Domestic-league season · Middlesbrough.
Missed 45 of Middlesbrough's ~49 games this season through 45 injury absences (achilles tendon, ankle surgery). He still appeared 2 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 6.6 |
Lenihan's current-season form is down 100% on last season (Season 7→0), while his Rating eased 36→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 51).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Middlesbrough · 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Middlesbrough · 8th | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 36 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | Middlesbrough · 4th | 42 | 0 | 3 | 7.04 | 55 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | Blackburn · 8th | 41 | 3 | 1 | 7.11 | 59 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | Blackburn · 15th | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6.89 | 63 | 39 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Lenihan is a 32-year-old central defender at Middlesbrough, rated 17.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.98 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lenihan.
On the season, Lenihan graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 1.978 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 7 → 0). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18. At 32 Lenihan is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lenihan missed 45 games through injury (achilles tendon, ankle surgery) out of roughly 49 this season. The 2 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.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 2 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th 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.
Rated 17.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× 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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 32, Lenihan sits on 9.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Lenihan'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.
