based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Gillingham.
Scout report
C. Masterson is a 27-year-old central defender at Gillingham, rated 22.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 79th of 134 on scout potential in the League Two. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (18.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Masterson.
Judged on this season alone, Masterson graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two, on 2 clean sheets and 2.003 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 5). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 23, 22nd of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two. At 27 Masterson is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Gillingham finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
2 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 12 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 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.24 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 18.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 22.5, Masterson carries the 22nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 33 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2 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.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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