M. Ødegaard

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

In 2026/27, M. Ødegaard was used in rotation for Arsenal in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 382 minutes, averaging 76 minutes per outing. His standout number is key passes — 12, 89th of 978 midfielders and inside the top 9%.

Per 90 minutes that is 2.8 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 1.6 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Ødegaard's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Ødegaard sits in the top 3% for assists but only the top 50% for tackling volume.

Set against Ødegaard's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he has managed 15 in a season before, so 5 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 1571 minutes against 3149 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.01 to 7.68 since 2025/26. Our records cover 8 seasons of Ødegaard's career, 2019/20 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Norway. In that time he has played 306 matches across 11 competitions, 22,371 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 12 assists in 2024/25, from 56 appearances. He is 10 appearances into the current one. Ødegaard has 44 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the level holds either way, 0.22 per 90 domestically against 0.22 in Europe.

Ødegaard has reached 8 assists in a season 3 times, between 2019/20 and 2024/25 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Ødegaard has 47 appearances for Norway on our records, scoring 3 — across World Cup - Qualification Europe, Euro Championship and UEFA Nations League.

On our positional score Ødegaard rates 34 out of 100, 49th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 16%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is assist rate.

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.