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Defender
This season
Goals
1
Assists
5
0.13 per 90
Goal involvements
6
0.15 per 90
Minutes
3,504
43 apps
Style & role
Top strength
Rating
98th percentile
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Defending
81st percentile
Percentile vs defenders · same read as the Stats radar
How he plays
Luke Ayling
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 rating (98th) and duels (92nd); defending (81st) is the area to grow.
By the numbers
| Metric | Per 90 | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0.03 | 1 |
| Assists | 0.13 | 5 |
| Shots | 0.69 | 27 |
| Key passes | 0.67 | 26 |
| Take-ons won | 0.62 | 24 |
| Tackles + int. | 3.16 | 123 |
| Goal involvements | 0.15 | 6 |
| Minutes | — | 3,504 |
| Appearances | — | 43 |
Form line
WinDrawLossSeason avg 7.3Rating scale 5–10
Every match
DateOpponentResultMinG·AShRating
Latest on L. Ayling
lead photo 16:9Fitness · 29m ago
Inactive
Career arc
Aura Score
81.9
Market value
€0.5M
Since 2010
▲ €0.1M
Peak value · 2021
€5M
Value & transfers
€0.5Mmarket value today
▲ €0.1M since 2010
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.
Transfer history · fees paid
2024Middlesbrough ← LeedsLoan
2024Leeds ← MiddlesbroughLoan
2024Middlesbrough ← LeedsLoan
2016Leeds ← Bristol City€870K
2014Bristol City ← Yeovil TownLoan
2010Arsenal Res. ← Yeovil TownLoan
Season by season
CompetitionTacklesInterceptionsRating
League93417.3
Cup1—7.6
Cup——7.0
Total48 apps · 3961′94417.3
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
1×Championship2019/2020
1×EFL Trophy2014/2015
1×Emirates Cup2009
1×English 2nd tier champion19/20
1×English 3rd tier champion14/15
1×Football League Trophy14/15
1×League One2014/2015
Injury history
2021Knee injury· Sep 2021 – Nov 202110 games
2018Knee medial ligament tear· Oct 2018 – Dec 20187 games
2018Ankle surgery· Jan 2018 – May 201820 games