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Portrait of Maximilian Kilman

Maximilian

Kilman

CBEngland · West Ham United

№ 525247Elite €15.4M −0.17

Image: FootyLogos

Player dossierPremier League

MaximilianKilman

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
West Ham United
League
Premier League
Nationality
England
Age
29
Height
194 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
3 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Kilman at €13M. Model A, which never saw Kilman during training, estimates €15.4M: the market value is 15% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.18. 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 €2.5M, 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.

▼ −0.17A €15.4M▲ +1.64B €2.5M
Pitch length is a log value scale fitted to this player's figures. ● observed · ◇ Model A · dashed ◇ Model B · each arc is a residual, log(observed) − log(estimate).
Apps
65
Minutes
5,467
Goals
0
Assists
2
Started
60/65
Min / app
84
Cards
10Y 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 Kilman…

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 €13M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €13MModel A €15.4M

Asking 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 2,065 defenders

Maximilian Kilman's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 18th, Assists per 90 46th, Minutes, two years 88th, Starts 77th, Minutes, last 365 days 59th, European club minutes 30th18thGoals46thAssists88thMinutes77thStarts59thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

5,467 this player2,860 defender median88th percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,111

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
€1M
Dec 2019
Peak
€38M
Oct 2024
Model target
€13M
Jun 2026
Valuations
23
1 club change
Jun 2026€13MWest Ham UnitedValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €13M, West Ham United. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-12-10€1MWolverhampton Wanderers
2020-04-08€800kWolverhampton Wanderers
2020-10-13€1.5MWolverhampton Wanderers
2020-12-17€4.5MWolverhampton Wanderers
2021-03-18€4.5MWolverhampton Wanderers
2021-06-08€4.5MWolverhampton Wanderers
2021-12-23€9MWolverhampton Wanderers
2022-03-29€16MWolverhampton Wanderers
2022-06-15€16MWolverhampton Wanderers
2022-09-15€20MWolverhampton Wanderers
2022-11-03€20MWolverhampton Wanderers
2023-03-16€25MWolverhampton Wanderers
2023-06-20€30MWolverhampton Wanderers
2023-10-09€35MWolverhampton Wanderers
2023-12-19€35MWolverhampton Wanderers
2024-05-27€32MWolverhampton Wanderers
2024-10-01€38MWest Ham United
2024-12-16€35MWest Ham United
2025-03-18€30MWest Ham United
2025-05-30€25MWest Ham United
2025-12-09€22MWest Ham United
2026-03-09€16MWest Ham United
2026-06-03€13MWest Ham 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
−0.166

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 40% of the 555 Premier League players.

€150k€1M€7.5M€50M€13MSee them in the Explorer →

Defenders, all leagues2,065 players · median €2M

Valued above 86% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€13MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Kilman appears

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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position

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).