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Portrait of Nicolas Jackson

Nicolas

Jackson

CFSenegal · Bayern Munich

№ 776890World Class €31.8M +0.23

Image: FootyLogos

Player dossierBundesliga

NicolasJackson

CFCentre-ForwardAttack

Club
Bayern Munich
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Senegal
Age
24
Height
187 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Jackson at €40M. Model A, which never saw Jackson during training, estimates €31.8M: the market value is 26% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.26. 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 €14.9M, 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.

▲ +0.23A €31.8M▲ +0.98B €14.9M
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
68
Minutes
3,685
Goals
21
Assists
10
Started
44/68
Min / app
54
Cards
10Y 2R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for Jackson…

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 €40M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €40MModel A €31.8M

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 1,583 attackers

Nicolas Jackson's percentiles among attackers: Goals per 90 89th, Assists per 90 82nd, Minutes, two years 77th, Starts 60th, Minutes, last 365 days 55th, European club minutes 74th89thGoals82ndAssists77thMinutes60thStarts55thRecent74thEurope

Dashed ring: the attacker median (50th percentile)

Goals per 90

Club goals per 90 minutes played in the two years to the valuation date.

0.51 this player0.26 attacker median89th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●1.17

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
Oct 2020
Peak
€55M
Dec 2024
Model target
€40M
May 2026
Valuations
18
4 club changes
May 2026€40MBayern MunichValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €40M, Bayern Munich. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2020-10-08€100kCD Mirandés
2021-01-08€400kCD Mirandés
2021-06-24€300kCD Mirandés
2021-12-30€300kVillarreal CF B
2022-03-21€500kVillarreal CF B
2022-06-29€1MVillarreal CF B
2022-09-23€10MVillarreal CF
2022-11-07€15MVillarreal CF
2023-06-13€30MVillarreal CF
2023-10-09€35MChelsea FC
2023-12-19€35MChelsea FC
2024-05-27€35MChelsea FC
2024-10-01€40MChelsea FC
2024-12-16€55MChelsea FC
2025-05-30€50MChelsea FC
2025-12-19€45MBayern Munich
2026-03-20€40MBayern Munich
2026-05-27€40MBayern Munich

Audit context group-level, not about this player

Audit group
non-UEFA
Population gap, Model A
+0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
This player, market vs held-out A
+0.229

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 →

Bundesliga451 players · median €5M

Valued above 93% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€40MSee them in the Explorer →

Attackers, all leagues1,583 players · median €2.5M

Valued above 95% of the 1,583 attackers.

€20k€300k€5M€75M€40MSee them in the Explorer →

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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).