James Dornelly · career
James Dornelly
Center Back · Peterborough · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — Dornelly is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2025/26Trending up
The record covers 4 seasons (2024/25–2025/26) across 1 club — 77 appearances with 4 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at Peterborough — Season rating 16, 2 goals and 1 assist in 30 games. Form is on a climb — up 9 Season points across his last 2 full seasons.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Peterborough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 16 |
| 2025/26 | Peterborough | 30 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Peterborough | 39 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Peterborough | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | Peterborough United U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
EFL Trophy×3U18 Professional Development League Cup×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played10 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 | Friendlies Clubs | H NEOM | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 21 | Friendlies Clubs | A Colchester | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 22 | Friendlies Clubs | A Peterborough Sports | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A Boston United | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 28 | Friendlies Clubs | A York | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | H West Brom | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | A Bristol Rovers | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | League One | A Bradford | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | League One | H Mansfield Town | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 25 | League Cup | A Watford | 5-1 | Not in squad | — |