Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Missed 10 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 10 injury absences (injury, calf). He still appeared 25 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2008 | 6.82 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Following his move to Stoke City, Cresswell's current-season form is up 156% on last season (Season 9→23), while his Rating climbed 16→21. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Stoke City · 17th | 25 | 0 | 3 | 6.82 | 21 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | West Ham · 14th | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 16 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | West Ham · 9th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.51 | 18 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | West Ham · 14th | 28 | 0 | 1 | 6.87 | 36 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | West Ham · 7th | 31 | 2 | 3 | 6.98 | 46 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | West Ham · 6th | 36 | 0 | 8 | 7.12 | 59 | 38 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Cresswell is a 36-year-old central defender at Stoke City, rated 20.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 469th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (62% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.33 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cresswell.
Judged on this season alone, Cresswell graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 50th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 2.331 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 78th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 36 Cresswell is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cresswell missed 10 games through injury (injury, calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 25 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 20.7, Cresswell carries the 78th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Stoke City finished 17th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~27), then tapers with age. At 36, Cresswell sits on 7.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cresswell's projected Rating — 20.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€2.8M total transfer fees · 3 moves
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