Joseph Paintsil

#28 · Age 26 (1 Feb 1998) · 167 cm · Right-footed · €6.4M · Contract until 2027

34 apps2739 min

Joseph Paintsil produced 14 goals and 8 assists in 34 appearances this season. Used mainly off the bench — 20 appearances as a substitute. Clinical in front of goal, beating his non-penalty xG by 2.6.

Goals

0.46 /90

Assists

0.26 /90

13.01

0.43 /90

npxG

11.37

0.37 /90

Non-pen goals

0.46 /90

Shots

2.89 /90

Key passes

1.74 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	LA Galaxy	18	9	1422	5	3	5.96	5.96	38	17
2025	LA Galaxy	23	18	1797	9	2	10.08	8.44	54	22
2024	LA Galaxy	34	14	2739	14	8	13.01	11.37	88	53
Career (3 seasons)		75	41	5958	28	13	29.05	25.77	180	92

League play only, across all leagues in the dataset (cups and international tournaments excluded).

Goals — match by match

Per-90 percentile rank vs Major League Soccer

Similar players — closest per-90 profile

Cosine similarity over per-90 percentile profile, within the same position group.

Percentiles computed across qualified league players (600+ minutes).

All players

Joseph Paintsil

LA Galaxy · FW

#28 · Age 26 (1 Feb 1998) · 167 cm · Right-footed · €6.4M · Contract until 2027

34 apps2739 min

Goals

0.46 /90

Assists

0.26 /90

13.01

0.43 /90

npxG

11.37

0.37 /90

Non-pen goals

0.46 /90

Shots

2.89 /90

Key passes

1.74 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	LA Galaxy	18	9	1422	5	3	5.96	5.96	38	17
2025	LA Galaxy	23	18	1797	9	2	10.08	8.44	54	22
2024	LA Galaxy	34	14	2739	14	8	13.01	11.37	88	53
Career (3 seasons)		75	41	5958	28	13	29.05	25.77	180	92

League play only, across all leagues in the dataset (cups and international tournaments excluded).

Goals — match by match

Per-90 percentile rank vs Major League Soccer

Similar players — closest per-90 profile

Cosine similarity over per-90 percentile profile, within the same position group.

Percentiles computed across qualified league players (600+ minutes).