Everton · 2025/26
James Garner
James Garner ranks 179th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 23.8m on average, with 39% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 9% of Everton’s attacking output, the 5th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Bournemouth
Sat 29 Aug, 14:00 UTC
Bournemouth concede 12.6 shots a match and are 0.93× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 1.15
- Projected on target
- 0.35
1.19 per 90 × 0.97
0.34 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate multiplied by what this opponent concedes relative to the league. It assumes a full ninety minutes and takes no account of rotation, so check availability before reading anything into it.
Shots
38 appearances- Over 0.574%± 7
- Over 1.524%± 7
- Over 2.511%± 5
- Over 3.58%± 4
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 38 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
38 appearances- Over 0.529%± 7
- Over 1.53%± 3
- Over 2.53%± 3
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 38 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Where the shots come from
Where they shoot
45 shotsJames Garner, 2025/26 · 45 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 47%
- Centre
- 18%
- right
- 35%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.046
- Shots per 90
- 1.19
- Key passes per 90
- 1.47
- Average shot distance
- 23.8m
- From set pieces
- 39%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 26%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Corners and set piecesSupplies 34% of Everton’s dead-ball danger, from 36 deliveries that became shots.
- On the pitch100% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds James Tarkowski11 shots, 1.61 xG
- Feeds Michael Keane7 shots, 1.13 xG
- Feeds Beto5 shots, 0.94 xG
- Feeds Thierno Barry8 shots, 0.94 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through James Garner. These say what would have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker or the corner deliverer is not the same as losing a proportional slice of output, and a partnership cuts both ways: the supplier being absent damages the finisher’s numbers too.
Who they play with
Chances received
who supplies them- Jack Grealish0.4 xG10 shots · 1g
- Dwight McNeil0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
- Iliman Ndiaye0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
- Beto0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Harrison Armstrong0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- James Tarkowski1.6 xG11 shots · 1g
- Michael Keane1.1 xG7 shots · 1g
- Beto0.9 xG5 shots · 1g
- Thierno Barry0.9 xG8 shots · 1g
- Jarrad Branthwaite0.3 xG4 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesJames Garner carries 11.3% of Everton’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.21931% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.29725% of midfielders
Ranked against 142 midfielders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance. It is a possession-value measure rather than a passing one: it cannot tell a forty-yard carry from two sideways balls, because no pass or carry record exists in this data.
Tackles, blocks and recoveries
per 90 · 2025/26They account for 15.5% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles3.1494% of MID
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions4.0689% of MID
- Recoveries4.8868% of MID
- Defensive contribution12.0894% of MID
Rates from 3,413 minutes, ranked against 149 midfielders with a comparable sample. The feed publishes season totals rather than a match-by-match record, so there is no hit rate against a line here. That needs the distribution, which no arithmetic on a total can recover. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.
Match log
most recent first- 1 shot0 OTat Tottenham
- 1 shot1 OTvs Sunderland
- 1 shot1 OTat Crystal Palace
- 1 shot0 OTvs Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTvs Chelsea
- 1 shot1 OTvs Manchester United
- 3 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth
- 1 shot1 OTat Fulham
- 2 shots0 OTvs Leeds
- 1 shot0 OTat Aston Villa
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 10 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.