Domestic-league season · Stevenage.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 17 | 0 | 1 | 847 | 6.93 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 7.07 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.9 |
Butler's current-season form is down 58% on last season (Season 26→11), while his Rating eased 30→18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 51).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Stevenage · 6th | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6.93 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Stevenage · 14th | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 30 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | Stevenage · 9th | 43 | 1 | 2 | 7.16 | 38 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | Peterborough · 6th | 28 | 0 | 1 | 6.62 | 35 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | Peterborough · 22nd | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 52 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | Peterborough · 2nd | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7.13 | 51 | 49 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Butler is a 31-year-old full-back at Stevenage, rated 17.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 434th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.66 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Butler.
Judged on this season alone, Butler graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 72nd of 79 of the 79 full-backs in the League One, on 4 clean sheets and 2.656 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 26 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 72nd of 79 of the 79 full-backs in the League One. At 31 Butler is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.66 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 17.9, Butler carries the 72nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the League One of 79 — though on just 17 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.66 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 31, Butler sits on 5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Butler's projected Rating — 17.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
