based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Also this season
On loan at Stoke City — League Cup: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min
On loan at Stoke City — FA Cup: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Middlesbrough; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
A. Phillips is a 21-year-old central defender at Stoke City, rated 70.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 7th of 169 on scout potential in the Championship and 119th of 1777 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been an ever-present this season (80.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.26 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Phillips.
Judged on this season alone, Phillips graded 33 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship, on 11 clean sheets and 2.256 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 33 → 33). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 70, top 4% of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship. At 21 Phillips is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 29.2 reflects that trajectory.
Phillips is operating at his career peak — the 2024/25 level is the level.
Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
2.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 40 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 80.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 70.4, Phillips carries the 1st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 4%), 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 (2.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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