About João Palhinha
In the 2025/2026 Premier League, João Palhinha made 33 appearances (2,197 minutes), with 5 goals and 2 assists — 0.29 goal involvements per 90. Per-match rating over the season: 6.92. Measured against a cohort of 155 Premier League midfielders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2025/2026, he ranks in the 68th percentile by match rating — above the cohort median, with a goals rank of 23rd of 155.
Between 2015 and 2026 he accumulated 12 league seasons across 9 clubs. His best-rated season remains 2020/2021 (7.26, Liga Portugal); his lowest was 2024/2025 (6.78). His two latest rated seasons run 0.3 lower than the rest of his career.
Split by competition, the league record covers 3 domestic leagues: Liga Portugal (165 appearances, 9 goals), Premier League (101 appearances, 12 goals) and Bundesliga (17 appearances, 0 goals). 7 of those 12 recorded campaigns ended with 25 league appearances or more. The densest run of the record is 2021/2022–2023/2024, with 95 league games — an average of 32 per season.