Player dossier

Premiership · 2025/2026

James Tavernier

Full back

Team: Rangers
Role: Full back
Nationality: England
Date of birth: 31 Oct 1991 (age 34)
Shirt number: 2
Competition: Premiership (Scotland)
Season: 2025/2026

All players

01 / Record

Performance summary

34 appearances · 2,362 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.

Player recordCompleted fixtures

Appearances: 34
Starts: 25
Minutes: 2,362
Average rating: 7.36
Goals: 8
Assists: 4
Yellow cards: 5
Red cards: Not available

02 / Telemetry

Per-90 statistics

Season totals scaled to 90 minutes played. Metrics the provider did not record are marked as not available rather than zero.

Per-90 data sheetSeason to date

Per-90 statistics
Metric	Per 90
Touches per 90	92.74
Passes per 90	59.25
Accurate passes per 90	47.10
Passes in final third per 90	12.12
Key passes per 90	2.71
Chances created per 90	2.02
Shots per 90	1.79
Shots on target per 90	0.76
Successful dribbles per 90	0.76
Tackles per 90	2.21
Interceptions per 90	0.84
Clearances per 90	3.39
Ball recoveries per 90	4.57
Duels per 90	10.67
Goals per 90	0.30
Assists per 90	0.15
Possession lost per 90	23.89
Saves per 90	Not available
Saves inside box per 90	Not available
Goals conceded per 90	0.99

03 / Telemetry

Efficiency

Success rates computed only where both the numerator and the denominator exist.

Efficiency data sheetSuccess rates

Efficiency rates
Metric	Rate
Pass accuracy	79.5%
Dribble success rate	47.6%
Duel win rate	51.4%
Aerial duel win rate	69.0%
Tackle success rate	60.3%
Shot on target rate	42.5%
Long ball accuracy	41.9%

04 / Role telemetry

Performance profile

Percentiles compare this player with others in the same role and season. Only families relevant to full back are shown.

Role-relative telemetryPercentile 0-100

Compared with Full back players in this season40 in reference group

Passing73.8pctl
Defensive56.5pctl
Ball retention48.8pctl
Duel41.9pctl
Dribbling43.8pctl
Creation85.3pctl
Shooting92.1pctl

05 / Intelligence

Player Intelligence

Experimental in-house signals derived from completed fixtures only. They describe what the data shows — they are not official ratings, and they are not predictions.

Performance telemetryExperimental signals

Efficiency Index

60.7/ 100

Above average

Useful output divided by relevant attempted actions, weighted for the player's role.

Coverage 100%

Opposition Index

45.4/ 100

Balanced schedule

Minutes-weighted strength of the opponents actually faced. Context only — it does not adjust the Impact Score.

34 rated opponents

Momentum Index

20.7/ 100

Falling form

Last 2 scored matches 49.0 vs earlier 63.6 (−14.6).

Breakout Index

33.1/ 100

No upward signal

Signal, not a prediction: recent impact, minutes and starting involvement, read against role-relative standing and opponent strength.

Minutes −7Starts +12pp

Decline Index

66.9/ 100

Downward signal

The same development axis read downwards. A signal of sustained negative movement, not a prediction.

28 scored matches

Final-third profile

Per-90 attacking output from fields the provider actually records. Expected goals, expected assists and spatial metrics are not available in this data and are not estimated.

Final-third profile per 90
Metric	Per 90
Passes in final third per 90	12.12
Key passes per 90	2.71
Chances created per 90	2.02
Big chances created per 90	0.65
Crosses per 90	9.14
Shots per 90	1.79
Successful dribbles per 90	0.76

Team effect

Observational, not causal: team points per completed fixture with and without this player in the starting eleven.

Started25 fixtures1.88pts/match

Did not start13 fixtures1.92pts/match

Difference: −0.04 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not establish that the player caused them.

Efficiency Index components

Pass accuracyweight 30%: 79.5%
Duel win rateweight 25%: 51.4%
Tackle success rateweight 20%: 60.3%
Dribble success rateweight 25%: 47.6%

05.1 / Player telemetry · ProfilePercentile 0-100

Role-relative percentiles from the 2025/2026 season. Only metrics relevant to this player's role are shown.

Role-relative percentile values plotted in the profile chart for 2025/2026
Family	Percentile
Passing	73.8
Defensive	56.5
Ball retention	48.8
Duel	41.9
Dribbling	43.8
Creation	85.3
Shooting	92.1

Dashed ring marks the full back median (50th percentile) across 40 players in the reference group.

06 / Performance index

Football Performance Lab Impact Score

Performance indexExperimental assessment

61.5/ 100

Assessment

Established-sample estimate

34 appearances · 2,362 minutes

Experimental modelCoverage 100%Established sample

Based on available match data — 34 appearances · 2,362 minutes as full back.

Component breakdown

Duelweight 15%: 41.9
Passingweight 20%: 73.8
Creationweight 20%: 85.3
Defensiveweight 25%: 56.5
Dribblingweight 10%: 43.8
Ball retentionweight 10%: 48.8

An experimental in-house model based on available match data. It weights role-relative percentile families and is not an official rating, a definitive measure of player quality, or a prediction.

07 / Match record

Match history

Completed fixtures with recorded minutes, most recent first.

Match recordMost recent first

Recent completed matches with minutes and output
Date	Opponent	Venue	Min	Rating	G	A	YC	Impact
10 May 2026	Celtic1–3	Away	59	6.17	0	0	0	43.9
04 May 2026	Hearts1–2	Away	90	6.82	0	0	0	54.1
26 Apr 2026	Motherwell2–3	Home	44sub	6.70	0	0	0	79.0
12 Apr 2026	Falkirk6–3	Away	90	6.12	0	0	1	55.4
04 Apr 2026	Dundee United4–2	Home	3sub	—	0	0	0	—
21 Mar 2026	Aberdeen4–1	Home	90	7.96	1	0	0	62.3
15 Mar 2026	St. Mirren1–0	Away	90	7.86	0	0	0	77.5
22 Feb 2026	Livingston2–2	Away	90	8.69	0	1	0	75.2
15 Feb 2026	Hearts4–2	Home	32sub	6.60	0	0	0	66.8
11 Feb 2026	Motherwell1–1	Away	86	7.20	0	0	0	50.1
04 Feb 2026	Kilmarnock5–1	Home	60	7.73	1	0	1	68.5
25 Jan 2026	Dundee3–0	Home	90	8.71	1	0	0	77.3
11 Jan 2026	Aberdeen2–0	Away	90	8.53	1	0	0	64.9
06 Jan 2026	Aberdeen2–0	Home	90	7.89	0	0	0	63.5
03 Jan 2026	Celtic3–1	Away	3sub	—	0	0	0	—
30 Dec 2025	St. Mirren2–1	Home	90	6.97	0	0	0	—
27 Dec 2025	Motherwell1–0	Home	90	7.83	0	0	0	74.4
21 Dec 2025	Hearts1–2	Away	63	6.97	0	0	0	57.7
15 Dec 2025	Hibernian1–0	Home	29sub	6.80	0	0	0	—
06 Dec 2025	Kilmarnock3–0	Away	14sub	6.46	0	0	0	—
03 Dec 2025	Dundee United2–2	Away	78	6.97	0	0	0	55.6
30 Nov 2025	Falkirk0–0	Home	90	7.41	0	0	0	67.8
22 Nov 2025	Livingston2–1	Home	90	7.74	0	1	0	67.6
09 Nov 2025	Dundee3–0	Away	90	7.85	0	1	0	69.0
29 Oct 2025	Hibernian1–0	Away	44sub	6.75	0	0	0	—
26 Oct 2025	Kilmarnock3–1	Home	90	7.46	0	1	0	59.7
18 Oct 2025	Dundee United2–2	Home	90	8.07	1	0	0	66.2
05 Oct 2025	Falkirk1–1	Away	90	7.76	0	0	1	80.4
28 Sept 2025	Livingston2–1	Away	90	7.97	1	0	0	60.2
13 Sept 2025	Hearts0–2	Home	90	7.01	0	0	1	72.0
31 Aug 2025	Celtic0–0	Home	90	6.76	0	0	0	42.3
24 Aug 2025	St. Mirren1–1	Away	21sub	6.71	0	0	0	—
09 Aug 2025	Dundee1–1	Home	26sub	7.44	1	0	0	—
02 Aug 2025	Motherwell1–1	Away	90	7.54	1	0	1	62.6

Goals, assists and yellow cards are counted from recorded match events, so a 0 means the event did not occur. A dash means the provider sent no value — it never means zero. Match impact is only shown for appearances of at least 30 minutes with sufficient metric coverage.

08 / Season archive

Season context

Competition: Premiership
Season: 2025/2026
Team: Rangers
Appearances: 34
Minutes: 2,362
Average opponent strength: 45.4Minutes-weighted, 0–100 team strength scale. Contextual only — it does not adjust the scores above.

Recent opponents: Celtic, Hearts, Motherwell, Falkirk, Dundee United, Aberdeen.

09 / Season on season

Season on season

Stored season figures for this season next to the previous season of the same competition. Presentation only — no new score is calculated.

No comparable previous season is recorded for this player in this competition.

A comparison is shown only when this player has a published season record in both this season and the previous season of the same competition.

10 / Cross-reference

Compare similar players

Players with a comparable Impact Score profile
Player	Team	Role	Impact	Compare
John Koutroumbis	Motherwell	Full back	61.5	Compare
Jordi Altena	Hearts	Full back	59.6	Compare
Julián Araujo	Celtic	Full back	59.5	Compare
Kieran Tierney	Celtic	Full back	63.5	Compare
Harry Milne	Hearts	Full back	57.6	Compare

Comparable players share the same season and, where possible, the same role, ranked by how close their existing Impact Score is. No new metric is calculated here.

11 / Method

Methodology

Data source

Match, lineup, event and player statistics come from Sportmonks and are stored per fixture. Only completed fixtures with recorded minutes are aggregated — announced lineups and future fixtures are excluded.

Per 90 minutes

A per-90 value scales a season total to a full match: total × 90 ÷ minutes played. It is not calculated when minutes are missing or zero.

Missing data

The provider omits some statistics instead of sending a zero. A missing value is shown as "not available" and never converted to 0, so rates and percentiles are only produced where the underlying fields genuinely exist.

Impact Score

The Football Performance Lab Impact Score is an experimental in-house model that combines role-relative percentile families with explicit weights. It is not an official rating and not a measure of transfer value.

Minimum samples

Values are calculated internally from 180 minutes, but a player is only shown publicly with a ranked Impact Score from 360 minutes and 5 appearances, with at least 90% metric coverage and an established role. A single appearance contributes a match impact observation from 30 minutes.

Full methodology