Midfielder

Daniel James

Leeds United
Wales
28 yrs
172 cm
Preferred foot: Right

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Appearances: 7
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Average rating: 6.53

Age28

Date of birth10 Nov 1997

Height172 cm

Weight76 kg

Preferred footRight

Market value€10.6M

Contract until30 Jun 2029

Injury / suspension history

Injury Back Injury · Doubtful Ended: 10 Oct 2026
Injury Back Injury · Day-to-day Since 8 Oct 2026 · Ended: 23 Oct 2026

Season performance · 2026

UEFA Nations League

Wales

Appearances / Starts2 / 1

Minutes94

Rating6.60

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)1 (0)

Passes · accuracy17 · 53%

Key passes1

Tackles / Interceptions0 / 2

Duels won4 / 7

Successful dribbles2

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Premier League

Leeds United

Appearances / Starts3 / 0

Minutes57

Rating6.57

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)6 (0)

Passes · accuracy9 · 78%

Key passes0

Tackles / Interceptions0 / 0

Duels won5 / 15

Successful dribbles4

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

EFL Cup

Leeds United

Appearances / Starts2 / 2

Minutes137

Rating6.40

Goals / Assists1 / 0

Shots (on target)3 (2)

Passes · accuracy28 · 64%

Key passes4

Tackles / Interceptions1 / 1

Duels won6 / 22

Successful dribbles0

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Career and transfers

6 clubs · 6 moves · total fees 46.9M €

May 2023

Fulham To: Leeds

Loan return
Sep 2022

Leeds To: Fulham

Loan
Aug 2021

Man Utd To: Leeds

Transfer 29.1M €
Jul 2019

Swansea To: Man Utd

Transfer 17.8M €
Jul 2018

Swansea U21 To: Swansea

Transfer
Jul 2017

Swansea U21 To: Shrewsbury

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Form, last 12 months

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

Matches (12 months)30

Average rating6.80

Last match rating7.031 Oct 2026

Matches missed113 injury records

Last 10 matches

7.0 7.8 6.4 6.8 6.3 6.8 5.0 6.6 7.8 7.4

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Rating
2026	UEFA Nations League	Wales	3 (2)	170	1	7.00
2026	EFL Cup	Leeds United	2 (2)	137	1	6.40
2026	Premier League	Leeds United	4 (1)	122	0	6.68

Stored season statistics; refreshed after each match played and weekly.

Player profile

Championship 2024 · percentile among midfielders (234 players)

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36 matches · 2,616 min

Daniel James: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
xA / 90 min	0.30	99
Key passes / 90 min	1.55	77
Completed passes / 90 min	15.0	8
Pass accuracy	67.9%	4
Progressive carries / 90 min	0.17	98
Successful dribbles / 90 min	0.86	58
Tackles + interceptions / 90 min	1.10	3
Rating	7.25	97

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