Center Back · Derby · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Sanderson is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 185 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.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Derby | 44 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | Blackburn | 21 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | Birmingham | 37 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | Birmingham | 31 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | Birmingham | 26 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | Sunderland | 26 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 23 |
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 38 | 3173 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Championship | 6 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| League Cup | 2 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12 | Friendlies Clubs | A Matlock Town | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Red Bull Salzburg | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 22 | Friendlies Clubs | A Walsall | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Burton Albion | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | Friendlies Clubs | H Atromitos | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 9 | Championship | A Stoke City | 1-3 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Aug 12 | League Cup | A West Brom | 1-1 | Played | 63 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 16 | Championship | H Coventry | 3-5 | Played | 90 | 5.0 | ||
| Aug 22 | Championship | H Bristol City | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Aug 26 | League Cup | A Burnley | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Aug 30 | Championship | A Ipswich | 2-2 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Sep 13 | Championship | A West Brom | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| Sep 20 | Championship | H Preston | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Sep 27 | Championship | A Wrexham | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Sep 30 | Championship | H Charlton | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Oct 4 | Championship | H Southampton | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Oct 18 | Championship | A Oxford United | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Oct 21 | Championship | H Norwich | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| Oct 25 | Championship | H QPR | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Nov 1 | Championship | A Sheffield Utd | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 4 | Championship | H Hull City | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 8 | Championship | A Blackburn | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Nov 22 | Championship | H Watford | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 1 | 6.7 | |
| Nov 25 | Championship | A Swansea | 2-1 | Yellow Cards | — | |||
| Nov 29 | Championship | A Middlesbrough | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Dec 6 | Championship | H Leicester | 1-3 | Played | 66 | 6.2 | ||
| Dec 10 | Championship | H Millwall | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Dec 15 | Championship | A Sheffield Wednesday | 3-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Dec 20 | Championship | H Portsmouth | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 26 | Championship | A Birmingham | 1-1 | Loan agreement | — | |||
| Dec 29 | Championship | A Leicester | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Jan 1 | Championship | H Middlesbrough | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Jan 4 | Championship | H Wrexham | 1-2 | Played | 81 | 6.2 | ||
| Jan 11 | FA Cup | H Leeds | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | Championship | A Preston | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 20 | Championship | A Charlton | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 23 | Championship | H West Brom | 1-1 | Played | 13 | 6.5 | ||
| Jan 30 | Championship | A Bristol City | 5-0 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Feb 7 | Championship | H Ipswich | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 14 | Championship | H Swansea | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Feb 21 | Championship | A Watford | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| Feb 24 | Championship | A Hull City | 2-4 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Feb 28 | Championship | H Blackburn | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 7 | Championship | H Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Mar 10 | Championship | A Millwall | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 16 | Championship | A Portsmouth | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Mar 21 | Championship | H Birmingham | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 3 | Championship | A Coventry | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Apr 6 | Championship | H Stoke City | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Apr 11 | Championship | A Southampton | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Apr 18 | Championship | H Oxford United | 1-0 | Played | 71 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 21 | Championship | A Norwich | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 25 | Championship | A QPR | 3-2 | Played | 61 | 6.5 | ||
| May 2 | Championship | H Sheffield Utd | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — |