Pablo Ibáñez

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

In 2026/27, Pablo Ibáñez was used in rotation for Alaves in the La Liga: 7 appearances and 580 minutes, averaging 83 minutes per outing. The number that flatters him most is match rating — 546th of 978 midfielders and inside the top 56%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.3 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 2.5 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Ibáñez's totals. Ibáñez played 205 passes at 78% accuracy — 31.8 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, Ibáñez sits in the top 9% for tackling volume but only the top 47% for shot conversion. Set against Ibáñez's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 580 minutes against 2837 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 6.72 to 6.91 since 2025/26.

Our records cover 5 seasons of Ibáñez's career, 2022/23 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Osasuna, Alaves. In that time he has played 234 matches across 3 competitions, 9,393 minutes in all. His best return on our records was 4 assists in 2023/24, from 74 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one.

Treat these rates carefully. At 580 minutes — roughly 6 full matches — Ibáñez is 320 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.