Signings Report — Championship 2019/20

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 245 real signings across the 24 clubs of Championship; 240 are included in the hit-rate calculation (5 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 42%.

Hit rate by club

1º Blackburn (11th in the league · 6 eval.)
92%
2º Brentford (3rd in the league · 7 eval.)
86%
3º Fulham (2nd in the league · 8 eval.)
69%
4º Leeds (1st in the league · 4 eval.)
62%
5º West Brom (4th in the league · 10 eval.)
60%
6º Wigan (13th in the league · 10 eval.)
55%
7º Bristol City (12th in the league · 12 eval.)
50%
8º Sheffield Wednesday (17th in the league · 8 eval.)
50%
9º Reading (15th in the league · 9 eval.)
44%
10º Derby (10th in the league · 7 eval.)
43%
11º Charlton (23rd in the league · 24 eval.)
35%
12º Cardiff (5th in the league · 13 eval.)
35%
13º Millwall (8th in the league · 9 eval.)
33%
14º QPR (14th in the league · 6 eval.)
33%
15º Swansea (6th in the league · 6 eval.)
33%
16º Preston (9th in the league · 3 eval.)
33%
17º Huddersfield (19th in the league · 8 eval.)
31%
18º Luton (20th in the league · 22 eval.)
30%
19º Stoke City (16th in the league · 12 eval.)
29%
20º Nottingham Forest (7th in the league · 14 eval.)
29%
21º Barnsley (22nd in the league · 14 eval.)
25%
22º Birmingham (21st in the league · 10 eval.)
25%
23º Hull City (24th in the league · 11 eval.)
9%
24º Middlesbrough (18th in the league · 7 eval.)
7%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Blackburn11º6651092%
Brentford7760186%
Fulham8843169%
Leeds4421162%
West Brom111036160%
Wigan13º101043355%
Bristol City12º121244450%
Sheffield Wednesday17º9832350%
Reading15º9932444%
10ºDerby10º7730443%
11ºCharlton23º2424571235%
12ºCardiff141333735%
13ºMillwall9922533%
14ºQPR14º7620433%
15ºSwansea6612333%
16ºPreston4310233%
17ºHuddersfield19º8821531%
18ºLuton20º2222451330%
19ºStoke City16º121223729%
20ºNottingham Forest141432929%
21ºBarnsley22º141423925%
22ºBirmingham21º101005525%
23ºHull City24º11110299%
24ºMiddlesbrough18º770167%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Matheus PereiraWest Brom33748+167.45Excellent
Kieffer MooreWigan280110+47.04Excellent
Bryan MbeumoBrentford310216+76.95Excellent
Stewart DowningBlackburn34102+87.17Excellent
Cauley WoodrowBarnsley329614+26.93Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

Barnsley (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Conor Chaplin443316114Excellent
Cauley Woodrow403296142Excellent
Mads Juel Andersen38327001Below expectations
Luke Thomas39232614Fair
Aapo Halme32231040Fair
Bambo Diaby21186610Below expectations
Bradley Collins19171000Fair
Mike-Steven Bähre26162513Did not deliver
Samuel Sahin-Radlinger18162000Did not deliver
Toby Sibbick18151500Did not deliver
Ben Williams20142601Below expectations
Kenneth Dougall1284300Did not deliver
Mallik Wilks1581710Did not deliver
George Miller1100Did not deliver

Birmingham (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ivan Šunjić40327730Fair
Dan Crowley38250815Fair
Jake Clarke-Salter19161411Fair
Scott Hogan17128371Below expectations
Álvaro Giménez24120130Fair
Francisco Villalba1282210Fair
Josh McEachran839900Did not deliver
Francisco Villalba539700Did not deliver
Jefferson Montero1431700Did not deliver
Agustin Medina Delgado1100Did not deliver

Blackburn (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Christian Walton46414001Good
Stewart Downing41341028Excellent
Tosin Adarabioyo34296631Excellent
Bradley Johnson34227832Good
Lewis Holtby27131834Good
Greg Cunningham864701Fair

Brentford (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
David Raya48432000Good
Christian Nørgaard44364803Good
Ethan Pinnock38322324Excellent
Pontus Jansson36321200Good
Bryan Mbeumo443102167Excellent
Mathias Jensen41265917Excellent
Nikolaos Karelis48800Did not deliver

Bristol City (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Daniel Bentley38339200Good
Ashley Williams32276921Good
Tommy Rowe29215923Fair
Han-Noah Massengo25191800Did not deliver
Ádám Nagy23149311Below expectations
Pedro Pereira21125921Good
Nahki Wells17119150Good
Benik Afobe1273730Fair
Filip Benković1064020Fair
Daniel Bentley545000Fair
Markus Henriksen431500Did not deliver
Sammie Szmodics310700Did not deliver

Cardiff (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Curtis Nelson35308120Good
Marlon Pack39298223Good
Aden Flint26229134Good
Alex Smithies24216000Fair
Robert Glatzel32192470Below expectations
Will Vaulks29179340Fair
Gavin Whyte25128501Did not deliver
Albert Adomah973602Fair
Rick218000Did not deliver
Isaac Vassell25310Did not deliver
Joe Day13400Did not deliver
Bradley Smith32500Did not deliver
Emiliano Sala0000Did not deliver
Ciaron Brown *0000Investment

Charlton (24 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dillon Phillips46414000Good
Tom Lockyer43387010Good
Jason Pearce39313712Fair
Darren Pratley36281021Good
Adam Matthews29252101Did not deliver
Macauley Bonne332358112Good
Naby Sarr29224434Fair
Ben Purrington31213620Did not deliver
Lyle Taylor221603111Excellent
Adedeji Oshilaja25159400Did not deliver
Jonathan Leko21152054Fair
Jonathan Williams19102805Fair
Erhun Oztumer1480801Fair
Tomer Hemed1880300Did not deliver
Samuel Field1779901Fair
Andre Green1376121Below expectations
Aiden McGeady1059400Did not deliver
Jake Forster-Caskey1158901Below expectations
Chuks Aneke2057311Fair
David Davis545001Did not deliver
Beram Kayal621900Did not deliver
Anfernee Dijksteel19000Did not deliver
Joe Ledley14500Did not deliver
Chris Maxwell0000Did not deliver

Derby (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matthew Clarke35302010Good
Ben Hamer25223400Below expectations
Wayne Rooney20173953Excellent
Krystian Bielik20149500Did not deliver
Graeme Shinnie23116721Good
Kieran Dowell1070201Below expectations
Jamie Paterson1049212Did not deliver

Fulham (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ivan Cavaleiro43303967Excellent
Bobby Reid43302663Good
Anthony Knockaert44300834Good
Harrison Reed27201102Fair
Joshua Onomah33198843Fair
Michael Hector22198002Good
Harry Arter28173721Fair
Terence Kongolo1900Did not deliver

Huddersfield (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Trevoh Chalobah36274211Fair
Danny Simpson24199300Did not deliver
Harry Toffolo19171012Good
Fraizer Campbell33157532Below expectations
Richard Stearman17148000Did not deliver
Tommy Elphick14119200Did not deliver
Emile Smith Rowe19117922Good
Andy King1460500Did not deliver

Hull City (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Callum Elder30250703Fair
Tom Eaves40212651Fair
George Honeyman42207113Did not deliver
Josh Magennis29171842Below expectations
Mallik Wilks18127350Below expectations
Matthew Pennington14110500Did not deliver
Josh Bowler28107910Did not deliver
Ryan Tafazolli1581320Did not deliver
Sean McLoughlin750100Did not deliver
Martin Samuelsen729400Did not deliver
Matt Ingram19000Did not deliver

Leeds (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ben White46414012Excellent
Hélder Costa43295444Good
Edward Nketiah1749930Fair
Jean-Kévin Augustin34800Did not deliver

Luton (22 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
James Collins463942143Excellent
Matthew Pearson42366621Fair
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu44363830Below expectations
Sonny Bradley40352330Good
Ryan Tunnicliffe40324611Below expectations
Harry Cornick45310193Good
James Bree39303705Fair
Simon Sluga33297000Below expectations
Daniel Potts33274211Did not deliver
Martin Cranie24169721Did not deliver
Isaiah Brown25146517Good
Kazenga LuaLua29145730Fair
Luke Berry21137311Did not deliver
Cameron Carter-Vickers16136701Fair
Andrew Shinnie21134812Did not deliver
Callum McManaman2391140Fair
Jacob Butterfield1586510Did not deliver
Elliott Lee1158810Below expectations
George Moncur1744310Below expectations
Brendon Galloway35600Did not deliver
Alex Baptiste0000Did not deliver
George Thorne0000Did not deliver

Middlesbrough (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Anfernee Dijksteel16104600Did not deliver
Harold Moukoudi872001Below expectations
Patrick Roberts1061412Fair
Marc Bola751800Did not deliver
Lukas Nmecha1146700Did not deliver
Marcus Browne1342500Did not deliver
Ravel Morrison321600Below expectations

Millwall (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Bartosz Białkowski46409700Good
Matt Smith411963134Good
Ryan Woods18153000Below expectations
Connor Mahoney38145925Below expectations
Jón Daði Böðvarsson31138142Fair
Mason Bennett943820Fair
Jason McCarthy29600Did not deliver
Frank Fielding14300Did not deliver
Luke Steele0000Did not deliver

Nottingham Forest (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Brice Samba40360000Good
Sammy Ameobi45311058Good
Tiago Silva44304334Good
Yuri Ribeiro27239003Fair
Samba Sow25169401Fair
Alfa Semedo24100920Did not deliver
Carl Jenkinson862801Did not deliver
Chema862000Below expectations
Albert Adomah2461921Did not deliver
Nuno Da Costa1043700Did not deliver
Adama Diakhaby1434900Did not deliver
Rafa Mir1121801Did not deliver
John Bostock716601Did not deliver
Gaëtan Bong15900Did not deliver

Preston (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Patrick Bauer41361730Excellent
David Nugent24102810Did not deliver
Scott Sinclair1890130Below expectations
Andre Green *49400Investment

QPR (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jordan Hugill392832131Excellent
Yoann Barbet27242202Good
Luke Amos34214020Below expectations
Todd Kane32204910Did not deliver
Liam Kelly19171000Below expectations
Marc Pugh27117422Below expectations
Jack Clarke *613900Investment

Reading (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rafael Cabral44396000Good
Michael Morrison44379321Fair
George Pușcaș382550123Good
Pelé31217811Below expectations
Lucas João19118763Excellent
Charlie Adam2179721Fair
Lucas Boyé1960100Did not deliver
Felipe Araruna316300Did not deliver
Andrija Novakovich11400Did not deliver

Sheffield Wednesday (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Kadeem Harris43338934Good
Julian Börner37306910Good
Jacob Murphy39229594Good
Moses Odubajo22170300Did not deliver
Massimo Luongo27147930Below expectations
Connor Wickham1389520Fair
Alessio Da Cruz1468602Did not deliver
Josh Windass946930Fair
David Bates *0000Investment

Stoke City (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Tommy Smith30251105Good
Lee Gregory40209263Below expectations
Nick Powell29188955Excellent
Liam Lindsay20155011Did not deliver
Jordan Cousins20143100Did not deliver
James Chester16123501Did not deliver
Stephen Ward15122400Did not deliver
Cameron Carter-Vickers12100000Fair
Jordan Thompson1562001Did not deliver
Scott Hogan1342630Fair
Adam Davies436000Fair
Mark Duffy618600Did not deliver

Swansea (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Freddie Woodman43386900Good
Jake Bidwell39344003Fair
Ben Wilmot21149620Did not deliver
Sam Surridge2078140Fair
Aldo Kalulu1147001Did not deliver
Kristoffer Peterson735500Did not deliver

West Brom (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Semi Ajayi43378250Fair
Romaine Sawyers42372011Good
Matheus Pereira423374816Excellent
Filip Krovinović40231532Fair
Darnell Furlong31223921Fair
Grady Diangana30186786Good
Charlie Austin341519102Fair
Callum Robinson1686032Fair
Kenneth Zohore1766330Did not deliver
Kamil Grosicki1449913Fair
Alex Palmer *0000Investment

Wigan (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
David Marshall39351000Fair
Jamal Lowe46346565Good
Joe Williams38300913Good
Kieffer Moore362801104Excellent
Charlie Mulgrew12105201Good
Kieran Dowell1290652Fair
Lewis MacLeod1290200Did not deliver
Leon Balogun1180800Did not deliver
Tom Pearce737301Fair
Bright Enobakhare24800Did not deliver
Signings Report · Championship 2019/20 · December 23, 2019