P. Zieliński

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

In 2026/27, P. Zieliński was used in rotation for Inter in the Serie A: 5 appearances and 355 minutes, averaging 71 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 98th of 978 midfielders and inside the top 10%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.8 key passes per 90, 0.3 assists per 90 and 1.0 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Zieliński's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Zieliński sits in the top 7% for goalscoring but only the top 32% for tackling volume.

Set against Zieliński's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 622 minutes against 2926 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.08 to 7.26 since 2025/26. Our records cover 12 seasons of Zieliński's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Empoli, Napoli, Poland, Inter. In that time he has played 550 matches across 7 competitions, 34,736 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 20 assists in 2022/23, from 97 appearances. He is 6 appearances into the current one. Zieliński has 97 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 1.5 times more productive in Europe, 0.18 per 90 domestically against 0.27 in Europe.

Zieliński has reached 8 assists in a season 2 times, between 2020/21 and 2022/23 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Zieliński has 68 appearances for Poland on our records, scoring 9 — across Euro Championship, World Cup and World Cup - Qualification Europe.

On our positional score Zieliński rates 24 out of 100, 135th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 42%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is goalscoring 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.