Overview of the most efficient substitutes of Ajax ranked on the number of minutes needed per goal scored. Only players with at least 5 goals as substitute are shown.
The highlighted rows contain players who are/were still under contract the current season.
| Player | Minutes per goal (substitute) | Goals as substitute | Minutes per goal (starting) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikos Machlas | 40.4 | 8 | 152.7 |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 48.4 | 18 | 112.6 |
| Marco van Basten | 50.7 | 7 | 85.8 |
| Chuba Akpom | 58.7 | 9 | 260.0 |
| Dmitri Bulykin | 68.4 | 5 | 72.3 |
| Benni McCarthy | 69.7 | 6 | 98.4 |
| Shota Arveladze | 70.3 | 8 | 129.1 |
| Wout Weghorst | 71.6 | 5 | 187.0 |
| Brian Brobbey | 78.3 | 11 | 154.5 |
| Gerald Vanenburg | 78.4 | 5 | 231.5 |
| Patrick Kluivert | 81.2 | 5 | 136.9 |
| Kasper Dolberg | 89.3 | 7 | 162.8 |
| Nourdin Boukhari | 93.2 | 6 | 399.1 |
| Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 94.9 | 7 | 169.9 |
| Kenneth Pérez | 98.4 | 5 | 127.4 |
| Peter Hoekstra | 100.0 | 6 | 478.3 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | 110.2 | 6 | 140.9 |
| Lasse Schöne | 113.5 | 6 | 323.8 |
| Mohammed Kudus | 116.0 | 5 | 217.1 |
| Ronald de Boer | 116.0 | 7 | 376.0 |
| Ryan Babel | 120.2 | 6 | 440.0 |
| John Bosman | 125.1 | 9 | 105.6 |
| Ron Willems | 152.4 | 5 | 118.8 |
| Siem de Jong | 155.3 | 6 | 227.1 |
| Dennis Rommedahl | 160.7 | 6 | 814.7 |
| David Neres | 172.4 | 7 | 198.2 |
| Nicolae Mitea | 173.2 | 5 | 234.8 |
| Leonardo | 175.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Davy Klaassen | 189.7 | 6 | 227.4 |
| Arnold Mühren | 194.7 | 7 | 432.6 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | 195.6 | 5 | 134.7 |