About Sam Nicholson
Sam Nicholson's average rating over his last two rated league seasons is 0.31 lower than his earlier career average.
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Sam Nicholson
€4MMarket Value
Sam Nicholson
€4MMarket Value
6.5
Season Score
31
Jan 20, 1995
175 cm
Height
0.09
Goals/Match
10
Shirt Number
Card stats based on2026
6.5
Season Score
31
Jan 20, 1995
175 cm
Height
0.09
Goals/Match
10
Shirt Number
Card stats based on2026
Performance Overview
Season Performance 26/27
All Competitions
- Matches
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Goal Contributions
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- Mins/game
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- Avg Rating
- —
rating
6.53-0.21(-3.3%)
Last 11 matches
Sep 27, 2025 — Sep 27, 2026
High
6.72
Low
6.27
Avg
6.53
G+A
0
Wins3
Draws1
Losses7
| Month | Matches | Mins | G | A | G+A | G/M | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2026 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Apr 2026 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.48 |
Mar 2026 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.58 |
Feb 2026 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.72 |
Jan 2026 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.62 |
5 months • 11 matches
Career
Club Career
MGAGxGRtg
Hearts
2012/2013 - 2016/2017
10815100.145,960-
Colorado Rapids
2018 - 2023
97840.086,6806.80
Bristol Rovers
2020/2021 - 2021/2022
751490.195,1676.96
Motherwell
2023/2024 - 2025/2026
37200.056946.71
Minnesota United
2017 - 2018
12110.086396.91
Livingston
2026/2027 - now
0—-——-
Total
32940240.1219,140
Youth Career
MGAGxGRtg
Scotland U21
2016/2017
7000.00370-
Club Career
MGAG+A/90Rtg
Motherwell
25/26
11001210.00106.52
Motherwell
24/25
100———106.59
Motherwell
23/24
162—5730.31206.91
Colorado Rapids
2023
24211,7280.16606.76
Colorado Rapids
2022
151—8330.11006.83
Bristol Rovers
21/22
40662,8270.38107.00
Bristol Rovers
20/21
35832,3400.42206.92
Colorado Rapids
2020
20—1750.00006.63
Colorado Rapids
2019
28231,8070.25206.76
Colorado Rapids
2018
283—2,1370.13306.86
Minnesota United
2017
12116390.28006.91
Hearts
16/17
26321,5620.2911-
Hearts
15/16
41512,9730.1830-
Hearts
14/15
295———00-
Hearts
13/14
12211,4250.1900-
Youth Career
MGAG+A/90Rtg
Scotland U21
16/17
7003700.0000-
League seasons, computed
| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | Premiership | 12 | 1425 | 2 | 1 | 0.19 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Championship (Scotland) | 29 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| 2015/2016 | Premiership | 36 | 2583 | 3 | 1 | 0.14 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 19 | 1183 | 3 | 2 | 0.38 | — |
| 2017 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 12 | 639 | 1 | 1 | 0.28 | 6.91 |
| 2018 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 27 | 2047 | 3 | 0 | 0.13 | 6.86 |
| 2019 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 27 | 1777 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 6.77 |
| 2020 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 2 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 |
| 2020/2021 | League One (England) | 30 | 1952 | 6 | 3 | 0.41 | 6.92 |
| 2021/2022 | League Two (England) | 34 | 2355 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 6.97 |
| 2022 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 15 | 833 | 1 | 0 | 0.11 | 6.83 |
| 2023 | Major League Soccer (United States) | 22 | 1594 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 6.72 |
| 2023/2024 | Premiership | 16 | 573 | 2 | 0 | 0.31 | 6.91 |
| 2024/2025 | Premiership | 9 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 |
| 2025/2026 | Premiership | 10 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 |
Career Progress
Appearances per Season
Appearance Distribution
7
Full match
24
Substituted off
31
From Bench
Sam Nicholson: career in numbers
- Best-rated season
- 2021/2022 · 6.97League Two (England)
- Lowest-rated season
- 2025/2026 · 6.52Premiership
- Rating trend
- -0.31last 2 rated seasons vs career average before them
- Career involvement (league)
- 0.24 G+A per 9034 goals + 23 assists across 15 league seasons (per-90 from 17499 minutes on record)
- League seasons on record
- 15 (2013–2025)
- Clubs with recorded appearances
- 6
- Rating percentile
- 42ndrating 6.91 vs 91 rated peers
- Goals rank
- #26 of 912 goals
- G+A per 90 percentile
- 79th0.31 per 90
Cohort: 91 Premiership midfielders, 2023/2024, min. 450 minutes.
Rival Clubs(50)
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Johnstone | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ross County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Inverness CT | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Livingston | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 St. Mirren | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Alloa Athletic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Raith Rovers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rochdale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Dumbarton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Exeter City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Queen of the South | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cowdenbeath | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hull City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Celtic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hibernian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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