Fer Niño

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

In 2026/27, Fer Niño was used in rotation for Elche in the La Liga: 7 appearances and 470 minutes, averaging 67 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.0 goals per 90, 1.9 shots per 90 and 90% of his shots on target — the rate profile behind Niño's totals.

Set against Niño's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he has managed 11 in a season before, so 5 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 470 minutes against 2932 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 6.89 to 7.29 since 2025/26. Our records cover 5 seasons of Niño's career, 2019/20 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Villarreal, Villarreal III, Mallorca, Elche. In that time he has played 82 matches across 4 competitions, 3,565 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 8 goals in 2020/21, from 27 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one. Treat these rates carefully. At 470 minutes — roughly 5 full matches — Niño is 430 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.