N. Tella · career
Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella
Attacking · Bayer Leverkusen · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 142 appearances, 26 goals and 16 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2022/23 at Burnley — Season rating 50, 17 goals and 4 assists in 39 games. 2022/23 was the leap — Season rating up 45 points at Burnley. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (23 → 25). The gap to his peak is 24 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 12 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2023/24 (Bundesliga) and kept playing — 24 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | BurnleyLoan | 39 | 17 | 4 | 76 | 50 |
| 2021/22 | Southampton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | Southampton | 18 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | Southampton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Southampton U23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Southampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Southampton U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Southampton U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Southampton U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Southampton U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Norwich City U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Arsenal U18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Reading U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Southampton U18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Southampton U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
Bundesliga×2Championship×2DFB Pokal×2Super Cup×2Bundesliga×2UEFA Europa League×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | 17 | 892 | 1 | 4 | 7.0 |
| Friendliesat Nigeria | 10 | 329 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Friendlies Clubs | 5 | 239 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 |
| DFB Pokal | 3 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
Schedule · 2025/26
22 played12 injured23 not in squad· 1078 min, 1g 4a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 | Friendlies Clubs | H Rot-weiss Oberhausen | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Flamengo U20 | 1-5 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 27 | Friendlies Clubs | A VfL Bochum | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Fortuna Sittard | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 5 | Friendlies Clubs | H Pisa | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | Friendlies Clubs | A Chelsea | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | DFB Pokal | A SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach | 4-0 | Played | 65 | 6.7 | ||
| Aug 23 | Bundesliga | H 1899 Hoffenheim | 1-2 | Played | 84 | 6.6 | ||
| Aug 30 | Bundesliga | A Werder Bremen | 3-3 | Played | 87 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| Sep 12 | Bundesliga | H Eintracht Frankfurt | 3-1 | Played | 83 | 7.7 | ||
| Sep 18 | UEFA Champions League | A FC Copenhagen | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 21 | Bundesliga | H Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 27 | Bundesliga | A FC St. Pauli | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 1 | UEFA Champions League | H PSV Eindhoven | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 4 | Bundesliga | H Union Berlin | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 18 | Bundesliga | A FSV Mainz 05 | 4-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 21 | UEFA Champions League | H Paris Saint Germain | 2-7 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 26 | Bundesliga | H SC Freiburg | 2-0 | Knee Injury | — | |||
| Oct 29 | DFB Pokal | A SC Paderborn 07 | 4-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 1 | Bundesliga | A Bayern München | 0-3 | Knee Injury | — | |||
| Nov 5 | UEFA Champions League | A Benfica | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 8 | Bundesliga | H 1. FC Heidenheim | 6-0 | Knee Injury | — | |||
| Nov 22 | Bundesliga | A VfL Wolfsburg | 3-1 | Played | 10 | 6.3 | ||
| Nov 25 | UEFA Champions League | A Manchester City | 2-0 | Played | 10 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 29 | Bundesliga | H Borussia Dortmund | 1-2 | Played | 8 | 6.6 | ||
| Dec 2 | DFB Pokal | A Borussia Dortmund | 1-0 | Played | 15 | 6.5 | ||
| Dec 6 | Bundesliga | A FC Augsburg | 0-2 | Played | 29 | 6.5 | ||
| Dec 10 | UEFA Champions League | H Newcastle | 2-2 | Played | 19 | 6.5 | ||
| Dec 13 | Bundesliga | H 1. FC Köln | 2-0 | Played | 28 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 20 | Bundesliga | A RB Leipzig | 3-1 | Played | 77 | 1 | 6.9 | |
| Jan 10 | Bundesliga | H VfB Stuttgart | 1-4 | Played | 45 | 7.0 | ||
| Jan 17 | Bundesliga | A 1899 Hoffenheim | 0-1 | Played | 7 | — | ||
| Jan 20 | UEFA Champions League | A Olympiakos Piraeus | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 24 | Bundesliga | H Werder Bremen | 1-0 | Injury | — | |||
| Jan 28 | UEFA Champions League | H Villarreal | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 31 | Bundesliga | A Eintracht Frankfurt | 3-1 | Injury | — | |||
| Feb 3 | DFB Pokal | H FC St. Pauli | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 7 | Bundesliga | A Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1-1 | Injury | — | |||
| Feb 14 | Bundesliga | H FC St. Pauli | 4-0 | Injury | — | |||
| Feb 18 | UEFA Champions League | A Olympiakos Piraeus | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 21 | Bundesliga | A Union Berlin | 0-1 | Injury | — | |||
| Feb 24 | UEFA Champions League | H Olympiakos Piraeus | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 28 | Bundesliga | H FSV Mainz 05 | 1-1 | Injury | — | |||
| Mar 4 | Bundesliga | A Hamburger SV | 1-0 | Injury | — | |||
| Mar 7 | Bundesliga | A SC Freiburg | 3-3 | Injury | — | |||
| Mar 11 | UEFA Champions League | H Arsenal | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 14 | Bundesliga | H Bayern München | 1-1 | Played | 13 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 17 | UEFA Champions League | A Arsenal | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 21 | Bundesliga | A 1. FC Heidenheim | 3-3 | Played | 36 | 7.2 | ||
| Apr 4 | Bundesliga | H VfL Wolfsburg | 6-3 | Played | 81 | 7.3 | ||
| Apr 11 | Bundesliga | A Borussia Dortmund | 1-0 | Played | 74 | 6.5 | ||
| Apr 18 | Bundesliga | H FC Augsburg | 1-2 | Played | 81 | 7.3 | ||
| Apr 22 | DFB Pokal | H Bayern München | 0-2 | Played | 77 | 6.7 | ||
| Apr 25 | Bundesliga | A 1. FC Köln | 2-1 | Played | 72 | 1 | 7.3 | |
| May 2 | Bundesliga | H RB Leipzig | 4-1 | Played | 77 | 1 | 1 | 9.3 |
| May 9 | Bundesliga | A VfB Stuttgart | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 16 | Bundesliga | H Hamburger SV | 1-1 | Muscle Injury | — |