Domestic-league season · Crawley Town.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3735 | 6.92 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.75 |
Barker's current-season form is up 35% on last season (Season 26→35), while his Rating eased 48→34. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Crawley Town · 22nd | 43 | 1 | 2 | 6.92 | 34 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | Crawley Town · 21st | 45 | 1 | 1 | 6.97 | 48 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | Charlton · 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 43 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
C. Barker is a 23-year-old central defender at Crawley Town, rated 33.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 45th of 478 in the League Two. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (90.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Barker.
Judged on this season alone, Barker graded 35 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 12% of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 11 clean sheets and 3.687 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 26 → 35). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, top 7% of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 23 Barker is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 10 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Barker is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 43 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 33.5, Barker carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two (top 7%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Crawley Town finished 22nd 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 solid defensive volume (3.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 23, Barker sits on 10, at or near its peak. The blue line is Barker's projected Rating — 33.5 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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