Full name Ledley King
Name in home country Ledley Brenton King Date of birth 1980-10-12 (45 yrs)
Place of birth London, England
Citizenship England Antigua and Barbuda
Position Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot right
Height 188.00 m
Current club Retired
Joined 2012-07-19
Contract expires —
Jul 2012
Transfer: Tottenham → Retired
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — Tottenham Hotspur
23 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2011
Injury: unknown
33 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — Tottenham Hotspur
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2010
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2009
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2009
09/10 — Tottenham Hotspur
21 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2009
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2008
08/09 — Tottenham Hotspur
29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2008
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Jul 2007
07/08 — Tottenham Hotspur
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2007
Injury: unknown
45 games missed
Jul 2006
06/07 — Tottenham Hotspur
27 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Tottenham Hotspur
27 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — Tottenham Hotspur
47 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — Tottenham Hotspur
35 matches · 2 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — Tottenham Hotspur
26 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — Tottenham Hotspur
42 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — Tottenham Hotspur
23 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1999
99/00 — Tottenham Hotspur
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1998
98/99 — Tottenham Hotspur
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1998
Transfer: Spurs U18 → Tottenham
98/99 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €12.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
11,069 min Minutes played by club
Club Seasons First Last Matches Goals Assists Minutes
Tottenham Hotspur
14
00/01
99/00
323
14
9
11,069
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
2 €3.1M 4 €6.3M 5 €9.4M 7 €12.5M 00/01 — 2 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 2 00/01 01/02 — 1 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 01/02 — 1 assists 2 01/02 02/03 — 1 assists 1 02/03 03/04 — 2 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 03/04 — 5 assists 7 03/04 04/05 — 3 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 3 04/05 05/06 — 3 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 05/06 — 1 assists 4 05/06 06/07 — 1 assists 1 06/07 07/08 08/09 — 1 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 1 08/09 09/10 — 2 goals (Tottenham Hotspur) 2 09/10 10/11 11/12 04/05 — €9M 05/06 — €11M 06/07 — €12.5M 07/08 — €12M 08/09 — €11M 09/10 — €9.5M 10/11 — €9M 11/12 — €6M Goals Assists Market value
Goals by season
00/01: 2 2 00/01 01/02: 1 1 01/02 02/03: 0 0 02/03 03/04: 2 2 03/04 04/05: 3 3 04/05 05/06: 3 3 05/06 06/07: 0 0 06/07 07/08: 0 0 07/08 08/09: 1 1 08/09 09/10: 2 2 09/10 10/11: 0 0 10/11 11/12: 0 0 11/12 98/99: 0 0 98/99 99/00: 0 0 99/00
Assists by season
00/01: 0 0 00/01 01/02: 1 1 01/02 02/03: 1 1 02/03 03/04: 5 5 03/04 04/05: 0 0 04/05 05/06: 1 1 05/06 06/07: 1 1 06/07 07/08: 0 0 07/08 08/09: 0 0 08/09 09/10: 0 0 09/10 10/11: 0 0 10/11 11/12: 0 0 11/12 98/99: 0 0 98/99 99/00: 0 0 99/00
Season Competition Club Matches Goals Assists YC RC Minutes
99/00
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
3
0
0
0
0
0
98/99
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
0
0
0
0
0
0
98/99
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
11/12
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
2
0
0
0
0
0
11/12
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
21
0
0
0
0
0
10/11
Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur
2
0
0
0
0
0
10/11
Champions League Qu.
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
10/11
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
6
0
0
0
0
0
09/10
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
09/10
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
20
2
0
1
0
773
08/09
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
2
0
0
0
0
0
08/09
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
24
1
0
2
0
2,114
08/09
UEFA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
3
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
3
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
4
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
UEFA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
2
0
0
1
0
0
06/07
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
21
0
1
1
0
0
06/07
UEFA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
6
0
0
0
0
0
05/06
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
05/06
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
26
3
1
1
0
772
04/05
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
5
1
0
0
0
450
04/05
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
4
0
0
0
0
0
04/05
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
38
2
0
2
0
1,710
03/04
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
3
1
1
0
0
242
03/04
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
3
0
0
0
0
0
03/04
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
29
1
4
1
0
2,441
02/03
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
0
0
0
02/03
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
25
0
1
0
0
0
01/02
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
3
0
0
0
0
0
01/02
League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
7
1
0
0
0
630
01/02
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
32
0
1
0
0
0
00/01
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
5
1
0
0
0
412
00/01
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
18
1
0
0
0
1,525
Season Date From To Type Market value Fee
98/99
1998-07-01
Spurs U18
Tottenham
Transfer
0
—
12/13
2012-07-19
Tottenham
Retired
Transfer
2000000
—
Season Injury From To Days missed Games missed
06/07
Knee problems
2007-06-06
2007-12-25
203
45
07/08
Knee problems
2008-04-04
2008-06-01
59
10
08/09
Thigh problems
2009-01-18
2009-02-15
29
7
09/10
Groin strain
2009-08-22
2009-09-21
31
9
09/10
Adductor injury
2010-06-12
2010-06-19
8
1
10/11
Groin problems
2011-03-19
2011-09-17
183
33
Current €2.00m
Peak €12.50m
Low —
Δ since start −€7.00m
— €3.13m €6.25m €9.38m €12.50m 1970 1970 1970
Date Value
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970
—
Jan 1, 1970
€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€9.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€11.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€11.80m
Jan 1, 1970
€11.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€12.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€11.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€9.00m
Team Shirt Matches Goals Debut Age at debut Status
Team #31269
—
3
0
—
—
former national player
Team #30322
—
5
0
—
—
former national player
Team #9565
—
12
1
—
—
former national player
Team #3299
#20
21
2
—
—
former national player
Teammate PPG played with Joint goals Minutes
Luka Modrić
2
0
0
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
Season Competition Club Goals Matches
05/06
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
3
26
09/10
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
2
20
04/05
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
2
38
Top assist seasons
Season Competition Club Assists Matches
03/04
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
4
29
03/04
FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur
1
3
01/02
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
1
32
Teams faced most often by Ledley King'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 %
Arsenal FC
14
1
7
6
18
26
-8
7%
Manchester United
14
1
3
10
13
32
-19
7%
Everton FC
14
7
5
2
22
13
+9
50%
Liverpool FC
14
5
4
5
14
17
-3
36%
Aston Villa
14
3
7
4
13
12
+1
21%
Chelsea FC
14
2
2
10
9
29
-20
14%
Manchester City
12
9
3
0
17
5
+12
75%
Newcastle United
12
7
0
5
15
16
-1
58%
Fulham FC
12
5
2
5
13
10
+3
42%
Middlesbrough FC
12
4
5
3
16
10
+6
33%
Blackburn Rovers
12
7
2
3
14
8
+6
58%
Bolton Wanderers
12
4
2
6
14
17
-3
33%
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
Season / Year Milestone Date
00/01
Senior debut season
00/01
First senior goal
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′
09/10
21
773
1
0
0
0.12
08/09
29
2,114
2
0
0
0.09
07/08
10
0
1
0
0
0
06/07
27
0
1
0
0
0
05/06
27
772
1
0
0
0.12
04/05
47
2,160
2
0
0
0.08
03/04
35
2,683
1
0
0
0.03