Paul Mullin has had mixed fortunes since leaving Wrexham to join Wigan Athletic.
After falling out of favour under Phil Parkinson, Paul Mullin was sent out on loan to Wigan Athletic for the 2025/26 season.
He featured heavily in pre-season for the Latics, with Mullin scoring his first goal since departing the Racecourse Ground last week in the Carabao Cup.
Wigan fans praised the Wrexham loanee when he netted the only goal in a victory over Notts County.
In the league, however, the striker is yet to make much of an impact for his new club.
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Paul Mullin unwanted League One statistic at Wigan
On his League One debut for Ryan Lowe’s side, Mullin missed a big chance when coming off the bench.
He was once again a substitute this past weekend, featuring for 10 minutes as Wigan beat a former Wrexham player’s team 2-0.
So far, the centre-forward has made three appearances in the third tier this term, but he is yet to score.
Data shared by Opta also puts Mullin among the worst in the division when it comes to goals vs xG.
The striker, who is yet to get off the mark in the league, currently has -0.56 goals per xG.
That is the ninth-worst out of every player who has featured in League One during 2025/26 so far.
Player who rejected Wrexham struggling in League One
Top of that list is Bradford City attacker Stephen Humphrys with a -1.18 goals per xG.
Wrexham submitted a bid for Stephen Humphrys during the January 2024 transfer window.
A move did not come to pass, however, and he eventually signed for Barnsley, whom he has since left for Bradford.
Humphrys shared why he rejected Wrexham during an interview in November of last year.
He said: “At the time, Wrexham had come in for me, who were paying really good wages…and I still didn’t want to leave Wigan for Wrexham. I think they put an actual bid in for me, but I didn’t want to leave Wigan, so that was Wrexham off the table.
“There was another club, in Europe, who also came in with really good money on the table. Again, I said no, I said ‘let’s get this sorted here, I want to stay’. But God’s honest truth, there wasn’t another contract offer from that day forward.
“My position was always: ‘This is where I’m at, I’m turning down more money than I’ve been offered elsewhere, I’m more than happy to stay here for less money – not less than what I was on, but less than other clubs are offering’…because I wanted to stay.”