J. Trafford

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

In 2026/27, J. Trafford was used in rotation for Leeds in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 66th of 198 goalkeepers and inside the top 33%.

Per 90 minutes that is 4.0 saves per 90, 0.4 goals conceded per 90 and a 91% save rate — the rate profile behind Trafford's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against goalkeepers, Trafford sits in the top 4% for goalscoring but only the top 34% for chance creation.

Set against Trafford's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 855 minutes against 4680 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.08 to 6.09 since 2025/26. Our records cover 3 seasons of Trafford's career, 2023/24 to 2026/27, across 3 clubs — Burnley, Manchester City, Leeds. In that time he has played 50 matches across 4 competitions, 4,602 minutes in all.

His best season on our records was 2025/26, when he averaged 7.14 across 16 appearances. Treat these rates carefully. At 450 minutes — roughly 5 full matches — Trafford is 450 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.