based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →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
D. Murkin is a 27-year-old full-back at Derby, rated 49.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 84th of 171 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.8% 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 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 19 of the 19 full-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 3.75 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 13th of 19 of the 19 full-backs in the Championship. At 27 Murkin is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.7 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Derby finished 8th of 24 · an upper-table side
3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (8th 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 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 23.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 49.2, Murkin carries the 13th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 19 — 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.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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