Domestic-league season · Gençlerbirliği S.K..
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Süper Lig | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2362 | 6.9 |
 League Cupat Watford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.5 |
 Championshipat Watford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.3 |
 Türkiye Kupası | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.2 |
Following his move to Gençlerbirliği S.K., Dele-Bashiru's current-season form is level with last season (Season 23→22), while his Rating eased 64→43. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 27).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gençlerbirliği S.K. · 14th | 28 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 43 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Watford · 14th | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6.82 | 64 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | Watford · 15th | 35 | 2 | 2 | 6.81 | 63 | 27 |
| 2022/23 | Watford · 11th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.56 | 59 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | Reading · 21st | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6.67 | 67 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | Watford · 2nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 59 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
T. Dele-Bashiru is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Gençlerbirliği S.K., rated 42.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 216th of 723 in the Turkey tier 1. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (77.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.52 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dele-Bashiru.
Judged on this season alone, Dele-Bashiru graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 54th of 86 of the 86 defensive midfielders in the Turkey tier 1, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 2.515 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 23 → 22). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 35% of the 86 defensive midfielders in the Turkey tier 1. At 26 Dele-Bashiru is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) 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.
With a Rating of 42.5, Dele-Bashiru carries the 30th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Turkey tier 1 (top 35%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Gençlerbirliği S.K. finished 14th of 18) — 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 (2.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
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 26, Dele-Bashiru sits on 27.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Dele-Bashiru's projected Rating — 42.5 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.
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