Leon Best

Attacker · 39 years old · Ireland

Current teams

Charlton

Position Attacker

Age 39

Nationality Ireland

Birthday 1986-09-19

Place of birth Nottingham

Country of birth England

Length 185 cm

Weight 76 kg

Next match

Championship

Cardiff

12:30

Charlton

Saturday 19 September 2026

Last match

Saturday 23 December 2017
The Valley, London

Career statistics Leon Best

Full career · 2015 - 2016

Matches 27 21 in the starting XI

Minutes played 1,398 52 per match

Goals 4 0.26 per 90 minutes

Assists -

Goals + assists 4 350 minutes per contribution

FN rating 6.76 average

Minutes per goal 350

Cards 1 / 1 699 minutes per card

FN rating over the last matches

Success rates across the whole career

Shots on target 47.8%

Goals per shot 17.4%

Successful dribbles 68.4%

Duels won 38.8%

Penalties converted 100.0%

Starts 77.8%

Stats Leon Best

Match	Competition	Date	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+			Off	Sav	GC	Pen+	Pen-	PenSv
Ø Average					-
Ipswich - Fulham (sub)	Championship	2016-12-26	6.3	45	Attacker	-	-	0	0	7	0	77	-	-	0	12	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Ipswich	Championship	2016-12-03	6.6	23	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	1	50	-	-	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - QPR (sub)	Championship	2016-11-26	6.6	10	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	1	50	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Rotherham (sub)	Championship	2016-10-29	6.5	24	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	0	42	-	-	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Newcastle - Ipswich	Championship	2016-10-22	6.8	45	Attacker	-	-	2	0	4	0	44	-	-	0	11	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Burton Albion	Championship	2016-10-18	7.0	83	Attacker	-	-	3	1	14	1	66	-	-	0	23	8	4	3	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Blackburn - Ipswich	Championship	2016-10-15	7.0	90	Attacker	-	-	3	1	14	3	60	-	-	0	27	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Huddersfield	Championship	2016-10-01	7.2	90	Attacker	-	-	0	0	20	1	66	-	-	1	22	11	3	3	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Brighton	Championship	2016-09-27	6.7	61	Attacker	-	-	0	0	8	2	44	-	-	0	13	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Leeds - Ipswich	Championship	2016-09-24	6.8	65	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	0	26	-	-	0	20	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Aston Villa (sub)	Championship	2016-09-17	6.9	2	Attacker	-	-	1	1	2	1	40	-	-	0	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Hull City - Rotherham	Championship	2016-05-07	6.7	21	Attacker	-	-	1	1	1	0	100	-	-	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Blackburn	Championship	2016-04-30	6.7	90	Attacker	-	-	2	1	13	3	68	-	-	0	29	8	1	0	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Wolves - Rotherham	Championship	2016-04-23	6.8	87	Attacker	-	-	0	0	15	2	62	-	-	0	30	13	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Huddersfield (sub)	Championship	2016-04-19	6.5	26	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	0	44	-	-	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Nottingham Forest	Championship	2016-04-16	7.4	90	Attacker	-	-	0	0	18	2	60	-	-	0	30	19	1	1	2	4	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Milton Keynes Dons - Rotherham	Championship	2016-04-09	6.8	56	Attacker	1	-	1	1	6	1	66	-	-	0	14	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	-
Bristol City - Rotherham	Championship	2016-04-05	6.9	90	Attacker	-	-	1	0	12	1	52	-	-	0	28	12	1	1	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Leeds	Championship	2016-04-02	6.2	64	Attacker	-	-	1	0	7	2	70	-	-	1	18	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Rotherham	Championship	2016-03-19	6.8	84	Attacker	1	-	2	1	9	0	69	-	-	1	19	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Derby (sub)	Championship	2016-03-12	8.4	21	Attacker	2	-	3	3	5	0	45	-	-	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Middlesbrough	Championship	2016-03-08	6.5	58	Attacker	-	-	1	0	8	0	53	-	-	0	21	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Rotherham	Championship	2016-03-05	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	1	50	-	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Brentford	Championship	2016-02-27	6.7	64	Attacker	-	-	1	1	6	0	42	-	-	1	10	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Reading - Rotherham	Championship	2016-02-23	6.5	17	Attacker	-	-	0	0	6	0	66	-	-	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burnley - Rotherham	Championship	2016-02-20	6.2	18	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	0	75	-	-	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Leeds - Rotherham	Championship	2015-11-21	6.3	73	Attacker	-	-	1	0	7	0	43	-	-	0	18	6	2	2	4	1	0	1	-	-	-	0	0	-

Legend

Min Minutes played

Pos Position

G Goals

A Assists

Sh Shots

SoT Shots on target

Pas Passes

KP Key passes

Pas+ Accurate passes

Tkl Tackles

Blk Blocked shots

Int Interceptions

Du Duels

Du+ Duels won

Dri Dribbles

Dri+ Successful dribbles

Foul Fouls committed

Foul+ Fouls drawn

Yellow cards

Red cards

Off Offside

Sav Saves

GC Goals conceded

Pen+ Penalties scored

Pen- Penalties missed

PenSv Penalties saved

sub Substitute

Stats per match and per 90 minutes

Statistic	Season 2016			Full career
	Total	per match	per 90	Total	per match	per 90
Matches	11	-	-	27	-	-
Minutes played	538	48.9	-	1,398	51.8	-
Attacking
Goals	-	-	-	4	0.15	0.26
Goals + assists	-	-	-	4	0.15	0.26
Shots	9	0.82	1.51	23	0.85	1.48
Shots on target	3	0.27	0.50	11	0.41	0.71
Dribbles	9	0.82	1.51	19	0.70	1.22
Successful dribbles	7	0.64	1.17	13	0.48	0.84
Passing
Passes	81	7.36	13.55	202	7.48	13.00
Key passes	10	0.91	1.67	22	0.81	1.42
Accurate passes	565	51.36	94.52	1,530	56.67	98.50
Defending
Interceptions	1	0.09	0.17	5	0.19	0.32
Duels	142	12.91	23.75	387	14.33	24.91
Duels won	61	5.55	10.20	150	5.56	9.66
Dribbled past	2	0.18	0.33	3	0.11	0.19
Discipline
Fouls committed	8	0.73	1.34	33	1.22	2.12
Fouls drawn	10	0.91	1.67	28	1.04	1.80
Yellow cards	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.04	0.06
Red cards	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.04	0.06
Penalties
Penalties scored	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.04	0.06
Penalties missed	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00

Season by season

Competition	M	St	Min	G	A	G+A	Min/G			Ø
Season 2016
Championship	11	7	538	-	-	-	-	0	0	6.76
Season 2015
Championship	16	14	860	4	-	4	215	1	1	6.76
Full career	27	21	1,398	4	-	4	350	1	1	6.76

Transfers Leon Best

Transfer date	Old club	New club	Type	Amount
2016-08-30	Rotherham	Ipswich	Free	€ 0
2015-11-16	Blackburn	Rotherham	Free	€ 0
2015-01-20	Blackburn	Brighton	Loan	-
2014-08-04	Blackburn	Derby	Loan	-
2014-07-01	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackburn	Transfer	-
2014-02-14	Blackburn	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	-
2012-07-03	Newcastle	Blackburn	Transfer	€ 3.8 million
2010-02-01	Coventry	Newcastle	Transfer	€ 2.3 million
2007-08-01	Southampton	Coventry	Transfer	€ 765,000
2006-11-23	Southampton	Yeovil Town	Loan	-
2006-08-03	Southampton	Bournemouth	Loan	-
2005-08-01	Southampton	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	-
2004-12-17	Southampton	QPR	Loan	-

upcoming matches

2026-09-19 Saturday 12:30

Planned

Cardiff

Charlton

2026-10-10 Saturday 12:30

Planned

Charlton

Bristol City

played matches

2015-11-21 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Leeds 3

Rotherham 4

2016-02-27 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Rotherham

Brentford 2

2016-03-08 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Rotherham 5

Middlesbrough

2016-03-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Ipswich

Rotherham

Bio

Leon Best is a 39 year old football player from Ierland Republiek who mostly plays as a attacker. The last game Leon played was Charlton - Blackpool on 2017-12-23.