Jayden Nelson

#7 · Age 22 (26 Sept 2002) · 170 cm · Right-footed · Canada international · €1.9M · Contract until 2028

26 apps1268 min

Jayden Nelson produced 2 goals and 5 assists in 26 appearances this season. A rotation option, starting 13 of 26 appearances. Underperforming his non-penalty xG by 1.4.

Goals

0.14 /90

Assists

0.35 /90

3.38

0.24 /90

npxG

3.38

0.24 /90

Non-pen goals

0.14 /90

Shots

2.34 /90

Key passes

1.35 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	Austin FC	13	6	550	2	0	0.80	0.80	9	7
2025	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	13	1268	2	5	3.38	3.38	33	19
Career (2 seasons)		39	19	1818	4	5	4.18	4.18	42	26

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).

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Jayden Nelson

Vancouver Whitecaps · FW

#7 · Age 22 (26 Sept 2002) · 170 cm · Right-footed · Canada international · €1.9M · Contract until 2028

26 apps1268 min

Jayden Nelson produced 2 goals and 5 assists in 26 appearances this season. A rotation option, starting 13 of 26 appearances. Underperforming his non-penalty xG by 1.4.

Goals

0.14 /90

Assists

0.35 /90

3.38

0.24 /90

npxG

3.38

0.24 /90

Non-pen goals

0.14 /90

Shots

2.34 /90

Key passes

1.35 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	Austin FC	13	6	550	2	0	0.80	0.80	9	7
2025	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	13	1268	2	5	3.38	3.38	33	19
Career (2 seasons)		39	19	1818	4	5	4.18	4.18	42	26

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).