Domestic-league season · Leyton Orient.
Missed 5 of Leyton Orient's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (knee surgery). He still appeared 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1615 | 6.66 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 258 | 7.23 |
 Friendliesat Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 6.2 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7.3 |
Mitchell's current-season form is down 65% on last season (Season 23→8), while his Rating eased 38→26. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 23).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leyton Orient · 20th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.66 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | Leyton Orient · 6th | 46 | 8 | 2 | 6.72 | 38 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | Leyton Orient · 11th | 28 | 4 | 6 | 7.11 | 43 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | Exeter City · 14th | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6.99 | 42 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | Blackpool · 16th | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.53 | 56 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | Blackpool · 3rd | 35 | 1 | 3 | 6.76 | 47 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Mitchell is a 29-year-old attacking midfielder at Leyton Orient, rated 26.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 371st of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (43.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mitchell.
Judged on this season alone, Mitchell graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 66th of 73 of the 73 attacking midfielders in the League One, on 1 goal and 1 assist in 29 appearances (0.111 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 23 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 65th of 73 of the 73 attacking midfielders in the League One. At 29 Mitchell is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Mitchell missed 5 games through injury (knee surgery) out of roughly 46 this season. The 29 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 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1 goal in 29 appearances (0.03 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 26.1, Mitchell carries the 65th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the League One of 73, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.11 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 29, Mitchell sits on 8.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mitchell's projected Rating — 26.1 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.
