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Full nameDerry John Murkin
PositionFull-back
NationalityEngland
Age27
Date of birth27 Jul 1999
BirthplaceColchester
Height183 cm
Shirt number#55
ClubDerby
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Season stats

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12
Appearances
0
Goals
3
Assists
984
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Derby.

Also this season

Earlier this season at Utrecht — UEFA Europa League: 10 apps, 0g 0a, 322 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Derby; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Full-back

D. Murkin is a 27-year-old full-back at Derby, rated 50.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 135th of 272 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (47.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Murkin.

Judged on this season alone, Murkin graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 33% of the 37 full-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 3.75 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, 23rd of 37 of the 37 full-backs in the Championship. At 27 Murkin is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23
Current potential23rd of 37 full-backs · Championship · 12 appsCurrent season12th of 37 full-backs · Championship · 12 apps12th-best full-back in the Championship135th in the Championship · potential23rd-highest potential full-back in the Championship
50.5
Ratingi
23rd of 37 full-backs
23.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
47.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.75
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Derby finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

12
Apps
3.75
Def. / 90
24
Tackles
14
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd 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 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.27 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 47.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 50.5, Murkin carries the 23rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 37 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles24
Interceptions14
Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.