J. Iredale

Iredale's current-season form is up 29% on last season (Season 28→36), while his Rating eased 35→29. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Hibernian · 5th	34	0	0	7.02	29	36
2024/25	Hibernian · 3rd	33	1	1	7	35	28
2023/24	Bolton · 3rd	46	3	2	6.93	38	26
2022/23	Bolton · 5th	24	0	2	6.91	40	19
2021/22	Cambridge United · 14th	35	1	3	6.92	46	35
2020/21	Cambridge United · 2nd	38	4	3	6.91	35	27

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

J. Iredale is a 30-year-old full-back at Hibernian, rated 28.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 159th of 220 in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (77.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.54 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Iredale.

Judged on this season alone, Iredale graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 22% of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership, on 9 clean sheets and 3.539 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 28 → 36). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 31st of 41 of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership. At 30 Iredale is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22

Current potential31st of 41 full-backs · Premiership Current seasonTop 22% full-backs · Premiership9th-best full-back in the Premiership159th in the Premiership · potential31st-highest potential full-back in the Premiership

28.8

Ratingi

31st of 41 full-backs

35.7

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

77.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.54

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Hibernian finished 5th of 12 · a mid-table side

3.54

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.54 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 34 appearances.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 77.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.54 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.8, Iredale carries the 31st-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premiership of 41. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.54 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %77.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.539

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %81

Dribble success %82.4

Cards / 900.17

Foul involvement / 901.191

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 (~18), then tapers with age. At 30, Iredale sits on 8.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Iredale's projected Rating — 28.8 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.