Which FA Cup player played the most minutes in 2025/2026?

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James Trafford of Manchester City played the most minutes in the FA Cup in 2025/2026, with 540 from six appearances, the full 90 in every one. Four players were next on 480.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	T. Shade	Burton	5
2	Pedro Neto	Chelsea	5
3	Ashley Fletcher	Blackpool	4
4	Danny Elliott	Macclesfield	4
5	Gabriel Martinelli	Arsenal	4
6	L. Reed	Mansfield	3
7	Harvey Barnes	Newcastle	3
8	Danny Elliott	Macclesfield	3
9	Erling Haaland	Man City	3
10	Jørgen Strand Larsen	Wolves	3

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Jérémy Doku	Man City	4
2	Anis Slimane	Norwich	4
3	Charles Vernam	Grimsby	3
4	Pedro Neto	Chelsea	3
5	Liam Delap	Chelsea	3
6	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	MK Dons	2
7	George Honeyman	Blackpool	2
8	George Dobson	Wrexham	2
9	Eberechi Eze	Arsenal	2
10	Hakeeb Adelakun	Cheltenham	2

Rank	Player	Team	Goals + Assists
1	Pedro Neto	Chelsea	8
2	T. Shade	Burton	5
3	Gabriel Martinelli	Arsenal	5
4	Antoine Semenyo	Man City	5
5	Jérémy Doku	Man City	5
6	Ashley Fletcher	Blackpool	4
7	Charles Vernam	Grimsby	4
8	Devante Cole	Port Vale	4
9	Erling Haaland	Man City	4
10	Jørgen Strand Larsen	Wolves	4

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Goals (xG)
1	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	3.0
2	Taty Castellanos	West Ham	2.9
3	Jarrod Bowen	West Ham	2.7
4	Joël Piroe	Leeds	2.5
5	Alejandro Garnacho	Chelsea	2.4
6	Igor Thiago	Brentford	2.3
7	Keane Lewis-Potter	Brentford	2.2
8	Mathias Jensen	Brentford	2.1
9	Ashley Fletcher	Blackpool	2.0
10	Tijjani Reijnders	Man City	1.9

Rank	Player	Team	Minutes Played
1	James Trafford	Man City	540
2	A. Oshilaja	Mansfield	480
3	Robert Sánchez	Chelsea	480
4	Joe Gauci	Port Vale	480
5	F. Blake-Tracy	Mansfield	480
6	Connor Hall	Port Vale	462
7	Abdukodir Khusanov	Man City	450
8	Jaka Bijol	Leeds	436
9	L. Reed	Mansfield	434
10	Ethan Ampadu	Leeds	434

Rank	Player	Team	Chances Created
1	Enzo Le Fée	Sunderland	17
2	Rayan Cherki	Man City	16
3	Jérémy Doku	Man City	13
4	Noni Madueke	Arsenal	12
5	Adama Traoré	West Ham	11
6	Pedro Neto	Chelsea	11
7	Dominik Szoboszlai	Liverpool	10
8	Enzo Fernández	Chelsea	10
9	Harrison Reed	Fulham	9
10	Noah Okafor	Leeds	9

Rank	Player	Team	Fouls Committed
1	Taty Castellanos	West Ham	10
2	Nico González	Man City	10
3	Ben White	Arsenal	9
4	John Marquis	Shrewsbury	8
5	W. Evans	Mansfield	8
6	Ao Tanaka	Leeds	8
7	Ben Waine	Port Vale	8
8	Dara Costelloe	Wigan	8
9	Luca Hoole	Shrewsbury	8
10	L. Reed	Mansfield	7

Rank	Player	Team	Yellow Cards
1	S. McLaughlin	Mansfield	2
2	David Ferguson	Gateshead	2
3	Kyle Walker-Peters	West Ham	2
4	Josh Ruffels	Shrewsbury	2
5	A. Oshilaja	Mansfield	2
6	P. Sweeney	Exeter City	2
7	Lucas Akins	Mansfield	2
8	Taylor Moore	Bristol Rovers	2
9	Josh Kay	Macclesfield	2
10	Ryan Manning	S'oton	2