Gabriel Otegbayo

Otegbayo's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→13), while his Rating held around 63. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 13).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Sheffield Wednesday · 12th	2	0	6.4	63	13
2025/26	Sheffield Wednesday · 24th	35	1	6.58	63	13
2024/25	Sheffield Wednesday · 12th	11	1	6.49	63	4

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

Scout report

Rising assetCentral defender

G. Otegbayo is a 21-year-old central defender at Sheffield Wednesday, rated 63.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (61.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Otegbayo.

On the season, Otegbayo graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets and 3.06 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 13). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 63. At 21 Otegbayo is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 26.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending up

63.4

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

13.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

61.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.06

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sheffield Wednesday finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.06

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 35 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 61.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 63.4 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %61.1%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.036

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.036

Defensive actions / 903.06

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.107

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 age 21 (~26), then tapers with age. At 21, Otegbayo sits on 26.3, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Otegbayo's projected Rating — 63.4 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 centre-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles36

Interceptions27

Blocks23

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

About G. Otegbayo

Gabriel Otegbayo is a 21-year-old centre-back who plays for Sheffield Wednesday, born on February 11, 2005 in Cork, standing 193 cm tall. He is from England. Sheffield Wednesday currently sit 12th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, G. Otegbayo has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 171 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

G. Otegbayo's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Sheffield Wednesday face Bromley at home in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates G. Otegbayo at 63.4 with a Season form score of 13.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 4 recorded seasons, G. Otegbayo has totalled 49 club appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 35 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.