J. Willock

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

In 2025/26, J. Willock moved in and out of the side for Newcastle in the Premier League: 24 appearances and 1020 minutes, averaging 43 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.2 key passes per 90, 0.2 assists per 90 and 2.5 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Willock's totals.

Willock played 360 passes at 84% accuracy — 31.8 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Set against Willock's own record, 2025/26 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1020 minutes against 2577 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 6.67 to 6.52 since 2024/25.

Our records cover 10 seasons of Willock's career, 2017/18 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Arsenal, Newcastle. In that time he has played 267 matches across 6 competitions, 14,193 minutes in all. His best return was 6 assists in 2022/23, 3 more than he has managed this time.

Willock has 32 appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 2.2 times more productive in Europe, 0.16 per 90 domestically against 0.35 in Europe.

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.