#2V. van Dijk
LiverpoolNetherlands34 years old195
5
Tackles
#450 DEF
7
Interceptions
7.3
Rating
#18 DEF
5
Appearances
450 mins
0
Goals
#2 DEF
TackleZone Defender Score
64.6
✅ Good
Rank #2 of 304 defenders
Ranks in top 1% of all defenders in Europe's top 5 leagues (304 players, 900+ mins, rating ≥ 6.8).
📊 Season Performance
📅 Career History
| Season | Club · League | Apps | Goals | Ast | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Liverpool · Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
| 25/26 | Liverpool · Premier League | 38 | 6 | 0 | 7.3 |
| 24/25 | Liverpool · Premier League | 38 | 3 | 1 | 7.3 |
| 23/24 | Liverpool · Premier League | 36 | 2 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 22/23 | Liverpool · Premier League | 33 | 3 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 21/22 | Liverpool · Premier League | 34 | 3 | 1 | 7.3 |
| 20/21 | Liverpool · Premier League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 19/20 | Liverpool · Premier League | 38 | 5 | 1 | 7.3 |
| 18/19 | Liverpool · Premier League | 38 | 4 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 17/18 | Liverpool · Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
Dijk's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers
In 2026/27, V. van Dijk was used in rotation for Liverpool in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 18th of 905 defenders and inside the top 2%.
Per 90 minutes that is 1.0 tackles per 90, 1.4 interceptions per 90 and 74% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Dijk's totals. Dijk played 422 passes at 89% accuracy — 84.4 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 defenders, Dijk sits in the top 1% for goalscoring but only the top 50% for tackling volume. Set against Dijk's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1473 minutes against 3431 at his peak.
Our records cover 12 seasons of Dijk's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Celtic, Southampton, Netherlands, Liverpool. In that time he has played 478 matches across 10 competitions, 42,176 minutes in all. His best season on our records was 2016/17, when he averaged 7.46 across 32 appearances.
Dijk has 81 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the level holds either way, 0.09 per 90 domestically against 0.09 in Europe. Away from his club, Dijk has 72 appearances for Netherlands on our records, scoring 9 — across World Cup - Qualification Europe, UEFA Nations League and Euro Championship.
On our positional score Dijk rates 65 out of 100, 2nd of 304 qualified players — inside the top 1%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is interceptions.
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.