James
Milner
CMEngland · Brighton & Hove Albion
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Player dossierPremier League
JamesMilner
CMCentral MidfieldMidfield
- Club
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- League
- Premier League
- Nationality
- England
- Age
- 40
- Height
- 175 cm
- Foot
- Right
- Valued
- 3 Jun 2026
Reading the valuation
The market values Milner at €500k. Model A, which never saw Milner during training, estimates €530k: the market value is 6% below that estimate.
That is a factor of ×1.06. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is within its usual error.
Without league and club, Model B estimates €171k, 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
- 26
- Minutes
- 1,119
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 1
- Started
- 12/26
- Min / app
- 43
- Cards
- 3Y 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 Milner…
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 €500k
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 1,687 midfielders
Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)
Goals per 90
Club goals per 90 minutes played in the two years to the valuation date.
0.08 this player0.08 midfielder median49th 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
- €7.5M
- Oct 2004
- Peak
- €21M
- Jun 2012
- Model target
- €500k
- Jun 2026
- Valuations
- 46
- 6 club changes
Jun 2026: €500k, Brighton & Hove Albion. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-04 | €7.5M | Newcastle United |
| 2005-02-01 | €5.5M | Newcastle United |
| 2005-09-01 | €6M | Aston Villa |
| 2006-04-17 | €4.7M | Aston Villa |
| 2007-09-01 | €8M | Newcastle United |
| 2008-01-29 | €8.8M | Newcastle United |
| 2008-09-01 | €10M | Aston Villa |
| 2009-02-23 | €11.5M | Aston Villa |
| 2009-06-26 | €13M | Aston Villa |
| 2010-01-24 | €17M | Aston Villa |
| 2010-08-13 | €20M | Aston Villa |
| 2011-02-01 | €20M | Manchester City |
| 2011-08-08 | €18M | Manchester City |
| 2012-02-06 | €20M | Manchester City |
| 2012-06-24 | €21M | Manchester City |
| 2013-01-28 | €17M | Manchester City |
| 2013-07-02 | €18M | Manchester City |
| 2014-01-15 | €15M | Manchester City |
| 2014-08-12 | €14M | Manchester City |
| 2015-02-12 | €14M | Manchester City |
| 2015-07-01 | €14M | Liverpool FC |
| 2016-02-09 | €14M | Liverpool FC |
| 2016-06-01 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2016-08-01 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2017-02-20 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2017-06-28 | €12M | Liverpool FC |
| 2018-01-02 | €12M | Liverpool FC |
| 2018-05-28 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2018-12-19 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2019-06-13 | €15M | Liverpool FC |
| 2019-12-10 | €12M | Liverpool FC |
| 2020-03-09 | €8M | Liverpool FC |
| 2020-04-08 | €6.5M | Liverpool FC |
| 2020-10-13 | €5M | Liverpool FC |
| 2021-03-18 | €3M | Liverpool FC |
| 2021-06-08 | €3M | Liverpool FC |
| 2021-12-23 | €2M | Liverpool FC |
| 2022-06-15 | €2M | Liverpool FC |
| 2022-11-03 | €2M | Liverpool FC |
| 2023-06-20 | €1.5M | Liverpool FC |
| 2023-12-19 | €1M | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2024-05-27 | €1M | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2024-12-16 | €1M | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2025-05-30 | €1M | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2025-12-09 | €750k | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2026-06-03 | €500k | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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
- −0.059
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 3% of the 555 Premier League players.
See them in the Explorer →Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M
Valued above 16% of the 1,687 midfielders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Milner appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- SteeleGKBrighton & Hove Albion · Premier League€500k
- DúbravkaGKBurnley FC · Premier League€500k
- CairneyCMFulham FC · Premier League€500k
- GueyeDMEverton FC · Premier League€500k
- MoutinhoCMSC Braga · midfielders€500k
- HöflerDMSC Freiburg · midfielders€500k
- StepanenkoDMKolos Kovalivka · midfielders€500k
- DelaneyCMFC Copenhagen · midfielders€500k
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).