D. Sanderson · career
Dion Dannie Leonard Sanderson
Center Back · Derby · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Sanderson is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2021/224 clubs
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 187 appearances with 6 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at Derby — Season rating 34, 1 goal and 0 assists in 44 games. 2025/26 was the leap — Season rating up 28 points at Derby. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (32 → 34).
Made the jump to a higher division in 2021/22 (Championship) and kept playing — 26 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Derby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 34 |
| 2025/26 | DerbyLoan | 44 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 34 |
| 2025/26 | Birmingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024/25 | BlackburnLoan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Birmingham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | Birmingham | 37 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | BirminghamLoan | 31 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | BirminghamLoan | 26 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | QPRLoan | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Wolves U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Sunderland | 26 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | CardiffLoan | 10 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Wolves U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Wolves | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Wolves U23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Wolves U18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Wolves U18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
EFL Trophy×2Premier League Asia Trophy×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played9 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 | Friendlies Clubs | A Alfreton Town | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 24 | Friendlies Clubs | A SC Freiburg | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 28 | Friendlies Clubs | H Valencia | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 31 | Friendlies Clubs | A Mansfield Town | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Burton Albion | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 4 | Friendlies Clubs | A Rotherham | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | H Lincoln | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Championship | A Charlton | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | Championship | H Cardiff | 2-2 | Not in squad | — |