This season
Goals
1
Assists
2
0.08 per 90
Goal involvements
3
0.12 per 90
Minutes
2,272
28 apps
Style & role
Top strength
Passing
99th percentile
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Defending
29th percentile
Percentile vs defenders · same read as the Stats radar
How he plays
Axel Witsel
Position average
Percentile rank against other defenders in our tracked dataset. The position average is the 50th percentile on every axis by definition.
How to read it: further from the centre is better. The rings mark the 25th, 50th and 75th percentile; the outer edge is the 100th.
Strongest at passing (99th) and goal contrib (68th); defending (29th) is the area to grow.
By the numbers
| Metric | Per 90 | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0.04 | 1 |
| Assists | 0.08 | 2 |
| Shots | 0.63 | 16 |
| Key passes | 0.67 | 17 |
| Take-ons won | 0.32 | 8 |
| Tackles + int. | 2.26 | 57 |
| Goal involvements | 0.12 | 3 |
| Minutes | — | 2,272 |
| Appearances | — | 28 |
Form line
WinDrawLossSeason avg 6.4Rating scale 5–10
Every match
DateOpponentResultMinG·AShRating
Latest on A. Witsel
lead photo 16:9Fitness · 21h ago
Muscle Injury
Red Card
Fitness·21h ago
Career arc
Aura Score
61.7
Market value
€1.2M
Since 2006
▲ €0.8M
Peak value · 2018
€40M
Value & transfers
€1.2Mmarket value today
▲ €0.8M since 2006
Market value is our estimate of what a club would pay to sign him today. The fees below are what clubs actually paid to buy him at each move.
Season by season
CompetitionTacklesInterceptionsRating
Country126.6
Country——6.5
Total6 apps · 145′126.6
Columns follow position: Tackles & Interceptions. Rating is minutes-weighted across a season’s competitions. A “—” means we don’t yet hold that detailed stat for the competition.
Trophy case
5×Super Cup2019 · 2016 · 2015 · +2 more
2×Cup2015/2016 · 2010/2011
2×First Division A2008/2009 · 2007/2008
1×DFB Pokal2020/2021
1×Premier League2014/2015
1×Taça da Liga2011/2012
1×The Atlantic Cup2016
Injury history
2026Calf injury· Sep 2026 – Jan 20262 games
2024Groin injury· Jun 20242 games
2022infection· Apr 20221 game
2021Achilles tendon rupture· Nov 2021 – Jun 202133 games
2020muscular problems· Nov 2020 – May 20202 games
2019Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area· Nov 2019 – Mar 20193 games
2019Facial injury· Sep 2019 – Feb 20204 games
2019Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area· Aug 2019 – Dec 20193 games
+2 earlier spells on record