Daniel
James
RWWales · Leeds United
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Player dossierPremier League
DanielJames
RWRight WingerAttack
- Club
- Leeds United
- League
- Premier League
- Nationality
- Wales
- Age
- 28
- Height
- 171 cm
- Foot
- Right
- Valued
- 3 Jun 2026
Premier LeagueReading the valuation
The market values James at €10M. Model A, which never saw James during training, estimates €6M: the market value is 65% above that estimate.
That is a factor of ×1.65. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is larger than its usual error.
Without league and club, Model B estimates €678k, further from the market. Model B is usually further off (typical miss ×2.07): league and club explain much of how the market prices players.
A gap describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what the player is worth.
- Apps
- 21
- Minutes
- 629
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Started
- 7/21
- Min / app
- 30
- Cards
- 0Y 0R
Club matches, two years to the valuation date
The Valuation Journey
What moves Model A
Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for James…
SHAP describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what causes market value. Model B can be explained only by the live service; Model A also has a published explanation for the research players.
Model A vs Model B against the observed €10M
Checking APIAsking the prediction API…
Held-out estimates come from cross-validation, with this player outside the training data: the honest comparison. Served models were refitted on every player, this one included, so they sit closer to the market. Shaded band: Model A's typical miss (×1.50 either way).
Player traitspercentiles vs 1,583 attackers
Dashed ring: the attacker median (50th percentile)
European club minutes
Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.
0% this player0% attacker median28th percentile
No passing, progression or defensive actions exist in the dataset, so no trait claims to measure them.
Valuation history every Transfermarkt valuation on record
- First valuation
- €100k
- Sept 2018
- Peak
- €28M
- Dec 2019
- Model target
- €10M
- Jun 2026
- Valuations
- 24
- 4 club changes
Jun 2026: €10M, Leeds United. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-24 | €100k | Swansea City |
| 2019-02-27 | €3M | Swansea City |
| 2019-06-28 | €12M | Swansea City |
| 2019-09-12 | €25M | Manchester United |
| 2019-12-10 | €28M | Manchester United |
| 2020-04-08 | €22.5M | Manchester United |
| 2020-07-30 | €19M | Manchester United |
| 2020-10-13 | €16M | Manchester United |
| 2021-03-18 | €18M | Manchester United |
| 2021-05-25 | €18M | Manchester United |
| 2021-12-23 | €18M | Leeds United |
| 2022-06-15 | €18M | Leeds United |
| 2022-11-03 | €16M | Fulham FC |
| 2023-03-16 | €13M | Fulham FC |
| 2023-06-20 | €12M | Leeds United |
| 2023-12-21 | €14M | Leeds United |
| 2024-05-24 | €14M | Leeds United |
| 2024-12-30 | €16M | Leeds United |
| 2025-03-28 | €18M | Leeds United |
| 2025-05-27 | €18M | Leeds United |
| 2025-10-17 | €16M | Leeds United |
| 2025-12-09 | €14M | Leeds United |
| 2026-03-09 | €12M | Leeds United |
| 2026-06-03 | €10M | Leeds United |
Audit context group-level, not about this player
- Audit group
- UEFA
- Population gap, Model A
- +0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
- This player, market vs held-out A
- +0.503
The group comes from first-listed citizenship and is never a model input. Across the population, non-UEFA players' market values sit about 10% above Model A's held-out estimates, relative to UEFA players in the same leagues. One player's residual says nothing about that pattern (typical miss ×1.50), and none of it is evidence of discrimination: the target may itself be biased. Open the Fairness Audit
In context observed value among comparable players in this build
All players in the Terminal →Premier League555 players · median €18M
Valued above 32% of the 555 Premier League players.
See them in the Explorer →Attackers, all leagues1,583 players · median €2.5M
Valued above 77% of the 1,583 attackers.
See them in the Explorer →Where James appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- KovacicCMManchester City · Premier League€10M
- LukićCMFulham FC · Premier League€10M
- SoučekDMWest Ham United · Premier League€10M
- NmechaCFLeeds United · Premier League€10M
- MinaminoLWAS Monaco · attackers€10M
- CórdobaCFFC Krasnodar · attackers€10M
- Saint-MaximinLWRC Lens · attackers€10M
- KühnRWComo 1907 · attackers€10M
Counts and ranks of observed Transfermarkt values only; model errors are never ranked here. Full player export: Every player in the modelling population (D-011).