J. Doku

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

In 2026/27, J. Doku saw limited action for Manchester City in the Community Shield: 1 appearance and 45 minutes, averaging 45 minutes per outing. Set against Doku's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 615 minutes against 2376 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.39 to 7.11 since 2025/26.

Our records cover 7 seasons of Doku's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Anderlecht, Rennes, Belgium, Manchester City. In that time he has played 243 matches across 12 competitions, 13,409 minutes in all. His best return on our records was 12 assists in 2025/26, from 50 appearances. He is 2 appearances into the current one.

Doku has 35 appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 2.2 times more productive domestically, 0.21 per 90 domestically against 0.09 in Europe. Doku has reached 8 assists in a season 3 times, between 2023/24 and 2025/26 — a level held rather than found once.

Away from his club, Doku has 36 appearances for Belgium on our records, scoring 7 — across World Cup - Qualification Europe, Euro Championship and UEFA Nations League. Doku has won 6 senior honours on our records: Premier League (2 times), Community Shield (2 times) and FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2 times). He has also finished runner-up 3 times, the nearest miss a FA Cup 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.