About Niklas Schmidt
In the 2025/2026 2. Bundesliga, Niklas Schmidt made 15 appearances (774 minutes), with 1 goal and 2 assists — 0.35 goal involvements per 90. That season graded out at an average match rating of 6.93. Measured against 112 2. Bundesliga midfielders (2025/2026, at least 450 minutes), he ranks in the 75th percentile by match rating — above the cohort median, with a goals rank of 59th of 112.
His best-rated season remains 2019/2020 (7.28, 2. Bundesliga); his lowest was 2024/2025 (6.9). Compared with his earlier career average, the last two rated seasons are down by 0.22.
Those league minutes are spread over 4 domestic leagues: 3. Liga (95 appearances, 10 goals), 2. Bundesliga (87 appearances, 9 goals) and Ligue 1 (33 appearances, 1 goal) — the three with most games. 5 of those 12 recorded campaigns ended with 25 league appearances or more. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2016/2017–2018/2019, 96 league games, 32 a year.