J. Sands — FC St. Pauli

Recent form · last 5

6.8

Season 6.7 · peak 8.2 vs Borussia Dortmund

Match rating · last 5 games

6.96.96.96.66.6WERHOFEINCOLCHI

4-1-0W-D-L

0goals

0assists

361minutes

1shots

1key passes

This season

24 apps · 1,941 min

Goals

1

Assists

0

0.00 per 90

Goal involvements

1

0.05 per 90

Minutes

1,941

24 apps

Style & role

How he plays, in brief

Defensive Midfield

Top strength

Defensive work

94th percentile

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Chance creation

7th percentile

Percentile vs midfielders · same read as the Stats radar

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How he plays

PitchMog radar · vs position average · percentile 0–100

James Sands

Position average

Percentile rank against other midfielders 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 defensive work (94th) and rating (29th); goal contrib (7th) is the area to grow.

By the numbers

Per 90 and season totals

Metric	Per 90	Season
Goals	0.05	1
Assists	0.00	0
Shots	0.60	13
Key passes	0.46	10
Take-ons won	0.09	2
Tackles + int.	3.89	84
Goal involvements	0.05	1
Minutes	—	1,941
Appearances	—	24

Touch heat map

Touch density across matches on record

67% of his touches are in the left third

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

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High touch density

Form line

Match rating · 2 matches · dots coloured by result · dashed line = season averageLast 2 · rating by match

WinDrawLossSeason avg 6.6Rating scale 5–10

6.6

COL

6.6

CHI

Bar colour = result (green win · grey draw · red loss)avg 6.6

Every match

2 of 2 matches

DateOpponentResultMinG·AShRating

Latest on J. Sands

Stories, transfers & call-ups · tap to read

lead photo 16:9Fitness · 22h ago

Ankle Injury

Career arc

How Aura Score and market value have moved over the tracked window

Aura Score

53.2

Market value

€5M

Since 2017

▲ €4.9M

Peak value · 2026

€5M

Value & transfers

€5Mmarket value today

▲ €4.9M since 2017

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

CompetitionKey passesAssistsRating

BundesligaLeague1006.7

DFB PokalCup—06.7

FriendliesCountry—06.7

Total29 apps · 2393′1006.7

Columns follow position: Key passes & Assists. Rating is minutes-weighted across a season’s competitions. A “—” means we don’t yet hold that detailed stat for the competition.

Trophy case

Titles won on record

1×Concacaf Gold Cup2021

1×Concacaf Nations League2022/2023

1×MLS2021

1×MLS All-Star2021

1×Scottish Cup2021/2022

Injury history

Spells on the sidelines, newest first

2026Ankle injury· Sep 2026 –3 games

2025concussion· Oct 20251 game

2025Ankle injury· Feb 2025 – Jun 202520 games

2025Broken fibula· Feb 2025 – Jun 202520 games

2025Internal ligament tear· Feb 2025 – Jun 202520 games

2023Leg injury· Aug 2023 – Jan 20232 games

2020Broken foot· Oct 2020 – Dec 20208 games

2017Hip injury· Jul 2017 – Aug 20175 games