Domestic-league season · Crystal Palace.
Missed 4 of Crystal Palace's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences and 1 suspension (groin, illness, injury). He still appeared 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 34 | 1 | 5 | 2562 | 7.09 |
 UEFA Europa Conference League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1161 | 7.13 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.7 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.5 |
 Community Shield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 6.9 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat England U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
Wharton's current-season form is up 132% on last season (Season 22→51), while his Rating climbed 83→90. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Crystal Palace · 15th | 34 | 1 | 5 | 7.09 | 90 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace · 12th | 21 | 0 | 2 | 6.97 | 83 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Blackburn · 19th | 26 | 2 | 3 | 7.19 | 67 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | Blackburn · 7th | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6.9 | 67 | 17 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
A. Wharton is a 22-year-old defensive midfielder at Crystal Palace, rated 90.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 38th of 418 in the Premier League and 26th of 2861 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (83.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.48 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wharton.
Judged on this season alone, Wharton graded 51 — a strong campaign that ranks top 20% of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League, on 1 goal, 5 assists and 3.478 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 51). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 90, top 8% of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. At 22 Wharton is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 171.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Wharton missed 3 games through injury and 1 suspension (groin, illness, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 34 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.
A career still climbing — Wharton is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3.48 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 20) 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 1 goal and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 90.4, Wharton carries the 4th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Premier League (top 8%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Crystal Palace finished 15th of 20) — 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 (3.48 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~181), then tapers with age. At 22, Wharton sits on 171.8, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Wharton's projected Rating — 90.4 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.
€21.1M total transfer fees · 1 moves
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