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Daniel Farke’s most-trusted Leeds United players emerge after nine-game trend

One Leeds United star has played every single Premier League minute so far

Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter

10:55, 29 Oct 2025

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored one goal in 536 minutes this season

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Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored one Leeds goal in 536 Premier League minutes so far(Image: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)

Leeds United are nine games into the Premier League campaign and some players may be reflecting on their start to the season.

On the opening day, there is always hope about earning ample game time and impressing manager Daniel Farke. Some have taken the bull by the horns, others have made the most of their break in the side while the rest may feel underwhelmed.

Farke is having to manage a bigger squad this season, as he always expected to - albeit the German never likes a squad that is too big. This year’s numbers have meant that a handful of players have only played 90 Premier League minutes or fewer thus far.

One new signing has yet to get onto the pitch in the league despite Leeds at all while nine players have played the equivalent of two games or under. Some players will have expected to be rotation players.

Whether they expected such little game time so far is more questionable. Farke has a tendency to remain rigid in his line up picks, giving those who take their chance his backing.

Below is a table of how many minutes each player has played in the Premier League so far, with it little surprise who tops the list.

Of course, some players have suffered injury which have impacted their selections - particularly in the goalkeeper and right wing departments - and some new signings arrived after the opening game. But, as a general picture, it indicates who Farke has trusted most so far.

Premier League minutes so far

Joe Rodon - 810

Jayden Bogle - 795

Gabriel Gudmundsson - 743

Pascal Struijk - 720

Anton Stach - 680

Sean Longstaff - 656

Ethan Ampadu - 609*

Brenden Aaronson - 551

Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 536

Karl Darlow - 450

Lucas Perri - 360*

Noah Okafor - 353*

Ao Tanaka - 262*

Daniel James - 243*

Jack Harrison - 241

Ilia Gruev - 211

Wilfried Gnonto - 194*

Lukas Nmecha - 175

Joel Piroe - 164

Jaka Bijol - 90

James Justin - 64

Sam Byram - 7

Sebastiaan Bornauw - 0

Illan Meslier - 0

Harry Gray - 0

Alex Cairns - 0

*Has missed at least one game through injury

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