Domestic-league season · Port Vale.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1354 | 6.66 |
 FA Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 7.25 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 6.45 |
Byers's current-season form is level with last season (Season 17→16), while his Rating eased 23→21. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 37).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Port Vale · 22nd | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6.66 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Port Vale · 2nd | 23 | 2 | 1 | 6.94 | 23 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | Sheffield Wednesday · 20th | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6.82 | 46 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | Sheffield Wednesday · 3rd | 48 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | Sheffield Wednesday · 4th | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7.07 | 45 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | Portsmouth · 8th | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 41 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
G. Byers is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Port Vale, rated 21.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 412th of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.25 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Byers.
Judged on this season alone, Byers graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 53rd of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 4.254 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 61st of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One. At 30 Byers is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 21.3, Byers carries the 61st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League One of 63, 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. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
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 30, Byers sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Byers's projected Rating — 21.3 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.
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