2025–26 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons
2025–26 season
ChairmanFahad Al-Ghanim
Head CoachPaul Warne[1]
StadiumStadium MK
League Two2nd
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Callum Paterson (14 goals)
All:
Callum Paterson (14 goals)
Highest home attendance23,456 vs Harrogate Town
(7 March 2026, League Two)
Lowest home attendance1,036 vs Swindon Town
(11 November 2025, EFL Trophy GS)
Average home league attendance8,346
Biggest win5–0 vs Cheltenham Town (H)
(16 August 2025, League Two)
Biggest defeat1–5 vs West Ham United U21 (H)
(16 September 2025, EFL Trophy GS)
0–4 vs Swindon Town (H)
(11 November 2025, EFL Trophy GS)
All statistics correct as of match played 18 March 2026.

The 2025–26 season is the 22nd season in the history of Milton Keynes Dons Football Club and their third consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

This will be the first season since the club's founding not to feature Dean Lewington, who retired after 21 years at the club, serving between 2004 and 2025.[2]

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
11 June 2025 CF  Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (ENG)  Crawley Town (ENG) Undisclosed [3]
19 June 2025 CF  Aaron Collins (WAL)  Bolton Wanderers (ENG) £800,000 [4][5]
30 June 2025 CM  Will Collar (ENG)  Stockport County (ENG) Free transfer [6]
1 June 2025[a] RW  Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (GUA)  Derby County (ENG) [7]
1 July 2025[b] RB  Gethin Jones (AUS)  Bolton Wanderers (ENG) [8]
18 July 2025 GK  Tom Finch (ENG)  Norwich City (ENG) [9]
28 July 2025 CF  Callum Paterson (SCO)  Sheffield Wednesday (ENG) [10]
8 August 2025 CB  Marvin Ekpiteta (ENG)  Hibernian (SCO) Undisclosed [11]
31 August 2025 RB  Kane Wilson (ENG)  Derby County (ENG) [12]
8 January 2026 CAM  Ben Wiles (ENG)  Huddersfield Town (ENG) [13]
9 January 2026 DM  Jay Matete (ENG)  Sunderland (ENG) [14]
15 January 2026 CB  Curtis Nelson (ENG)  Derby County (ENG) [15]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 May, and would become official on June 1 once the transfer window had reopened
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Bolton had ended

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
27 June 2025 DM  Jay Williams (SKN)  Crawley Town (ENG) Undisclosed [16]
18 August 2025 CF  Callum Hendry (SCO)  Motherwell (SCO) [17]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
26 August 2025 CB  Jon Mellish (ENG)  Wigan Athletic (ENG) End of season [18]
2 February 2026 GK  Charlie Setford (ENG)  AFC Ajax (NED) [19]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
11 July 2025 GK  Sebastian Stacey (ENG)  Worthing (ENG) 17 November 2025 [20]
9 August 2025 LB  Marcel Guzynski (POL)  Banbury United (ENG) 6 September 2025 [21]
1 September 2025 CB  Sam Sherring (ENG)  Cheltenham Town (ENG) 31 May 2026 [22]
17 October 2025 RM  Callum Tripp (ENG)  Bedford Town (ENG) 17 November 2025 [23]
4 November 2025 CDM  Keon Lewis-Burgess (ENG)  Billericay Town (ENG) 31 May 2026 [24][25][26]
20 November 2025 CAM  Simone Troso (ENG)  Kings Lynn Town (ENG) End of season [27][28]
12 December 2025 CAM  Revin Domi (ALB)  Bishop’s Stortford (ENG) 9 January 2026 [29]
19 December 2025 CB  Charlie Waller (ENG)  Rochdale (ENG) 17 January 2026 [30]
26 December 2025 LB  Marcel Guzynski (POL)  Potters Bar Town (ENG) 23 January 2026 [31]
27 December 2025 GK  Ryan Kelly (ENG)  Newport Pagnell Town (ENG) [32]
7 January 2026 RB  Phoenix Scholtz (NIR)  AFC Dunstable (ENG) 4 February 2026 [33]
CF  Rian Silver (ENG) [33]
16 January 2026 CM  Kane Thompson-Sommers (ENG)  Bristol Rovers (ENG) End of season [34]
RM  Callum Tripp (ENG)  Sutton United (ENG) 12 February 2026 [35][36]
20 January 2026 CF  Rian Silver (ENG)  Biggleswade Town (ENG) TBC [37]
21 January 2026 CB  Charlie Waller (ENG)  Wealdstone (ENG) End of season [38]
10 February 2026 CF  Michael Brammeld (ENG)  Banbury United (ENG) TBC [39]
10 March 2026 GK  Sebastian Stacey (ENG)  Torquay United (ENG) End of season [40]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB  Jack Tucker (ENG)  Colchester United (ENG) 1 July 2025 [41][42]
CF  Ellis Harrison (WAL)  Bristol Rovers (ENG) 29 July 2025 [41][43]
GK  Nathan Harness (ENG)  Maidstone United (ENG) 30 July 2025 [41][44]
CM  Joel Anker (ENG)  Banbury United (ENG) 8 August 2025 [41][45]
CB  Charlie Stirland (ENG)  Newton Aycliffe (ENG) 11 August 2025 [41][46]
GK  Ronnie Sandford (ENG)  Millwall (ENG) 7 November 2025 [41][47]
CB  Albert Wood (ENG)
Currently unattached
 [41]
LB  Dean Lewington (ENG)
Retired
 [2]
30 January 2026 CB  Nathan Thompson (ENG)
Currently unattached
 [48]

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
20 June 2025 RW  Jonathan Leko (ENG) Undisclosed [49]
24 June 2025 GK  Connal Trueman (ENG) [50]

Pre-season and friendlies

The club's full pre-season schedule was announced on 4 June 2025.[51] The club played just a single home match during pre-season as the Stadium MK pitch underwent a significant overhaul during the summer.[52]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 St Mirren San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:00 CEST
  • Ayunga (o.g.)
 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
12 July 2025 Friendly Hitchin Town 0–6 Milton Keynes Dons Hitchin
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Top Field
Attendance: 730
Referee: Richard Wharton
15 July 2025 Friendly Brackley Town 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Brackley
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: St. James Park
Attendance: 1,066
19 July 2025 Friendly Wealdstone 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons London (Ruislip)
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
19 July 2025 Friendly Milton Keynes Dons 1–3 Doncaster Rovers Dunstable
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Creasey Park
22 July 2025 Friendly Milton Keynes Dons Cancelled Bristol City Denbigh
19:30 BST Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: On 1 July 2025, the fixture was cancelled due to the two clubs drawing one another in the League Cup first round. A replacement friendly against Peterborough United was also announced.[53]
22 July 2025 Friendly Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Peterborough United Denbigh
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 2,171 (339 away)
Referee: Neil Hair
26 July 2025 Friendly Stevenage 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Stevenage
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 1,302 (296 away)
Referee: Callum Gough

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two 2 August 2025 2 May 2026 Matchday 1 38 21 11 6 75 37 +38 055.26
FA Cup 1 November 2025 9 January 2026 First round Third round 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 066.67
EFL Cup 12 August 2025 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
EFL Trophy 16 September 2025 11 November 2025 Group stage Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 000.00
Total 45 23 12 10 83 53 +30 051.11

Last updated: 18 March 2026
Source: Soccerway

EFL League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bromley 38 21 13 4 61 36 +25 76 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 11 6 75 37 +38 74
3 Cambridge United 37 19 12 6 55 28 +27 69
4 Notts County 37 20 7 10 60 37 +23 67 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Salford City 38 21 4 13 54 47 +7 67
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[54]


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 11 6 75 37  +38 74 11 5 3 35 16  +19 10 6 3 40 21  +19

Last updated: 18 March 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252728293031323334353626137383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWDWLLDLWWWWLDWDWLDWWDLDWWWDWWDWDWWWW
Position15635379101496424434355544655324454332222
Points147811111112121518212424252829323233363940404144475051545758616265687174
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:
  • 1 Matchday 26 (vs Gillingham) was postponed due to progression to the third round of the FA Cup.

Matches

The League Two fixtures were announced on 26 June 2025.[55] The club began the season at home to newly promoted Oldham Athletic on 2 August with the final game of the regular season being away at Fleetwood Town on 2 May.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Oldham Athletic Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 9,384 (1,891 away)
Referee: Matthew Russell
9 August 2025 2 Barrow 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,218 (256 away)
Referee: Michael Barlow
16 August 2025 3 Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 Cheltenham Town Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
  • Mažionis  5'
  • Jude-Boyd  42'
  • Bickerstaff  71'
  • Archer  83'
 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,772 (365 away)
Referee: Jacob Miles
19 August 2025 4 Crawley Town 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Crawley
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,561 (599 away)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
23 August 2025 5 Newport County 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Newport
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,821 (325 away)
Referee: Stuart Morland
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[56]
30 August 2025 6 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,261 (859 away)
Referee: Sam Mulhall
6 September 2025 7 Milton Keynes Dons 2–3 Grimsby Town Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,758 (1,188 away)
Referee: Oliver Mackey
13 September 2025 8 Chesterfield 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Chesterfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
Attendance: 8,127 (592 away)
Referee: Edward Duckworth
20 September 2025 9 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Accrington Stanley Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,010 (86 away)
Referee: Scott Jackson
27 September 2025 10 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Shrewsbury
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,854 (456 away)
Referee: Martin Coy
4 October 2025 11 Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Gillingham Denbigh
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,646 (1,375 away)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[57]
11 October 2025 12 Bristol Rovers 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons Bristol (Horfield)
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,996 (529 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
18 October 2025 13 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,911 (483 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
25 October 2025 14 Bromley 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons London (Bromley)
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Attendance: 3,694 (360 away)
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
8 November 2025 15 Barnet 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons London (Canons Park)
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 3,597 (1,342 away)
Referee: James Durkin
15 November 2025 16 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Salford City Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 8,309 (163 away)
Referee: Ross Joyce
22 November 2025 17 Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons Birkenhead (Prenton)
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,786 (330 away)
Referee: Richie Watkins
29 November 2025 18 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Fleetwood Town Denbigh
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,221 (121 away)
Referee: Andrew Humphries
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[57]
9 December 2025 19 Notts County 3–2 Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 8,872 (462 away)
Referee: Aaron Farmer
13 December 2025 20 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Cambridge United Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 8,151 (1,729 away)
Referee: James Oldham
20 December 2025 21 Harrogate Town 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons Harrogate
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Exercise Stadium
Attendance: 2,923 (318 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne
26 December 2025 22 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Swindon Town Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 9,839 (1,797 away)
Referee: Ben Atkinson
29 December 2025 23 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Notts County Denbigh
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 9,233 (1,936 away)
Referee: Lee Swabey
1 January 2026 24 Colchester United 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Colchester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 6,404 (487 away)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
4 January 2026 25 Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Chesterfield Denbigh
12:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,019 (1,029 away)
Referee: Andrew Miller
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[57]
17 January 2026 27 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Accrington
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 2,006 (325 away)
Referee: Ross Martin
24 January 2026 28 Milton Keynes Dons 5–1 Shrewsbury Town Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,336 (470 away)
Referee: Alan Dale
27 January 2026 29 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Bristol Rovers Denbigh
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,503 (454 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
31 January 2026 30 Grimsby Town 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons Cleethorpes
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,246 (284 away)
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[58]
7 February 2026 31 Cheltenham Town 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons Cheltenham
15:01 GMT
Report
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,749 (624 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
14 February 2026 32 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Newport County Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,444 (223 away)
Referee: Harrison Blair
17 February 2026 33 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Crawley Town Denbigh
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,036 (338 away)
Referee: Isaac Searle
23 February 2026 34 Walsall 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Bescot
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 5,131 (485 away)
Referee: Peter Wright
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 21 February, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[58]
28 February 2026 35 Cambridge United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Cambridge
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,538 (1,028 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[58]
7 March 2026 36 Milton Keynes Dons 4–1 Harrogate Town Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 23,456 (314 away)
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
10 March 2026 26[59] Gillingham 1–5 Milton Keynes Dons Gillingham
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,706 (196 away)
Referee: Harry Wager
Note: Fixture was postponed due to progression to the third round of the FA Cup.[60]
14 March 2026 37 Swindon Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Swindon
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Nigel Eady County Ground
Attendance: 8,833 (923 away)
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
18 March 2026 38 Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Colchester United Denbigh
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,285 (380 away)
Referee: Sam Mulhall
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 17 March, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[61]
21 March 2026 39 Milton Keynes Dons v Barnet Denbigh
12:30 GMT Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[62]
28 March 2026 40 Salford City v Milton Keynes Dons Salford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Moor Lane
3 April 2026 41 Milton Keynes Dons v Barrow Denbigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium MK
6 April 2026 42 Oldham Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons Oldham
15:00 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
11 April 2026 43 Milton Keynes Dons v Bromley Denbigh
12:30 BST Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[63]
18 April 2026 44 Crewe Alexandra v Milton Keynes Dons Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
25 April 2026 45 Milton Keynes Dons v Tranmere Rovers Denbigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Stadium MK
2 May 2026 46 Fleetwood Town v Milton Keynes Dons Fleetwood
15:00 BST Stadium: Highbury Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

The draw for the first round proper took place on 13 October 2025, with the club being drawn away to fellow League Two side Colchester United.[64] In the second round draw, the club were drawn at home to another League Two side in Oldham Athletic.[65] In the third round draw, the club were drawn at home to EFL Championship side Oxford United.[66]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round Colchester United 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons Colchester
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,639 (265 away)
Referee: Abigail Byrne
6 December 2025 Second round Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Oldham Athletic Denbigh
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 3,065 (756 away)
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
9 January 2026 Third round Milton Keynes Dons 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Oxford United Denbigh
19:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 5,902 (2,080 away)
Referee: Paul Howard
Penalties

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 26 June 2025, with MK Dons being drawn away to EFL Championship side Bristol City.[67][68]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Bristol City 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Bristol
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 10,280 (371 away)
Referee: Bobby Madley

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, MK Dons were drawn into Southern Group D alongside Reading, Swindon Town and West Ham United U21.[69]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Swindon Town (A) 3 2 0 0 1 9 5 +4 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA West Ham United U21 (A) 3 2 0 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3 L1 Reading (E) 3 2 0 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4 L2 Milton Keynes Dons (E) 3 0 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 September 2025 Group stage Milton Keynes Dons 1–5 West Ham United U21 Denbigh
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 1,074 (129 away)
Referee: Aaron Farmer
7 October 2025 Group stage Reading 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Reading
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium
Attendance: 1,623 (109 away)
Referee: David Rock
11 November 2025 Group stage Milton Keynes Dons 0–4 Swindon Town Denbigh
19:00 GMT
  • Medwynter  45+6'
 Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 1,036 (247 away)
Referee: Elliot Swallow

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 18 March 2026

Players with no appearances are not included in the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Craig MacGillivray 39 0 37 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  AUS Gethin Jones 29 1 20+7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  IRL Liam Kelly 41 2 34+3 1 2+1 1 1 0 0 0
7 MF  ENG Daniel Crowley 29 1 12+14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF  ENG Alex Gilbey (captain) 38 10 36 10 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
9 FW  IRL Scott Hogan 20 1 2+16 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW  WAL Aaron Collins 25 8 15+7 6 2 1 0 0 1 1
11 FW  GUA Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 20 8 18 7 1+1 1 0 0 0 0
12 DF  ENG Kane Wilson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW  SCO Callum Paterson 34 14 27+3 14 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
14 DF  ENG Joe Tomlinson 19 2 8+7 0 1+1 2 0+1 0 1 0
15 DF  ENG Luke Offord 41 3 37 3 3 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 MF  FRA Aaron Nemane 36 3 21+11 3 2+1 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW  ENG Jonathan Leko 22 0 1+16 0 0+1 0 1 0 3 0
18 MF  ENG Will Collar 26 2 13+9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
20 MF  ENG Kane Thompson-Sommers 25 1 6+13 1 2+1 0 0 0 2+1 0
21 DF  ENG Marvin Ekpiteta 36 4 30+3 4 1+1 0 1 0 0 0
22 DF  ENG Jon Mellish 34 2 24+6 2 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
23 DF  ENG Laurence Maguire 10 1 5+2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
24 MF  WAL Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 23 1 3+18 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF  ENG Curtis Nelson 11 1 9+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  ENG Ben Wiles 14 3 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK  ENG Connal Trueman 7 0 1+1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
28 MF  ENG Jay Matete 7 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW  ENG Rushian Hepburn-Murphy 31 9 18+11 7 1 2 1 0 0 0
32 DF  ENG Jack Sanders 31 2 25+2 2 3 0 0+1 0 0 0
34 MF  ENG Callum Tripp 4 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0
35 DF  ENG Charlie Waller 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 MF  ENG Keon Lewis-Burgess 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
40 DF  ALB Revin Domi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
42 MF  ENG Rian Silver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
43 MF  ENG Dylan Fry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
44 MF  ENG Damerai Singh-Hurditt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 DF  ENG Kobe Sinclair-Linton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
46 DF  ENG Jack Burke 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
47 MF  ENG Simone Troso 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
48 DF  POL Marcel Guzynski 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
49 FW  ENG Chase Medwynter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
52 MF  ENG Laike Favier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
53 MF  ENG Kian Osborne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
55 MF  ENG Ben Nash 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
4 DF  ENG Nathan Thompson 9 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 18 March 2026

List is sorted by squad number when total number of cards are equal
Players with no cards are not included in the list

No. Pos. Nat. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
15 DF Luke Offord 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
22 DF Jon Mellish 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1
32 DF Jack Sanders 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 MF Liam Kelly 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
8 MF Alex Gilbey 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
13 FW Callum Paterson 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 MF Daniel Crowley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
20 MF Kane Thompson-Sommers 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
11 FW Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
16 MF Aaron Nemane 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
21 DF Marvin Ekpiteta 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
4 DF Nathan Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
17 FW Jonathan Leko 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 MF Will Collar 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 FW Scott Hogan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 DF Laurence Maguire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
29 FW Rushian Hepburn-Murphy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
38 MF Keon Lewis-Burgess 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
2 DF Gethin Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 MF Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 MF Jay Matete 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 MF Simone Troso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
49 FW Chase Medwynter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 72 2 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 86 2 1

Awards

MK Dons Player of the Month

The winner of the award was chosen via a poll on the club's official website.

Pos Nat Player Month Ref
DF Jack Sanders August 2025 [70]
CF Callum Paterson September 2025 [71]
MF Aaron Nemane October 2025 [72]
FW Nathaniel Mendez-Laing November 2025 [73]
DF Jack Sanders December 2025 [74]
CF Callum Paterson January 2026 [75]
MF Liam Kelly February 2026 [76]

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