H. Çalhanoğlu

Çalhanoğlu's 2025/26 season, read from the numbers

In 2025/26, H. Çalhanoğlu was a regular for Inter in the Serie A: 22 appearances and 1650 minutes, averaging 75 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 2.2 key passes per 90, 0.2 assists per 90 and 2.7 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Çalhanoğlu's totals.

Çalhanoğlu played 1,393 passes at 90% accuracy — 76.0 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Set against Çalhanoğlu's own record, 2025/26 reads differently: he has managed 13 in a season before, so 9 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 1650 minutes against 2898 at his peak.

Discipline is part of the picture for Çalhanoğlu: 7 bookings in 22 appearances, one every 3.1 games. Our records cover 12 seasons of Çalhanoğlu's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Bayer Leverkusen, Türkiye, AC Milan, Inter. In that time he has played 463 matches across 9 competitions, 33,800 minutes in all.

His best return was 12 assists in 2021/22, 3 more than he has managed this time. Çalhanoğlu has 85 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and he is modestly more productive in Europe - 0.25 per 90 domestically against 0.30 in Europe.

Çalhanoğlu has reached 8 assists in a season 9 times, between 2015/16 and 2025/26 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Çalhanoğlu has 69 appearances for Türkiye on our records, scoring 14 — across Euro Championship, World Cup - Qualification Europe and UEFA Nations League.

Çalhanoğlu has won 11 senior honours on our records: Serie A (2 times), Coppa Italia (3 times) and Super Cup (4 times), and 1 other competition. He has also finished runner-up 12 times, the nearest miss a UEFA Champions League final.

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.