J. Mæhle · career
Joakim Mæhle Pedersen
Full Back · VfL Wolfsburg · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 158 appearances with 30 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at VfL Wolfsburg — Season rating 31, 2 goals and 3 assists in 30 games. Form has slipped 18 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 18 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 14 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Season-to-season output barely moves — his form has stayed within a tight band (±6 points) across 6 campaigns.
By season
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2026/27 | Friendlies | 2 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024/25 | Friendlies | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024/25 | Euro Championship | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024/25 | UEFA Nations League | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024/25 | World Cup - Qualification Europe | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023/24 | Euro Championship - Qualification | 8 | 2 | |
| 2022/23 | UEFA Nations League | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022/23 | Friendlies | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022/23 | World Cup | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021/22 | Friendlies | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020/21 | UEFA European Championship | 6 | 2 | |
| 2020/21 | World Cup - Qualification Europe | 9 | 5 | |
| 2020/21 | UEFA Nations League | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020/21 | Friendlies | 2 | 1 | |
| 2020/21 | Euro Championship | 6 | 2 | |
| Denmark U21 | 2019/20 | UEFA U21 Championship | 4 | 2 |
Honours
First Division A×2Super Cup×2Coppa Italia×2Cup×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendliesat Denmark | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
Schedule · 2026/27
2 played3 not in squad· 179 min, 0g 1a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8 | 2. Bundesliga | H 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 16 | 2. Bundesliga | A Hannover 96 | 1-0 | Played | 89 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 29 | 2. Bundesliga | A Karlsruher SC | 5-2 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Sep 5 | 2. Bundesliga | H Energie Cottbus | 4-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 12 | 2. Bundesliga | A FC St. Pauli | 0-1 | Not in squad | — |