N. Williams

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

In 2026/27, N. Williams was used in rotation for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.6 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 2.8 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Williams's totals.

Set against Williams's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1246 minutes against 3206 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 6.93 to 7.14 since 2025/26. Our records cover 8 seasons of Williams's career, 2019/20 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Liverpool, Wales, Fulham, Nottingham Forest. In that time he has played 226 matches across 8 competitions, 15,248 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 4 assists in 2021/22, from 23 appearances. He is 8 appearances into the current one. Away from his club, Williams has 47 appearances for Wales on our records, scoring 4 — across World Cup - Qualification Europe, Euro Championship and UEFA Nations League.

Treat these rates carefully. At 450 minutes — roughly 5 full matches — Williams 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.