James Ward-Prowse

Midfield - Central Midfield at West Ham United

Age31

CitizenshipEngland

Height1.77 m

Footright

BornNovember 1, 1994

at West Ham United 1,015 days · joined 2023-08-14

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👕500+ Apps ⚽50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps

Market value €8.00m

Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

clubs played for

11/12

debut season

0.13

goals / match

Southampton FC

top club · 410 apps

Career highs

€38.00m

peak value · 2023

€34.80m

top transfer fee · 23/24

best season · 21/22

60 / 9

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Matteo Luigi Brunori

Attack - Centre-Forward · Palermo FC

€3.00m

Matty Kennedy

Attack - Left Winger · Kilmarnock FC

€300k

Veli Çetin

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€200k

Nick Townsend

Goalkeeper · Eastleigh FC

€175k

Shares 1994-11-01 · 6 players total

503Appearances

65Goals

66Assists

56Yellow cards

2Red cards

98Full matches (90′)

Full name	James Ward-Prowse
Name in home country	James Michael Edward Ward-Prowse
Date of birth	1994-11-01 (31 yrs)
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Citizenship	England
Position	Midfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	177.00 m
Current club	West Ham United
Joined	2023-08-14
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	CAA Stellar

Jul 2025

25/26 — West Ham United

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2025

Transfer: Forest → West Ham

24/25 · Return from loan

Aug 2024

Transfer: West Ham → Forest

24/25 · Loan

Jul 2024

24/25 — West Ham United, Nottingham Forest

26 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Aug 2023

Transfer: Southampton → West Ham

23/24 · Transfer · €34.80m

Jul 2023

23/24 — Southampton FC, West Ham United

52 matches · 7 G · 12 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2022

22/23 — Southampton FC

45 matches · 11 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2021

21/22 — Southampton FC

42 matches · 11 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions

Nov 2020

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2020

20/21 — Southampton FC

44 matches · 9 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions

Feb 2020

Injury: unknown

Jul 2019

19/20 — Southampton FC

44 matches · 5 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Southampton FC

29 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U23

35 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2017

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — Southampton FC

43 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21

40 matches · 3 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions

Sep 2014

Injury: unknown

31 games missed

Jul 2014

14/15 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21

32 matches · 1 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 — Southampton FC

39 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2012

12/13 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Southampton U18 → Southampton

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2011

11/12 — Southampton FC

2 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: Southampton Aca → Southampton U18

10/11 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €38.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

West Ham United 16.6%

Nottingham Forest 0.0%

Southampton FC 80.3%

Southampton FC U23 2.0%

Southampton FC U21 1.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
West Ham United	3	23/24	25/26	71	8	12	1,471
Nottingham Forest	1	24/25	24/25	10	0	1	0
Southampton FC	13	11/12	23/24	410	55	52	7,097
Southampton FC U23	1	17/18	17/18	2	1	0	180
Southampton FC U21	3	12/13	15/16	10	1	1	90

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
25/26	EFL Cup	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	0	0
25/26	Premier League	West Ham United	3	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	EFL Cup	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	FA Cup	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	Premier League	West Ham United	15	1	1	2	0	1,042
24/25	Premier League	Nottingham Forest	9	0	1	0	0	0
23/24	Championship	Southampton FC	1	0	1	0	0	0
23/24	EFL Cup	West Ham United	2	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	Europa League	West Ham United	10	0	4	0	0	0
23/24	FA Cup	West Ham United	2	0	0	1	0	0
23/24	Premier League	West Ham United	37	7	7	4	0	429
22/23	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	5	1	0	0	0	480
22/23	FA Cup	Southampton FC	2	1	1	1	0	121
22/23	Premier League	Southampton FC	38	9	4	6	0	375
21/22	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	2	0	0	0
21/22	FA Cup	Southampton FC	4	1	1	0	0	420
21/22	Premier League	Southampton FC	36	10	5	3	1	322
20/21	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	FA Cup	Southampton FC	5	1	0	0	0	450
20/21	Premier League	Southampton FC	38	8	7	5	0	428
19/20	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	3	0	2	1	0	0
19/20	FA Cup	Southampton FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	Premier League	Southampton FC	38	5	3	9	0	684
18/19	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	FA Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Premier League	Southampton FC	26	7	0	4	0	277
17/18	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Southampton FC	2	1	1	0	0	180
17/18	Premier League	Southampton FC	30	3	3	3	0	572
17/18	Premier League 2	Southampton FC U23	2	1	0	1	0	180
16/17	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	5	0	1	0	0	0
16/17	Europa League	Southampton FC	6	0	0	1	0	0
16/17	FA Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Premier League	Southampton FC	30	4	4	4	0	471
15/16	Europa League Qualifying	Southampton FC	3	0	2	0	0	0
15/16	FA Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	League Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	1	0	0	0
15/16	Premier League	Southampton FC	33	2	4	5	0	768
15/16	U21 PL	Southampton FC U21	1	1	1	0	0	90
14/15	FA Cup	Southampton FC	3	0	1	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Premier League	Southampton FC	25	1	6	0	1	1,477
14/15	U21 PL	Southampton FC U21	2	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	FA Cup	Southampton FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	1	0	0	0
13/14	Premier League	Southampton FC	34	0	2	3	0	0
12/13	FA Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	1	0	0
12/13	League Cup	Southampton FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Premier League	Southampton FC	15	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL	Southampton FC U21	2	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL Elite Group	Southampton FC U21	5	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	FA Cup	Southampton FC	1	1	0	0	0	72
11/12	League Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
10/11	2010-07-01	Southampton Aca	Southampton U18	Transfer	0	—
12/13	2012-07-01	Southampton U18	Southampton	Transfer	50000	—
23/24	2023-08-14	Southampton	West Ham	Transfer	38000000	€34.80m
24/25	2024-08-30	West Ham	Forest	Loan	30000000	—
24/25	2025-02-03	Forest	West Ham	Return from loan	16000000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
14/15	Broken foot	2014-09-20	2014-11-29	71	31
16/17	Injury to the ankle	2017-01-26	2017-01-29	4	1
19/20	Knee injury	2020-02-06	2020-02-14	9	0
20/21	Hamstring injury	2020-11-08	2020-11-22	15	3

Current€8.00m

Peak€38.00m

Low€50k

Δ since start+€7.95m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€35.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€16.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€30.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€22.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€38.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€38.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€38.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€32.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€35.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€28.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€32.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€30.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€32.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€20.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€25.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€14.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€15.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€15.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€13.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€15.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€11.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€11.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #23260	—	7	0	—	—	former national player
Team #22907	#7	7	1	—	—	former national player
Team #21340	#8	4	0	—	—	former national player
Team #9565	#8	31	6	—	—	former national player
Team #3299	#21	11	2	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	1	1
Jannik Vestergaard	1	2
Ibrahima Diallo	1	0
Mohamed Elyounoussi	1	3
Mohammed Salisu	1	0
Jay Rodríguez	1	3
Moussa Djenepo	1	1
Dušan Tadić	1	1
Cédric Soares	1	2
Jan Bednarek	1	4
Alex McCarthy	1	0
Danny Ings	1	6
José Fonte	1	1
Maya Yoshida	1	1
Ché Adams	1	7
Stuart Armstrong	1	2
Jack Stephens	1	3

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
21/22	Premier League	Southampton FC	10	36
22/23	Premier League	Southampton FC	9	38
20/21	Premier League	Southampton FC	8	38

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
23/24	Premier League	West Ham United	7	37
20/21	Premier League	Southampton FC	7	38
14/15	Premier League	Southampton FC	6	25

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
24/25	2025-02-03	Forest	West Ham	Return from loan	—	€16.00m
24/25	2024-08-30	West Ham	Forest	Loan	—	€30.00m

Last 50 matches for West Ham United The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2024-09-25	`CGB`	Liverpool FC	5–1	West Ham United	Available
2024-08-28	`CGB`	West Ham United	1–0	AFC Bournemouth	Available
2023-12-20	`CGB`	Liverpool FC	5–1	West Ham United	Available
2023-11-01	`CGB`	West Ham United	3–1	Arsenal FC	Available
2023-09-27	`CGB`	Lincoln City	0–1	West Ham United	Available
2023-03-01	`GB1`	Manchester United	3–1	West Ham United	Available
2022-11-09	`CGB`	West Ham United	9–10	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2022-03-02	`GB1`	Southampton FC	3–1	West Ham United	Available
2021-12-22	`CGB`	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	West Ham United	Available
2021-10-27	`CGB`	West Ham United	5–3	Manchester City	Available
2021-09-22	`CGB`	Manchester United	0–1	West Ham United	Available
2021-02-09	`GB1`	Manchester United	1–0	West Ham United	Available
2020-09-30	`CGB`	Everton FC	4–1	West Ham United	Available
2020-09-22	`CGB`	West Ham United	5–1	Hull City	Available
2020-09-15	`CGB`	West Ham United	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Available
2020-06-23	`GB1`	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	West Ham United	Available
2020-06-20	`GB1`	West Ham United	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Available
2020-03-07	`GB1`	Arsenal FC	1–0	West Ham United	Available
2020-02-29	`GB1`	West Ham United	3–1	Southampton FC	Available
2020-02-24	`GB1`	Liverpool FC	3–2	West Ham United	Available
2020-02-19	`GB1`	Manchester City	2–0	West Ham United	Available
2020-02-01	`GB1`	West Ham United	3–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Available
2020-01-29	`GB1`	West Ham United	0–2	Liverpool FC	Available
2020-01-22	`GB1`	Leicester City	4–1	West Ham United	Available
2020-01-18	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–1	Everton FC	Available
2020-01-10	`GB1`	Sheffield United	1–0	West Ham United	Available
2020-01-01	`GB1`	West Ham United	4–0	AFC Bournemouth	Available
2019-12-28	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–2	Leicester City	Available
2019-12-26	`GB1`	Crystal Palace	2–1	West Ham United	Available
2019-12-14	`GB1`	Southampton FC	0–1	West Ham United	Available
2019-12-09	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–3	Arsenal FC	Available
2019-12-04	`GB1`	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	West Ham United	Available
2019-11-30	`GB1`	Chelsea FC	0–1	West Ham United	Available
2019-11-23	`GB1`	West Ham United	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Available
2019-11-09	`GB1`	Burnley FC	3–0	West Ham United	Available
2019-11-02	`GB1`	West Ham United	2–3	Newcastle United	Available
2019-10-26	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–1	Sheffield United	Available
2019-10-19	`GB1`	Everton FC	2–0	West Ham United	Available
2019-10-05	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Available
2019-09-28	`GB1`	AFC Bournemouth	2–2	West Ham United	Available
2019-09-25	`CGB`	Oxford United	4–0	West Ham United	Available
2019-09-22	`GB1`	West Ham United	2–0	Manchester United	Available
2019-09-16	`GB1`	Aston Villa	0–0	West Ham United	Available
2019-08-31	`GB1`	West Ham United	2–0	Norwich City	Available
2019-08-27	`CGB`	Newport County	0–2	West Ham United	Available
2019-08-24	`GB1`	Watford FC	1–3	West Ham United	Available
2019-08-17	`GB1`	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	West Ham United	Available
2019-08-10	`GB1`	West Ham United	0–5	Manchester City	Available
2019-07-26	`GB1`	West Ham United	1–1	Aston Villa	Available
2019-07-22	`GB1`	Manchester United	1–1	West Ham United	Available

Teams faced most often by James Ward-Prowse's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liverpool FC	36	5	6	25	35	87	-52	14%
Everton FC	35	13	6	16	48	57	-9	37%
Chelsea FC	33	8	8	17	37	64	-27	24%
Arsenal FC	33	7	8	18	38	61	-23	21%
Leicester City	30	8	7	15	41	57	-16	27%
Watford FC	28	14	8	6	52	33	+19	50%
Manchester City	28	6	2	20	29	69	-40	21%
Burnley FC	28	10	7	11	32	36	-4	36%
Crystal Palace	28	14	8	6	47	30	+17	50%
Manchester United	27	6	10	11	27	36	-9	22%
AFC Bournemouth	26	10	7	9	41	36	+5	38%
Tottenham Hotspur	26	6	4	16	29	49	-20	23%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
11/12	Senior debut season
11/12	First senior goal
22/23	Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
25/26	4	0	1	0	0	0
24/25	26	1,042	2	1	0	0.26
23/24	52	429	5	0	0	1.05
22/23	45	976	7	0	0	0.65
21/22	42	742	3	0	1	0.49
20/21	44	878	5	0	0	0.51
19/20	44	684	10	0	0	1.32
18/19	29	277	4	0	0	1.3
17/18	35	932	4	0	0	0.39
16/17	43	471	5	0	0	0.96
15/16	40	858	5	0	0	0.52
14/15	32	1,477	0	0	1	0.06
13/14	39	0	3	0	0	0
12/13	26	0	2	0	0	0