Ajax's Player of the Year, Kenneth Taylor, missed just two official matches this season: the home fixture against Heracles and the away game at Real Sociedad. The midfielder featured in 33 Eredivisie matches, seventeen European ties, and two Dutch Cup fixtures. On the European stage, Taylor found the net five times.
In the Eredivisie, Taylor started 29 of the 33 matches. His most frequent teammate in the starting XI was Jorrel Hato, with the duo lining up together 27 times. Josip Šutalo (24), and Davy Klaassen (21) complete the top of that list.
Goals
In those 33 league appearances, Taylor was directly involved in 15 goals: nine goals and six assists. That’s five more than last season (5 goals, 5 assists).
He scored nine times from 47 shots, giving him a shot conversion rate of 19,2 percent — a notable improvement in his end product this season.
There were six goal-assist combinations (each contributing two goals) that occurred most frequently in the Eredivisie this season. Kenneth Taylor featured in three of them.
- Taylor & Bertrand Traoré: one goal, one assist
- Taylor & Jordan Henderson: two goals scored by Taylor
- Taylor & Wout Weghorst: two assists from Taylor
Passing and Fitness
Taylor completed 1,111 passes in the Eredivisie, of which 922 were successful – a passing accuracy of 83 percent. His forward passing accuracy stood at 63.4 percent: 204 of his 322 forward passes found a teammate.
In the Eredivisie, Taylor covered nearly twelve kilometres per match – an average of 11,151 metres. Zooming in further on his running stats, the Ajax midfielder averaged 801 metres per match at high speed (above 20 km/h). His sprinting distance (above 25 km/h) averaged 171 metres per match.
By being named Player of the Year, Taylor follows in the footsteps of his teammate Brian Brobbey, who received the award from the Ajax Supporters Association last season.
Player of the Year
2024: Brian Brobbey
2023: Steven Berghuis
2022: Lisandro Martínez
2021: Dusan Tadic
2020: Hakim Ziyech
2019: Hakim Ziyech
2018: Hakim Ziyech
2017: Davinson Sánchez
2016: Jasper Cillessen
2015: Jasper Cillessen
2014: Lasse Schöne
2013: Daley Blind
2012: Jan Vertonghen
2011: Maarten Stekelenburg
2010: Luis Suarez
2009: Luis Suarez
2008: Maarten Stekelenburg
2007: Wesley Sneijder
2006: Klaas Jan Huntelaar
2005: Nigel de Jong
2004: Maxwell
2003: Cristian Chivu
2002: Rafael van der Vaart
2001: Cristian Chivu
2000: Jesper Gronkjaer
1999: Jari Litmanen
1998: Edwin van der Sar
1997: Ronald de Boer
1996: Marc Overmars
1995: Frank Rijkaard
1994: Jari Litmanen
1993: Dennis Bergkamp
