Nico Williams

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

In 2026/27, Nico Williams was used in rotation for Athletic Club in the La Liga: 6 appearances and 364 minutes, averaging 61 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.7 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 3.0 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 — 562 minutes against 2673 at his peak. Our records cover 7 seasons of Williams's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, all of it at Athletic Club. In that time he has played 204 matches across 6 competitions, 13,176 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 13 assists in 2023/24, from 37 appearances. He is 6 appearances into the current one. Williams has 16 appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 2.0 times more productive in Europe, 0.20 per 90 domestically against 0.39 in Europe.

He has reached 8 assists in a season once, in 2023/24. Away from his club, Williams has 30 appearances for Spain on our records, scoring 5 — across World Cup, UEFA Nations League and Euro Championship - Qualification.

Treat these rates carefully. At 364 minutes — roughly 4 full matches — Williams is 536 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.