David Watson
Kilmarnock12
Shirt
20 years
Feb 12, 2005
Right
Preferred foot
ScotlandCountry
€1.8M
Market value
May 31, 2026
Contract end
Position
Primary
Central Midfielder
Others
Defensive Midfielder, Right Midfielder, Right Winger, Attacking Midfielder
DM
RM
CM
RW
AM
Player traits
Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches6%Shot attempts76%Goals83%
Chances created57%Aerial duels won84%Defensive contributions45%
Premiership 2025/2026
3
Goals1
Assists16
Started17
Matches1,447
Minutes played6.94
Rating6
Yellow cards0
Red cardsMatch stats
Bulgaria U21
Gibraltar U21
Celtic
AberdeenKilmarnockDec 20
Premiership
Falkirk
0-1
90’
7.4
Dec 6
Premiership
Rangers
0-3
90’
6.6
Dec 3
Premiership
Hearts
1-1
28’
6.1
Nov 29
Premiership
Dundee United
1-1
81’
6.3
Nov 22
Premiership
Motherwell
1-3
90’
7.3
2025/2026Season shot map
On target: 30%- 30Shots
- 3Goals
- 3.21xG
Shot typeRight footSituationFast breakResultGoal
0.74xG0.65xGOT
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Season performanceMinutes played: 1,447
Shooting
Goals
3
Expected goals (xG)
2.87
xG on target (xGOT)
2.97
Non-penalty xG
2.87
Shots
30
Shots on target
9
Passing
Assists
1
Expected assists (xA)
0.93
Successful passes
239
Successful passes %
67.9%
Accurate long balls
23
Accurate long balls %
46.0%
Chances created
14
Successful crosses
11
Successful crosses %
40.7%
Possession
Successful dribbles
14
Successful dribbles %
48.3%
Touches
658
Touches in opposition box
31
Dispossessed
14
Fouls won
34
Defending
Tackles
33
Duels won
96
Duels won %
49.2%
Aerial duels won
16
Aerial duels won %
42.1%
Interceptions
17
Blocked shots
6
Fouls committed
24
Recoveries
60
Possession won final 3rd
10
Dribbled past
24
Discipline
Yellow cards
6
Red cards
0
News
Player traits
Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches6%Shot attempts76%Goals83%
Chances created57%Aerial duels won84%Defensive contributions45%
Career
Senior career | ||
|---|---|---|
 Kilmarnock FC BJul 2022 - now 4 0 | ||
123 13 | ||
National team | ||
8 1 | ||
6 1 |
- Matches
- Goals
Trophies
Kilmarnock
Scotland1
Championship(21/22)