P. Lees-Melou

Lees-Melou's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, P. Lees-Melou was used in rotation for Paris FC in the Ligue 1: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 121st of 978 midfielders and inside the top 12%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.4 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 5.4 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Lees-Melou's totals. Lees-Melou played 306 passes at 90% accuracy — 61.2 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.

The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Lees-Melou sits in the top 71% for tackling volume but only the top 96% for shot conversion. Set against Lees-Melou's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 450 minutes against 2897 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.05 to 7.49 since 2025/26.

Our records cover 11 seasons of Lees-Melou's career, 2016/17 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Dijon, Nice, Norwich, Stade Brestois 29 and others. In that time he has played 335 matches across 8 competitions, 26,402 minutes in all. His best return on our records was 7 assists in 2017/18, from 47 appearances. He is 5 appearances into the current one.

Treat these rates carefully. At 450 minutes — roughly 5 full matches — Lees-Melou 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.