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Northern Ireland · 26 · 6′2″

Daniel Ballard

SUNSunderlandMV $21.6Mto 2028

Defender

Season rating

6.8

Aurai 60.5

Aura Score is PitchMog's 0–100 player rating. It blends every on-ball action (goals, chances, duels, passing, defending) into one number, adjusted for position and opponent. 90+ is world class, 80+ top-tier, 70+ a steady starter.

2 goals · 0 assists · 29 apps

Recent form · last 5

6.2

Season 6.8 · peak 9.2 vs West Ham

Match rating · last 5 games

6.36.87.46.04.5PORBRIASTNOTWOL

0-1-4W-D-L

0goals

0assists

295minutes

6shots

2key passes

This season

29 apps · 2,148 min

Goals

2

Assists

0

0.00 per 90

Goal involvements

2

0.08 per 90

Minutes

2,148

29 apps

Style & role

How he plays, in brief

Top strength

Duels

71st percentile

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Defending

27th percentile

Percentile vs defenders · same read as the Stats radar

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How he plays

PitchMog radar · vs position average · percentile 0–100

Daniel Ballard

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 duels (71st) and passing (56th); defending (27th) is the area to grow.

By the numbers

Per 90 and season totals

Metric	Per 90	Season
Goals	0.08	2
Assists	0.00	0
Shots	0.88	21
Key passes	0.63	15
Take-ons won	0.13	3
Tackles + int.	2.22	53
Goal involvements	0.08	2
Minutes	—	2,148
Appearances	—	29

Shot map

10 shots on record · 0 goals · size = xG

0 goals from 0.7 xG

▼ 0.7 below expected

Chance quality (xG) sized per shot. Totals cover the shots we have on record.

Shots10

On target2· 20%

Conversion0.0%

Avg xG / shot0.07

xG size0.050.20.6

GoalSavedOff target

Touch heat map

Touch density across matches on record

50% of his touches are in the left third

Where he had the ball. Touch density from match data, not GPS running. Attacking upward.

Low

High touch density