B. Close · career
Ben Easton Close
Central · Doncaster · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2025/26
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 2 clubs — 120 appearances, 7 goals and 6 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2022/23 at Doncaster — Season rating 29, 2 goals and 3 assists in 36 games. 2022/23 was the leap — Season rating up 17 points at Doncaster. Form has slipped 20 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 20 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2025/26 (League One) and kept playing — 21 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Doncaster | 21 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Doncaster | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | EastleighLoan | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023/24 | Doncaster | 20 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | Doncaster | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | Doncaster | 14 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | Portsmouth | 22 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 |
| 2019/20 | Portsmouth | 29 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Portsmouth | 36 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Portsmouth | 40 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | EastleighLoan | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | Portsmouth | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Portsmouth | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
EFL Trophy×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League One | 21 | 907 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
| EFL Trophy | 6 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| League Cup | 3 | 255 | 2 | 0 | 7.7 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
Schedule · 2025/26
30 played4 unused sub29 not in squad· 1535 min, 3g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12 | Friendlies Clubs | A Stamford | 5-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 12 | Friendlies Clubs | A Peterborough Sports | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | H Milton Keynes Dons | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | H Blackpool | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | League One | H Exeter City | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 9 | League One | A Mansfield Town | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 12 | League Cup | A Middlesbrough | 4-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 8.2 | |
| Aug 16 | League One | H Wycombe | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 19 | League One | A Huddersfield | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 23 | League One | A Port Vale | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 26 | League Cup | A Accrington ST | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 8.5 | |
| Aug 30 | League One | H Rotherham | 1-0 | Played | 21 | 6.7 | ||
| Sep 2 | EFL Trophy | H Everton U21 | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 6 | League One | H Bradford | 3-1 | Played | 9 | 6.6 | ||
| Sep 13 | League One | A Wigan | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 20 | League One | H AFC Wimbledon | 1-2 | Played | 10 | 6.3 | ||
| Sep 24 | League Cup | A Tottenham | 0-3 | Played | 75 | 6.5 | ||
| Sep 27 | League One | A Luton | 0-1 | Played | 45 | 6.6 | ||
| Oct 4 | League One | H Burton Albion | 1-1 | Played | 75 | 7.2 | ||
| Oct 7 | EFL Trophy | A Grimsby | 3-0 | Played | 12 | 6.6 | ||
| Oct 11 | League One | A Leyton Orient | 0-4 | Played | 55 | 6.5 | ||
| Oct 18 | League One | H Northampton | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.5 | |
| Oct 25 | League One | A Reading | 1-1 | Played | 75 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 1 | FA Cup | A Crewe | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 8 | League One | H Barnsley | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 11 | EFL Trophy | H Bradford | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Nov 15 | League One | A Lincoln | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Nov 22 | League One | A Stevenage | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 29 | League One | H Peterborough | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 2 | EFL Trophy | H Chesterfield | 5-1 | Played | 82 | 7.3 | ||
| Dec 6 | FA Cup | A Chesterfield | 2-1 | Played | 17 | 6.7 | ||
| Dec 9 | League One | H Stockport County | 0-2 | Played | 27 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 13 | League One | A Cardiff | 3-4 | Played | 89 | 7.2 | ||
| Dec 20 | League One | H Plymouth | 1-5 | Played | 19 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 26 | League One | A Blackpool | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Dec 29 | League One | A Stockport County | 2-4 | Played | 59 | 6.3 | ||
| Jan 1 | League One | H Bolton | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 10 | FA Cup | H Southampton | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 13 | EFL Trophy | H Fleetwood Town | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | League One | A AFC Wimbledon | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 24 | League One | H Wigan | 3-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 27 | League One | H Leyton Orient | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 31 | League One | A Bradford | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 3 | League One | A Burton Albion | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 7 | League One | A Wycombe | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 10 | EFL Trophy | A Huddersfield | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Feb 17 | League One | H Huddersfield | 1-0 | Played | 81 | 6.9 | ||
| Feb 21 | League One | A Rotherham | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 28 | League One | H Cardiff | 0-4 | Played | 32 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 3 | EFL Trophy | H Stockport County | 0-1 | Played | 82 | 6.7 | ||
| Mar 7 | League One | A Plymouth | 1-2 | Played | 24 | 6.7 | ||
| Mar 10 | League One | H Luton | 1-1 | Played | 24 | 6.6 | ||
| Mar 14 | League One | H Blackpool | 2-1 | Played | 11 | 6.7 | ||
| Mar 17 | League One | A Bolton | 0-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 21 | League One | A Barnsley | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 24 | League One | H Port Vale | 1-0 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Apr 3 | League One | H Mansfield Town | 0-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 6 | League One | A Exeter City | 0-3 | Played | 69 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 11 | League One | H Reading | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 18 | League One | A Northampton | 3-1 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Apr 21 | League One | H Lincoln | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 25 | League One | H Stevenage | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 2 | League One | A Peterborough | 3-1 | Not in squad | — |