Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Right-Back at Everton

Right-Back · Defender

#98 Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Everton Premier League · England

Date of birth / Age: 29 Aug 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 71 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: England, Jamaica
Joined club: 1 Sept 2026
Contract until: 2029
International: England · 5 caps

Date of birth / Age: 29 Aug 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 71 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: England, Jamaica
Joined club: 1 Sept 2026
Contract until: 2029
International: England · 5 caps

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 41
Starting eleven: 36
Goals: 2
Assists: 3
Yellow cards: 7
Second yellows: 1
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,217

Starting eleven88%

36 of 41 appearances

Minutes played3,217

78 per appearance

Goal involvement5

2 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

282 matches · since 2015/16

CFCBLWAMDMRWCMLBRB

Position	Apps	G	A
Right-Back	148	4	15
Left-Back	42	1	1
Central Midfield	34	2	1
Right Winger	26	0	2
Other · DM, AM, LW, CB, CF	32	1	1

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · full-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1888; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #682; among full-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 17%; of Ligue 1 full-backs rank below him
Finishing: −4.8; goals below expected · better than 1% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

2 Expected

6.8

45 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

11 Expected

7.1

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Premier League	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	19
2025/26	Ligue 1	Olympique Lyonnais	30	28	1	3	6	1	0	2,486
2025/26	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Lyonnais	8	6	1	–	1	–	0	540
2025/26	Coupe de France	Olympique Lyonnais	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	191
2024/25	Ligue 1	Olympique Lyonnais	32	20	1	4	1	0	0	1,978
2024/25	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Lyonnais	11	10	0	–	2	–	0	959
2024	Emirates Cup	Olympique Lyonnais	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/25	Coupe de France	Olympique Lyonnais	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	64
2023/24	Ligue 1	Olympique Lyonnais	23	16	1	4	1	0	1	1,438
2023/24	Coupe de France	Olympique Lyonnais	6	3	1	–	0	–	0	378
2022/23	Premier League	Southampton	22	13	0	0	3	0	0	1,410
2022/23	Premier League 2 Division Two	Southampton U21	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	46
2022/23	Carabao Cup	Southampton	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	150
2022/23	FA Cup	Southampton	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	165
2021/22	Premier League	Arsenal	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	265
2021/22	Serie A	Roma	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	491
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Roma	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	116
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	209
2021/22	Coppa Italia	Roma	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2020/21	Premier League	West Bromwich Albion	15	14	0	–	2	–	0	1,234
2020/21	Premier League	Arsenal	11	5	0	–	0	–	0	481
2020/21	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	423
2020/21	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	214
2020/21	Community Shield	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2020/21	FA Cup	Arsenal	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	-1
2020/21	UEFA Nations League - League A	England	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	44
2019/20	Premier League	Arsenal	20	15	0	2	5	1	0	1,375
2019/20	Premier League 2	Arsenal U23	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal	6	4	0	–	0	–	0	287
2019/20	FA Cup	Arsenal	5	3	0	–	0	–	0	274
2019	Emirates Cup	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	76
2019	Trofeo Joan Gamper	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/20	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	120
2018/19	Premier League	Arsenal	16	11	1	1	2	1	0	985
2018/19	Premier League 2	Arsenal U23	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	68
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal	10	9	1	–	0	–	0	805
2018	International Champions Cup	Arsenal	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	123
2019	International Champions Cup	Arsenal	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	100
2018/19	FA Cup	Arsenal	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2018/19	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	150
2017/18	Premier League	Arsenal	15	8	0	0	1	0	0	908
2017/18	Premier League 2	Arsenal U23	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal	4	3	0	–	1	–	0	360
2017/18	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	160
2017	International Champions Cup	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017	Emirates Cup	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	74
2017/18	FA Cup	Arsenal	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016/17	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	Arsenal U23	13	13	0	–	0	–	0	1,155
2016/17	Premier League	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2016/17	FA Cup	Arsenal	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	196
2016/17	Carabao Cup	Arsenal	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	203
2017	FIFA U20 World Cup	England U20	7	3	0	–	0	–	0	259
2017	Tournoi U20 4 Nations	England U20	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	214
2019	UEFA U21 Championship	England U21	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	131
2015/16	Championship	Ipswich Town	30	21	1	2	3	0	0	1,680
2015/16	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	147
2016	UEFA U19 Championship	England U19	8	6	1	–	1	–	0	568
2014/15	Premier League	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014/15	UEFA Youth League	Arsenal U19	6	6	0	–	1	–	0	540
2014/15	UEFA Champions League	Arsenal	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2014/15	FA Cup	Arsenal	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	0
2013/14	UEFA Youth League	Arsenal U19	8	8	0	–	0	–	0	686
2014	UEFA U17 Championship	England U17	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	56

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			395	286	12	16^*	35	3^*	1	26,157

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premier League	110	2	3
Ligue 1	85	3	11
UEFA Europa League	44	2	–
Championship	30	1	2
FA Cup	17	1	–
Carabao Cup	16	1	–
UEFA Youth League	14	0	–
U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	13	0	–
Coupe de France	10	1	–
England U20	10	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Sept 2026 Sept 2026 · Transfer Olympique Lyonnais Everton Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Arsenal Olympique Lyonnais Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2023 May 2023 · Back from Loan Southampton Arsenal Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2022 Sept 2022 · Loan Arsenal Southampton Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2022 Jun 2022 · Back from Loan Roma Arsenal Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Loan Arsenal Roma Loan Fee in TSH subscription
May 2021 May 2021 · Back from Loan West Bromwich Albion Arsenal Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Loan Arsenal West Bromwich Albion Loan Fee in TSH subscription
May 2016 May 2016 · Back from Loan Ipswich Town Arsenal FC Under 21 Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Loan Arsenal FC Under 21 Ipswich Town Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2013 Jan 2013 · Free Transfer – Arsenal FC Under 18 Academy Free Transfer

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