Benjamin Waine

Waine's current-season form is level with last season (Season 11→11), while his Rating held around 39. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 11).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Port Vale · 20th	1	0	0	6.5	39	11
2025/26	Port Vale · 22nd	27	3	1	6.65	39	11
2024/25	Port Vale	1	0	0	—	—	—
2024/25	Mansfield TownLoan · 17th	34	2	0	6.5	40	5
2024/25	Plymouth · 23rd	1	0	0	6.7	51	0
2023/24	Plymouth · 21st	32	2	1	6.49	59	9
2022/23	Plymouth · 1st	10	0	0	6.45	42	0
2022/23	Wellington Phoenix	8	3	0	6.83	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

New Zealand · international

Side	Apps	G
New Zealand	30	8
New Zealand U23	6	1
New Zealand U20	3	2

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

B. Waine is a 25-year-old centre-forward at Port Vale, rated 39.1 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.32 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0.08 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Waine.

On the season, Waine graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals and 1 assist in 27 appearances (0.316 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39. At 25 Waine is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Waine is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24

39.1

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

10.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

27.5%

Minutes

limited game time

0.32

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Port Vale finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.11

Goals / app

3 goals in 27 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 4 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 27.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 39.1 overall — developing / rotation level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.32 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %27.5%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.237

Assists / 900.079

Goal contribution / 900.316

Defensive actions / 901.658

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Cards / 900.158

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 25 (~9), then tapers with age. At 25, Waine sits on 8.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Waine's projected Rating — 39.1 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles16

Interceptions4

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Port ValeJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Mansfield Town(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

PlymouthJan 2023 – Aug 2024

Wellington Phoenixuntil Jan 2023

About B. Waine

Benjamin Peter Waine is a 25-year-old centre-forward who plays for Port Vale, born on June 11, 2001 in Wellington, standing 179 cm tall. He is from New Zealand. Port Vale currently sit 20th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, B. Waine has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 20 minutes.

B. Waine's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Port Vale face Crewe at home in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates B. Waine at 39.1 with a Season form score of 10.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the OFC Nations Cup and the League One. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, B. Waine has totalled 216 club appearances with 39 goals and 2 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 34 appearances for Mansfield Town.

B. Waine's career has also included time at Mansfield Town, Plymouth and Wellington Phoenix.

On the international stage, B. Waine has represented New Zealand, New Zealand U23, New Zealand U20 — 39 caps and 11 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.