Domestic-league season · Sheffield Utd.
Missed 4 of Sheffield Utd's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (shoulder, injury). He still appeared 23 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 23 | 2 | 0 | 627 | 6.58 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6.6 |
Following his move to Sheffield Utd, Ings's current-season form is level with last season (Season 8→7), while his Rating eased 24→15. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 50).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Sheffield Utd · 13th | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6.58 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | West Ham · 14th | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6.74 | 24 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | West Ham · 9th | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 30 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | Aston Villa · 7th | 35 | 8 | 0 | 6.87 | 46 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | Aston Villa · 14th | 30 | 7 | 6 | 6.81 | 54 | 40 |
| 2020/21 | Southampton · 15th | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6.96 | 63 | 50 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Ings is a 33-year-old centre-forward at Sheffield Utd, rated 15.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 480th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.29 goal contributions per 90 (0.29 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ings.
Judged on this season alone, Ings graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 63rd of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship, on 2 goals and 0 assists in 23 appearances (0.287 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 8 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 66th of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship. At 33 Ings is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Ings missed 4 games through injury (shoulder, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 23 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2 goals in 23 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 15.3, Ings carries the 66th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Championship of 66 — though on just 23 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.29 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~20), then tapers with age. At 33, Ings sits on 6.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ings's projected Rating — 15.3 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.
€34.3M total transfer fees · 8 moves
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