Derby County's 2025/6 season in numbers - a statistical deep dive

TEAM RECORDS

A full data set is here.

Biggest win: 5-0, Bristol City (A), 30 January

Heaviest defeat: 3-5, Coventry City (H), 16 August

Longest winning or undefeated streak: 5, 21 October to 8 November - Norwich City (H) 1-0; Queens Park Rangers (H) 1-0; Sheffield United (A) 3-1; Hull City (H) 2-1; Blackburn Rovers (A) 2-1. Derby's longest unbeaten streak of the season immediately followed their longest winless streak.

Longest winless streak: 5, 20 September to 18 October - Preston North End (H) 0-1; Wrexham (A) 1-1: Charlton Athletic (H) 1-1; Southampton (H) 1-1; Oxford United (A) 0-1

Longest drawless streak: 17 - After drawing with West Bromwich Albion on 23 January, Derby did not draw any of their last 17 games of the season (won 9 lost 8)

Most shots taken in a game: 20, Stoke City (H), 6 April - W 2-0

Least shots taken: 3, Stoke (A), 9 August - L 1-3

Most shots conceded: 27, Portsmouth (A), 16 March - W 1-0

Least shots conceded: 3, Sheffield Wednesday (A), 15 December - W 3-0; Birmingham City (H), 21 March - W 1-0

Most shots on target taken: 8, Norwich (A), 21 April - L 1-2

Least shots on target taken: 1 (in eight different games)

Most shots on target conceded: 12, QPR (A), 25 April - W 3-2

Least shots on target conceded: 0, Birmingham (H), 21 March - W 1-0; Stoke (H), 6 April - W 2-0; Oxford (H), 16 April - W 1-0. Remarkably, the Rams did not concede a s single shot on target during these three consecutive home victories.

Most 'big chances^' created: 8, Hull (A), 24 February - L 2-4

Most 'big chances' conceded: 5, Birmingham (A), 26 February - D 1-1; QPR (A) - W 3-2

Highest expected goals (xG) total created: 3.8**, Bristol C (A) - W 5-0

Lowest xG total created: 0.2, Oxford (A) - L 1-0

Highest xG total conceded: 3.2, Coventry (H) - L 3-5

Lowest xG total conceded: 0.1, Portsmouth (H), 20 December - D 1-1

Penalties converted - 5 / 5 - Carlton Morris 3, Rhian Brewster 1, Ben Brereton Diaz 1

Highest possession share: 67%, Oxford (H) - W 1-0

Lowest possession share: 25%, Middlesbrough (A), 29 November - L 1-2

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

More data can be found here

Most minutes played - Matt Clarke (4,045)

Most starts - Clarke (45)

Most substitute appearances - Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (28)

Top goalscorer - Carlton Morris (12)

Most shots taken - Patrick Agyemang (83)

Most shots on target - Agyemang (29)

Highest individual xG - Agyemang (14.2)

Most assists - Joe Ward (8)

Key passes per 90 minutes: Ward (1.8)

Highest pass success rate: David Ozoh (89.7%)

Lowest pass success rate: Callum Elder (66.6%)

Accurate crosses per 90 mins: Elder (2.1)

Successful dribbles per 90 mins: Agyemang (1.3)

Most aerial duels won per 90 mins: Morris (6.6)

Tackles won per 90 mins: Ebou Adams (3.5). Of current players - Lewis Travis (2.8)

Fouls won per 90 mins: Adams (2.2). Of current players - Travis (2.1)

Fouls committed per 90 mins: Adams (2.2). Of current players - Agyemang (2.1)

Shots blocked per 90 mins: Clarke (1)

Passes blocked per 90 mins: Ozoh (1.6)

Most yellow cards - Travis (10)

Red cards - Clarke, Travis, Ward (1 each)

Highest rating on Whoscored*+: Clarke (7.16)

Lowest rating on Whoscored*+: Liam Thompson (6.32)

NOTES

*All stats per 90 minutes, pass success rates and Whoscored ratings stats - Minimum 1,000 minutes played to qualify

** Expected goals data - Individual match tallies were sourced from FBRef.com up until the Wrexham home game, at which point, Opta withdrew their data from the site. From the Preston away game onwards, xG tallies were sourced from Football Match Reports.

^ Big chances - as defined by Opta

+Definition of Whoscored ratings: "Player ratings are calculated using a unique and comprehensive statistical algorithm that processes over 200 raw statistics live during a match. Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on the rating weighted according to its influence on the game."