diff --git a/openfut-utas-host/src/lib.rs b/openfut-utas-host/src/lib.rs
index 1ebc831..fb01203 100644
--- a/openfut-utas-host/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openfut-utas-host/src/lib.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ pub enum Route {
     /// `GET …/club/stats/staff` — Rust-owned static `{}` (production oracle body;
     /// FIFA's staff-bonus stat set is deliberately empty).
     ClubStatsStaff,
+    /// `GET …/hub` — the FUT hub tile counts (club players + auction/tradePile),
+    /// derived from Core inventory + the durable market store (no Python).
+    Hub,
     /// Anything else — proxied verbatim to the Python oracle.
     Passthrough,
 }
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ pub fn classify(method: &str, path: &str) -> Route {
         Some("match/reset") if put => Route::MatchReset,
         Some(tail) if tail.starts_with("phishing/") => Route::SecurityQuestion,
         Some("club/stats/staff") if get => Route::ClubStatsStaff,
+        Some("hub") if get => Route::Hub,
         _ => Route::Passthrough,
     }
 }
@@ -2273,6 +2277,7 @@ impl Server {
                 eprintln!("utas-host owner=RUST route=club-stats-staff status=200");
                 json_status(200, &non_economy::club_stats_staff_body())
             }
+            Route::Hub => self.handle_hub(),
             Route::SecurityQuestion => self.handle_security_question(method, target, headers),
             Route::Passthrough => {
                 let resp = match self.pass.forward(method, target, headers, body) {
@@ -2457,6 +2462,52 @@ impl Server {
         json_status(status, &body)
     }
 
+    /// `GET …/hub` — the FUT hub tile counts, owned in Rust (no Python). Derived
+    /// from authoritative state: `clubPlayers` is the count of owned PLAYER cards
+    /// in Core (consumables/staff excluded via the catalog kind), and the auction
+    /// / tradePile counts are the user's active listings in the durable market
+    /// store. `clubPlayers` may be lower than the Python oracle's profile count by
+    /// exactly the deferred (unnameable Legend) instances — DIFFERENT-BY-DESIGN,
+    /// since deferred cards are not owned in Core. Fail-closed on Core error (503);
+    /// a market-store read failure degrades the cosmetic listing counts to 0.
+    fn handle_hub(&self) -> WireResponse {
+        let club_players = match self.core.all_owned() {
+            Ok(items) => items
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|it| self.resolver.kind_of(it) == ContentKind::Player)
+                .count(),
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("utas-host owner=RUST route=hub status=503 error=core:{e}");
+                return error_response(503, "core_unavailable");
+            }
+        };
+        let active = match &self.economy {
+            Some(svc) => {
+                let market = svc.market.clone();
+                match svc
+                    .bridge
+                    .block_on(async move { market.query_listings("active").await })
+                {
+                    Ok(l) => l.len(),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("utas-host WARN hub market read failed (counts=0): {e}");
+                        0
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            None => 0,
+        };
+        let body = json!({
+            "clubPlayers": club_players,
+            "auctionCount": active,
+            "tradePile": { "count": active, "selling": active, "sold": 0 },
+        });
+        eprintln!(
+            "utas-host owner=RUST route=hub status=200 clubPlayers={club_players} auctionCount={active}"
+        );
+        json_status(200, &body)
+    }
+
     /// Serve forever on `addr` (thread-per-connection, HTTP/1.1 keep-alive).
     pub fn serve(&self, addr: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr)?;
@@ -3493,13 +3544,14 @@ mod tests {
                 "/ut/game/fifa17/club/stats/staff",
                 Route::ClubStatsStaff,
             ),
+            ("GET", "/ut/game/fifa17/hub", Route::Hub),
         ];
         for (m, p, want) in owned {
             assert_eq!(classify(m, p), *want, "OWN: {m} {p}");
         }
         // Still Python (not yet migrated) / lookalikes / wrong method.
         let proxied: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
-            ("GET", "/ut/game/fifa17/hub"),
+            ("GET", "/ut/game/fifa17/club/stats/consumables"),
             ("GET", "/ut/game/fifa17/club/stats/year"),
             ("PUT", "/ut/game/fifa17/clientdata/userHubData"),
             ("POST", "/openfut/account/sync"),
diff --git a/openfut-utas-host/tests/host_test.rs b/openfut-utas-host/tests/host_test.rs
index aceea44..dcbcf93 100644
--- a/openfut-utas-host/tests/host_test.rs
+++ b/openfut-utas-host/tests/host_test.rs
@@ -1408,3 +1408,29 @@ fn non_economy_routes_rust_owned_no_python_no_core() {
         "no Python fallback for migrated non-economy routes"
     );
 }
+
+/// `GET /hub` is served from Rust: `clubPlayers` counts owned PLAYER cards in
+/// Core, auction/tradePile counts come from the durable market store (0 with no
+/// economy wired), and Python is never consulted.
+#[test]
+fn hub_counts_players_from_core_no_python() {
+    let items = vec![
+        item("oc1", "card_a", 84, "ST", "Brazil", "La Liga", "Barcelona"),
+        item("oc2", "card_b", 80, "CM", "Spain", "La Liga", "Real Madrid"),
+        item("oc3", "card_c", 77, "CB", "France", "Ligue 1", "PSG"),
+    ];
+    let core = Arc::new(FakeCore::new(items, 3));
+    let (py_url, rec) = spawn_mock_python();
+    let server = build_server(core, &py_url, None);
+
+    let resp = server.handle("GET", "/ut/game/fifa17/hub", &[], b"");
+    assert_eq!(resp.status, 200);
+    let body: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&resp.body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(body["clubPlayers"], 3, "counts owned player cards");
+    assert_eq!(body["auctionCount"], 0, "no economy wired => 0 listings");
+    assert_eq!(
+        body["tradePile"],
+        serde_json::json!({ "count": 0, "selling": 0, "sold": 0 })
+    );
+    assert_eq!(rec.lock().len(), 0, "hub never reaches Python");
+}
diff --git a/scripts/openfut-reachability.py b/scripts/openfut-reachability.py
index 0383926..36d4cc3 100755
--- a/scripts/openfut-reachability.py
+++ b/scripts/openfut-reachability.py
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ MIGRATED_NON_ECONOMY = {
     "leaderboards/options",
     "match/reset",
     "phishing",  # phishing/{trusteddevice,question,validate}
+    "hub",
 }
 
 # Documented residual Python-owned non-economy domains (expected > 0 until
 # migrated). Keep in sync with docs/PRODUCTION_AUTHORITY_MATRIX.md.
 RESIDUAL_PYTHON = {
     "openfut/account/sync",
-    "hub",
-    "club/stats",
+    "club/stats",  # year/consumables still Python; club/stats/staff is Rust
     "clientdata/userHubData",
 }