The month closes with Zinho Gano out in front — 6 goals in 4 games, and Al-Ra'ed have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Zinho Gano is the division's player of the month — 8.61
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Al-Ra'ed man on 8.61 with 7 goal contributions.
7.64 across the month and 3 goal contributions from a Al-Ittihad player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Al-Hilal have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The deal that would have taken Yacine Adli to MC Alger has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Al-Shabab with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Diriyah can pretend not to have heard.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
6 assists across the month from a Al-Nassr player marked 7.66. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2027
Zinho Gano is the division's best-marked player — 8.61
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.61 across 4 matches for Al-Ra'ed.
4 in 4 for Al-Khaleej. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Marked 8.19 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Al-Shabab have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Hajer waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Al-Diriyah is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Roger Fernandes had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
8.70 across the month and 8 goal contributions from a Al-Hilal player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
4 assists, 8.70, and a Al-Hilal player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2027
Sadio Mané is the division's best-marked player — 8.96
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.96 across 3 matches for Al-Nassr.
5 in 3 for Al-Ittihad. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Al-Qadisiyah people have started saying his name in the past tense.
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Persepolis had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Al-Saudi Al-Watani waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Al-Hazem is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Khaleej can pretend not to have heard.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al-Hazem the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al-Hilal heard it as anything else.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Nassr, and it is not being withdrawn.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al-Ittihad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Khaleej can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al-Nassr they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al-Shabab hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Qadisiyah can pretend not to have heard.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Al-Hilal have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Al-Hilal is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
4 assists, 8.39, and a Al-Nassr player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Ângelo reports back to Al-Nassr with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
1 in 1 for Al-Ahli. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
1 in 1 for Al-Taawoun. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
7.97 for a Al-Hilal player whose contribution is measured entirely in other people's celebrations. The providers' chart is the one nobody frames and everybody in a dressing room reads.
8.24 for a Al-Nassr player whose contribution is measured entirely in other people's celebrations. The providers' chart is the one nobody frames and everybody in a dressing room reads.
Marked 7.78 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Al-Ittihad have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Al-Hilal people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Al-Ittihad
Roger Fernandes was marked 7.78 and had a hand in 7 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
The deal that would have taken Sergej Milinković-Savić to Arsenal has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Al-Hilal with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Ittihad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Suleman Sani leads the division for assists — 7.05
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Al-Qadisiyah player marked 7.05, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
6 in 5 for Al-Taawoun. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
12 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Al-Qadisiyah have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Mateo Retegui is the division's player of the month — 8.82
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Al-Qadisiyah man on 8.82 with 15 goal contributions.
8.28 across the month and 8 goal contributions from a Al-Khaleej player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Ra'ed can pretend not to have heard.
8 assists across the month from a Al-Hilal player marked 8.65. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gabriel Martinelli wants continental football; whether Al-Hilal can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al-Ittihad hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
7 in 4 for Al-Hilal. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Marked 9.06 across it, 13 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Al-Nassr have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.45 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Al-Hilal player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
6 assists across the month from a Al-Hilal player marked 8.93. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Faisaly can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Ollie Watkins is the division's best-marked player — 9.95
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.95 across 2 matches for Al-Hilal.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al-Qadisiyah hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juanjo Narváez wants continental football; whether Al-Ra'ed can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al-Shabab they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
4 in 4 for Al-Taawoun. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
5 in 2 for Al-Qadisiyah. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
The month closes with Mateo Retegui out in front — 11 goals in 3 games, and Al-Qadisiyah have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Sadio Mané is the division's player of the month — 8.65
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Al-Nassr man on 8.65 with 12 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Al-Ahli
Matheus Gonçalves was marked 7.67 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
4 assists, 9.20, and a Al-Qadisiyah player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Al-Qadisiyah man
Mateo Retegui averaged 9.91 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al-Qadisiyah heard it as anything else.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Al-Ra'ed is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
10 in 5 for Al-Hilal. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
5 in 3 for Al-Ahli. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.