minutes, averaging 74 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 272nd of 978 midfielders and inside the top 28%.

Per 90 minutes that is 2.7 key passes per 90, 0.7 assists per 90 and 3.6 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Gakpo's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Gakpo sits in the top 4% for goalscoring but only the top 52% for shot conversion.

Set against Gakpo's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he has managed 26 in a season before, so 8 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 1237 minutes against 3822 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 6.89 to 7.45 since 2025/26. Our records cover 5 seasons of Gakpo's career, 2022/23 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — PSV Eindhoven, Liverpool. In that time he has played 215 matches across 7 competitions, 13,971 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 16 assists in 2022/23, from 49 appearances. He is 6 appearances into the current one. Gakpo has 39 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and he is modestly more productive in Europe - 0.36 per 90 domestically against 0.45 in Europe.

Gakpo has reached 8 assists in a season 2 times, between 2022/23 and 2024/25 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Gakpo has 44 appearances for Netherlands on our records, scoring 22 — across World Cup, UEFA Nations League and Euro Championship - Qualification.

On our positional score Gakpo rates 21 out of 100, 196th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 61%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is goalscoring rate.

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.