J. Giménez

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

In 2026/27, J. Giménez was used in rotation for Deportivo La Coruna in the La Liga: 4 appearances and 329 minutes, averaging 82 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 126th of 905 defenders and inside the top 14%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.8 tackles per 90, 1.1 interceptions per 90 and 56% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Giménez's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against defenders, Giménez sits in the top 27% for assists but only the top 75% for chance creation.

Set against Giménez's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1329 minutes against 2427 at his peak. Our records cover 12 seasons of Giménez's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 3 clubs — Atletico Madrid, Uruguay, Deportivo La Coruna. In that time he has played 370 matches across 6 competitions, 27,526 minutes in all.

His best season on our records was 2016/17, when he averaged 7.22 across 29 appearances. Giménez has 73 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 3.5 times more productive in Europe, 0.02 per 90 domestically against 0.08 in Europe.

Away from his club, Giménez has 60 appearances for Uruguay on our records, scoring 3 — across Copa America, World Cup and World Cup - Qualification South America. On our positional score Giménez rates 32 out of 100, 175th of 304 qualified players — inside the top 58%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is interceptions.

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.