Ben Close

Central midfielders · Doncaster Rovers · League One · 2025/2026

Ben Close is a Controller at Doncaster Rovers. In the 2025/2026 League One season, the Xilytics score is 92 out of 100 against central midfielders in the same league and season — 54 once adjusted for league strength. He produced 1 goals and 0 assists in 899 minutes, at a 6.75 match rating. His profile leans on Risk Control (87) and Defending (76), while Dribbling (33) is his clearest area to improve. Across 5 seasons of 900+ minutes — 10,646 minutes in all, 2 competitions from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024 — his Xilytics score averages 40. His best season scored 55 (2020/2021) and his weakest 31 (2019/2020). Season to season he lands in much the same place. A career figure of this length repeats at 0.82 for central midfielders — measured by correlating each player's odd seasons against his even ones. See his full ability radar, percentile ranking on every metric, role fit and most-similar players below.

Ben Close scouting report: Central midfielders at Doncaster Rovers, League One, 2025/2026. Radar analysis, strengths, similar players and season stats.