Dilan Markanday

Markanday's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→27), while his Rating held around 36. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 27).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Chesterfield · 16th	2	0	0	6.65	36	27
2025/26	Chesterfield · 6th	40	8	5	7.04	35	27
2024/25	ChesterfieldLoan · 7th	22	6	3	7.19	34	18
2024/25	Leyton OrientLoan · 6th	17	3	1	6.74	44	9
2023/24	Blackburn · 19th	21	1	0	6.71	59	4
2022/23	Blackburn · 7th	1	0	0	6.2	57	0
2022/23	AberdeenLoan · 3rd	3	0	0	6.4	40	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 13 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

D. Markanday is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder at Chesterfield, enjoying a standout season — 8 goals and 5 assists in 40 appearances, a Season grade of 36. On long-term scout potential he's rated 35.1. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter (65.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.33 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Markanday.

On the season, Markanday graded 36 for current form (age-blind), on 8 goals, 5 assists and 2.328 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 35. At 25 Markanday is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Markanday is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending up

35.1

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

36.3

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

65.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.33

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Chesterfield finished 6th of 24 · an upper-table side

Apps

2.33

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 40 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th 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 8 goals and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 65.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.41 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 35.1 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %65.3%

Available fixtures48 of 48

Goals / 900.255

Assists / 900.159

Goal contribution / 900.415

Defensive actions / 902.328

Player flow

Goal involvements13

Cards / 900.032

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 25, Markanday sits on 6.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Markanday's projected Rating — 35.1 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals8

Passing

Assists5

Defending

Tackles64

Interceptions6

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.6M total transfer fees · 8 moves

ChesterfieldJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Blackburn(back from loan)Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

Leyton Orient(on loan)Jan 2025 – Jun 2025

Blackburn(back from loan)Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

Chesterfield(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jan 2025

Blackburn(back from loan)Jun 2023 – Aug 2024

Aberdeen(on loan)Jan 2023 – Jun 2023

BlackburnJan 2022 – Jan 2023€ 600K

Tottenhamuntil Jan 2022

About D. Markanday

Dilan Kumar Markanday is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Chesterfield, born on August 20, 2001 in London, standing 167 cm tall. He is from England. Chesterfield currently sit 16th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, D. Markanday has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 167 minutes.

D. Markanday's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Chesterfield face Rotherham away in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Markanday at 35.1 with a Season form score of 36.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, D. Markanday has totalled 225 club appearances with 58 goals and 9 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 40 appearances for Chesterfield.

D. Markanday's career has also included time at Blackburn, Leyton Orient, Aberdeen and Tottenham.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.