Joan García

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

In 2026/27, Joan García was used in rotation for Barcelona in the La Liga: 6 appearances and 495 minutes, averaging 83 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 26th of 198 goalkeepers and inside the top 13%.

Per 90 minutes that is 2.0 saves per 90, 0.7 goals conceded per 90 and a 73% save rate — the rate profile behind García's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against goalkeepers, García sits in the top 1% for tackling volume but only the top 47% for chance creation.

Set against García's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 686 minutes against 3420 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.35 to 6.82 since 2025/26. Our records cover 5 seasons of García's career, 2021/22 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Espanyol, Barcelona. In that time he has played 172 matches across 4 competitions, 12,241 minutes in all.

His best season on our records was 2024/25, when he averaged 7.39 across 76 appearances. García has won 4 senior honours on our records: Olympics Men (2 times) and Segunda División (2 times).

On our positional score García rates 88 out of 100, 1st of 99 qualified players — inside the top 2%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is goals conceded.

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.