Domestic-league season · Port Vale.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1637 | 6.67 |
 FA Cup | 3 | 2 | 2 | 149 | 7.8 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.3 |
 EFL Trophyat Luton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6.7 |
Following his move to Port Vale, Cole's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→21), while his Rating eased 32→22. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 46).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Port Vale · 22nd | 31 | 6 | 2 | 6.67 | 22 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | West Brom · 9th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 32 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Barnsley · 6th | 48 | 18 | 3 | 6.98 | 40 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | Barnsley · 4th | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6.76 | 43 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | Barnsley · 24th | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6.52 | 47 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | Motherwell · 3rd | 27 | 11 | 3 | 7.01 | 48 | 36 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Cole is a 31-year-old winger at Port Vale, rated 21.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 408th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (53.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.33 goal contributions per 90 (0.25 goals, 0.08 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cole.
Judged on this season alone, Cole graded 21 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 12% of the 17 wingers in the League One, on 6 goals and 2 assists in 31 appearances (0.327 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 17th of 17 of the 17 wingers in the League One. At 31 Cole is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
6 goals in 31 appearances (0.19 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a relegation-threatened side. Add 2 assists for 8 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 21.6, Cole carries the 17th-highest potential of the wingers in the League One of 17, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Port Vale finished 22nd 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 (0.33 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 31, Cole sits on 6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cole's projected Rating — 21.6 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.
