based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Scout report
A. Cresswell is a 36-year-old full-back at Stoke City, rated 18.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 159th of 171 on scout potential in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (48.5% 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 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 9th of 19 of the 19 full-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 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 18th of 19 of the 19 full-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 4.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 48.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 18.5, Cresswell carries the 18th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 19, 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.
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