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2025–26 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
2025–26 season
OwnerMike Danson
ChairmanBen Goodburn
Head CoachRyan Lowe
(until 7 February)[1]
Gary Caldwell
(from 16 February)[2]
StadiumBrick Community Stadium
FA CupFourth round
(lost 4-0 to Arsenal)
EFL CupThird round
(lost 0–2 to Wycombe Wanderers)
EFL TrophyGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Taylor, Fraser Murray, Callum Wright
(4 goals)
All: Fraser Murray, Callum Wright
(5 goals)
Highest home attendance15,121
Lowest home attendance7,343
Average home league attendance9,648
Biggest winWigan 3–0 Doncaster Rovers
(13 September)
Biggest defeatPeterborough United 6–1 Wigan
(7 February)
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the 94th season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Managerial changes

On 7 February, Ryan Lowe was dismissed as role as the club's head coach after forty-nine games in charge and a 24.49% win ratio.[1] Nine days later, Gary Caldwell was appointed as the new head coach, joining from Exeter City for a compensation fee.[2]

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
19 June 2025 CF England Christian Saydee England Portsmouth Undisclosed [3]
25 June 2025 CF Republic of Ireland Dara Costelloe England Burnley £350,000[a] [4]
1 July 2025[b] LM Scotland Fraser Murray Scotland Kilmarnock Free [5]
2 August 2025 LB Wales Morgan Fox England Queens Park Rangers [6]
1 September 2025 GK England Toby Savin England Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed [7]
24 September 2025 CM England Joe Gilbertson Free agent Free [8]
8 January 2026 CF England Adam Moseley England Runcorn Linnets Undisclosed [9]
2 February 2026 RB England Jack Hunt Free Agent Free [10]
  1. ^ The fee was reported as being £350,000 rising to £500,000 in add-ons
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract had expired at Kilmarnock

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
10 July 2025 CB Uganda Toby Sibbick England Burton Albion Undisclosed [11]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
23 June 2025 CF England Paul Mullin Wales Wrexham 5 January 2026[a] [12][13]
4 July 2025 CM England Callum Wright England Plymouth Argyle 31 May 2026 [14]
31 July 2025 CM England Ryan Trevitt England Brentford [15]
1 August 2025 RB England Isaac Mabaya England Liverpool [16]
1 September 2025 AM Wales Ollie Cooper Wales Swansea City 2 January 2026[b] [17][18]
1 September 2025 LW Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues England Coventry City 31 May 2026 [19]
15 January 2026 CF Wales Joe Taylor England Huddersfield Town [20]
20 January 2026 CM England Owen Moxon England Stockport County [21]
2 February 2026 RW England Caylan Vickers England Brighton & Hove Albion [22]
  1. ^ On 5 January, Mullin was recalled back to his parent club Wrexham
  2. ^ On 2 January, Cooper was recalled back to his parent club Swansea

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
8 July 2025 CM England Kai Payne England Oldham Athletic 31 May 2026 [23]
5 August 2025 AM England Ronan Darcy England Chesterfield 16 January 2026[a] [24][25]
8 August 2025 GK England Matteo Spinelli England Marine 7 September 2025 [26]
26 August 2025 CB England Jon Mellish England MK Dons 31 May 2026[b] [27]
1 September 2025 RW England Jonny Smith England Gillingham [28]
10 November 2025 GK England Tom Watson England South Shields [29][30]
14 November 2025 LB England K'Marni Miller England Radcliffe 31 January 2026[c] [31][30]
21 November 2025 RW England Christy Edwards England Witton Albion 18 December 2025 [32]
AM England Leo Graham England Bury 31 May 2026[d] [32][33]
25 November 2025 CB England Jack Rogers England Macclesfield 27 December 2025 [34]
4 December 2025 AM England Chris Sze England Southport 31 May 2026[e] [35][36][37]
30 December 2025 GK England Matteo Spinelli England Prescot Cables 31 January 2026 [38]
21 January 2026 AM England Ronan Darcy England Crawley Town 31 May 2026 [39]
31 January 2026 GK England Matthew Corran England Atherton Collieries 28 February 2026 [40]
2 February 2026 CM England Tobias Brenan England Harrogate Town 31 May 2026 [41]
  1. ^ On 16 January, Darcy's initial season-long loan at Chesterfield was terminated
  2. ^ On 6 January, Watson's loan at South Shields was extended by a further month. Then on 2 February, Watson's loan at South Shields was extended until the end of the season
  3. ^ On 6 January, Miller's loan at Radcliffe was extended by a further month
  4. ^ On 27 December, Graham's loan at Bury was extended by a further month. Then on 26 January, Graham's loan at Bury was extended until the end of the season
  5. ^ On 9 January, Sze's loan at Southport was extended by a further month. Then on 2 February, Sze's loan at Southport was extended until the end of the season

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM Wales Scott Smith England Barrow 1 July 2025 [42][43]
RM England Finn O'Boyle England Quorn 2 August 2025 [44][45]
LB England Jack Bates England Congleton Town 9 August 2025 [44]
GK England Andy Lonergan England Liverpool Women 20 August 2025 [46][47]
RB England Jack Reilly [44]
1 September 2025 RW England Dion Rankine England Crewe Alexandra 1 September 2025 [48][49]
RB England Josh Robinson [50]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
27 May 2025 GK England Tom Watson 30 June 2028[a] [51]
4 June 2025 CM England Harry McHugh 30 June 2026[a] [52]
13 June 2025 GK England Matthew Corran 30 June 2026[b] [53]
4 July 2025 RW England Callum McManaman 30 June 2026 [54]
11 July 2025 LB England K'Marni Miller 30 June 2027[b] [55]
11 August 2025 CB England Sam Bolland Undisclosed[c] [56]
RW England Christy Edwards [56]
AM England Reece Greenhalgh [56]
RB England Alex Hughes [56]
CB England James Knott [56]
CM England Charley McKee [56]
DM England Harrison Rimmer [56]
CF England Cole Simms [56]
GK England Jake Spaven [56]
8 October 2025 CM England Tobias Brenan 30 June 2028 [57]
  1. ^ a b Club option of a further year
  2. ^ a b Option of a further year
  3. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Wigan Athletic announced their first pre-season fixtute to be against Curzon Ashton during a warm-weather training camp in Campoamor, Spain.[58] Five days later, three friendlies were confirmed against Chorley, Accrington Stanley and Tranmere Rovers.[59]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Chorley 1–2 Wigan Athletic Chorley
15:00 BST
  • Carr 35'
 Report
Stadium: Victory Park
Attendance: 2,243
12 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton 1–1 Wigan Athletic Dehesa de Campoamor, Spain
11:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Real Club De Golf Campoamor Resort
19 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley 2–4 Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,141 (676 away)
22 July 2025 Friendly Liverpool U21 1–1 Wigan Athletic Kirkby
13:00 BST Figueroa Report
Stadium: The Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
26 July 2025 Friendly Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Wigan Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 2,338 (446 away)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League One 2 August 2025 2 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 31 8 10 13 32 42 −10 025.81
FA Cup 1 November 2025 15 February 2026 First round Fourth Round 4 1 2 1 4 7 −3 025.00
EFL Cup 12 August 2025 23 September 2025 First round Thhird Round 3 2 0 1 2 2 +0 066.67
EFL Trophy 2 September 2025 11 November 2025 Group Stage Group Stage 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 000.00
Total 41 11 13 17 40 56 −16 026.83

Last updated: 18 February 2026
Source: [1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Doncaster Rovers 31 10 6 15 34 50 −16 36
19 Burton Albion 31 9 8 14 34 45 −11 35
20 Wigan Athletic 31 8 10 13 32 42 −10 34
21 Northampton Town 32 9 7 16 29 43 −14 34 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Leyton Orient 31 9 6 16 41 52 −11 33
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[60]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
31 8 10 13 32 42  −10 34 6 3 6 14 12  +2 2 7 7 18 30  −12

Last updated: 18 February 2026.
Source: Soccerstats

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141517181920212223242527282930311613233343536262373839404142323444546
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWLWLDDDWLLDLWDDWDWDLLWDLLDLLLLW
Position31281312131481214141713131615171111141812141518191919222220
Points3366789121212131316171821222526262629303030313131313134
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:
  • 1 Matchday 16 (vs. Reading) was postponed due to international call-ups.
  • 2 Matchday 26 (vs. Plymouth Argyle) was postponed due to Wigan's involvement in the FA Cup

League One

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League One

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[61]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2 August 2025 1 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Northampton Town Wigan
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,471
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
9 August 2025 2 Leyton Orient 2–0 Wigan Athletic Leyton
15:00 BST
Report Sessegnon Yellow card 38', Red card 85' Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,111
Referee: Neil Hair
16 August 2025 3 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Peterborough United Wigan
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 8,748
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
19 August 2025 4 Luton Town 1–0 Wigan Athletic Luton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,751
Referee: Carl Brook
23 August 2025 5 Rotherham United 2–2 Wigan Athletic Rotherham
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Oliver Langford
30 August 2025 6 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Stockport County Wigan
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 11,078
Referee: Ross Joyce
6 September 2025 7 Lincoln City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Lincoln
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Alan Young
13 September 2025 8 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Wigan
15:00 BST
Report Senior Yellow card 76' Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Craig Hicks
20 September 2025 9 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 Wigan Athletic Horwich
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium
Attendance: 25.565
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved following an agreement with both clubs.[62]
27 September 2025 10 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Cardiff City Wigan
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 10,609
Referee: Darren Drysdale
4 October 2025 11 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Wigan Athletic Plymouth
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 16,062
Referee: Ben Atkinson
11 October 2025 12 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wigan
15:00 BST Aimson Yellow card 61' Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 7,866
Referee: Andrew Humphries
18 October 2025 13 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Port Vale Wigan
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 10,932
Referee: Ross Martin
25 October 2025 14 Mansfield Town 1–1 Wigan Athletic Mansfield
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,598
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[63]
8 November 2025 15 Exeter City 1–1 Wigan Athletic Exeter
15:00 GMT Wareham Yellow card 31', 53' Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,585
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
22 November 2025 17 Wimbledon 1–2 Wigan Athletic Wimbledon
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium
Attendance: 8,370
Referee: Richard Eley
29 November 2025 18 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stevenage Wigan
15:00 GMT Report Freestone Yellow card 84' Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 8,679
Referee: Ross Joyce
2 December 2025 19 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Burton Albion Wigan
19:45 GMT
Report Moon Yellow card 36' Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 7,343
Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 December, but was postponed due to Burton's FA Cup fixture being moved to 8 December for TV coverage.[64][65]
13 December 2025 20 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Wigan Athletic Huddersfield
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Accu Stadium
Attendance: 16,442
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[63]
20 December 2025 21 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Blackpool Wigan
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 10,670
Referee: John Busby
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[63]
26 December 2025 22 Bradford City 2–1 Wigan Athletic Bradford
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 22,698
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
29 December 2025 23 Burton Albion 0–2 Wigan Athletic Burton-on-Trent
19:45 GMT Report
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Richie Watkins
1 January 2026 24 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Barnsley Wigan
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,079
Referee: Ben Speedie
4 January 2026 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Wigan Athletic Cardiff
15:00 GMT Chambers 24' Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 18,174
Referee: Will Finnie
17 January 2026 27 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Wigan
12:30 GMT Report Sheehan Yellow card 22', 82' Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 15,121
Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved following an agreement with both clubs.[62]
24 January 2026 28 Doncaster Rovers 3–3 Wigan Athletic Doncaster
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
Attendance: 8,128
Referee: David Rock
27 January 2026 29 Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Wigan Athletic High Wycombe
19:45 GMT
Report Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,190
Referee: Paul Howard
31 January 2026 30 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Lincoln City Wigan
15:00 GMT Moxon Yellow card 74' Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,436
Referee: Carl Brook
7 February 2026 31 Peterborough United 6–1 Wigan Athletic Peterborough
15:01 GMT
Report
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 8,443
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Note: Kick off was pushed back one minute for EFL's Every Minute Matters campaign.[66]
10 February 2026 16[67] Wigan Athletic 1–2 Reading Wigan
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 7,973
Referee: Lee Swabey
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 15 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups in the Reading squad.[68][67]
18 February 2026 33[69] Wigan Athletic 1–0 Luton Town Wigan
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 8,440
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 17 February, but was pushed back 24 hours due to Wigan's FA Cup fixture with Arsenal on 15 February.[70]
21 February 2026 34 Stockport County v Wigan Athletic Stockport
15:00 GMT Stadium: Edgeley Park
28 February 2026 35 Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
7 March 2026 36 Blackpool v Wigan Athletic Blackpool
15:00 GMT Stadium: Bloomfield Road
10 March 2026 26[71] Wigan Athletic v Plymouth Argyle Wigan
19:45 GMT Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was rearranged due to Wigan's involvement in the FA Cup.
14 March 2026 37 Wigan Athletic v Bradford City Wigan
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
17 March 2026 38 Barnsley v Wigan Athletic Barnsley
20:00 GMT Stadium: Oakwell
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.
21 March 2026 39 Wigan Athletic v Exeter City Wigan
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
28 March 2026 40 Reading v Wigan Athletic Reading
15:00 GMT Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium
2 April 2026 41[72] Wigan Athletic v Leyton Orient Wigan
19:45 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 3 April, but was brought forward after an agreement with both clubs on the busy Easter schedule.
6 April 2026 42 Northampton Town v Wigan Athletic Northampton
15:00 BST Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
11 April 2026 43 Wigan Athletic v Mansfield Town Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
14 April 2026 32[73] Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United Wigan
19:45 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 14 February, but was rearranged due to Wigan's involvement in the FA Cup.
18 April 2026 44 Port Vale v Wigan Athletic Stoke-on- Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park
25 April 2026 45 Wigan Athletic v Wimbledon Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
2 May 2026 46 Stevenage v Wigan Athletic Stevenage
15:00 BST Stadium: Lamex Stadium


FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

Wigan were drawn at home to Hemel Hempstead Town in the first round[74][75] and to Barrow in the second round.[76] They were then drawn away to Preston North End in the third round[77][78] and to Arsenal in the fourth round.[79][80]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round Wigan Athletic 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Hemel Hempstead Town Wigan
15:00 GMT
Report
  • White 61' (pen.)
  • Johnson Yellow card 74'
  • Dowrich Yellow card 112'
  • Stanley Yellow card 113'
 Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,020
Referee: Aaron Bannister
Penalties
6 December 2025 Second round Wigan Athletic 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Barrow Wigan
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,623
Referee: Martin Coy
Penalties
9 January 2026 Third round Preston North End 0–1 Wigan Athletic Preston
19:30 GMT Thompson Yellow card 90+3' Report
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,366
Referee: Oliver Langford
15 February 2026 Fourth round Arsenal 4–0 Wigan Athletic Holloway
16:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,996
Referee: Tim Robinson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Wigan were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round,[81][82] at home to Stockport County in the second round,[83][84] and at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the third round.[85]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Wigan Athletic 1–0 Notts County Wigan
19:45 BST
Report Cotter Yellow card 32' Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Ollie Yates
26 August 2025 Second round Wigan Athletic 1–0 Stockport County Wigan
19:45 BST Murray 84' Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Tom Reeves
23 September 2025 Third round Wigan Athletic 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Wigan
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Edward Duckworth

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Wigan were drawn against Salford City, Stockport Couny and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.[86]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City (A) 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Stockport County (A) 3 1 1 0 1 7 7 0 5
3 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (E) 3 1 0 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4 L1 Wigan Athletic (E) 3 0 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group A Wigan Athletic 0–2 Salford City Wigan
19:00 BST
  • Graham Yellow card 29'
  • Greenhalgh Yellow card 90+2'
 Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,953
Referee: Richard Eley
7 October 2025 North Group A Wigan Athletic 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Wigan
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
11 November 2025 North Group A Stockport County 1–1
(6–5 p)		 Wigan Athletic Edgeley
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 1,337
Referee: Scott Oldham
Penalties
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Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 18 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Sam Tickle 38 0 31+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Isaac Mabaya 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Wales WAL Morgan Fox 34 0 27+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
4 DF England ENG Will Aimson 36 1 29+0 0 3+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Steven Sessegnon 14 0 7+3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF England ENG Jensen Weir 31 1 18+4 1 3+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Fraser Murray 37 5 27+3 4 3+0 0 0+3 1 0+1 0
8 MF England ENG Callum Wright 36 5 24+4 4 4+0 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
9 FW England ENG Christian Saydee 33 2 22+6 2 1+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
10 FW Wales WAL Joe Taylor 8 4 5+2 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Dara Costelloe 34 4 16+11 3 2+1 0 1+2 0 1+0 1
12 GK England ENG Tom Watson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF England ENG Ryan Trevitt 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Jason Kerr 23 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Baba Adeeko 10 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF England ENG Matt Smith 28 1 19+3 1 2+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Jonny Smith 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Luke Robinson 12 0 5+4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 FW England ENG Callum McManaman 17 0 0+10 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
21 FW Australia AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues 29 1 16+7 1 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF England ENG Jon Mellish 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Malta MLT James Carragher 19 1 12+4 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England ENG Harry McHugh 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
25 FW England ENG Caylan Vickers 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF England ENG Joe Adams 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 MF England ENG Tobias Brenan 11 0 5+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
28 MF England ENG Leo Graham 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
30 GK England ENG Toby Savin 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
32 DF England ENG Jack Hunt 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF England ENG Owen Moxon 6 1 5+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Australia AUS Tyrese Francois 14 0 10+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW England ENG Maleace Asamoah 25 2 1+18 1 0+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
43 MF Wales WAL Harrison Bettoni 20 4 6+8 3 1+2 1 0+0 0 1+2 0
44 FW England ENG Joseph Hungbo 28 0 15+6 0 2+1 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
48 MF England ENG Jack Rogers 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
51 MF England ENG Harrison Rimmer 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
52 FW England ENG Charlie Hughes 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
54 MF Wales WAL James Knott 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
55 FW England ENG Reece Greenhalgh 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
56 DF Wales WAL Callum Jones 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
60 DF Wales WAL Alex Hughes 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
61 FW England ENG Christy Edwards 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
62 MF England ENG Joe Gilbertson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
10 FW England ENG Paul Mullin 26 5 7+13 4 2+0 0 2+1 1 1+0 0
31 MF Wales WAL Ollie Cooper 13 1 4+5 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0

References

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  2. ^ a b "Gary Caldwell appointed Wigan Athletic Head Coach!". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
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