J. Payne · career
Jack Payne
Central · Colchester · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2020/21Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2022/234 clubs
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2026/27) across 4 clubs — 256 appearances, 48 goals and 39 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2020/21 at Swindon Town — Season rating 44, 4 goals and 7 assists in 43 games. 2023/24 was the leap — Season rating up 20 points at Milton Keynes Dons. Form has slipped 23 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 31 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2022/23 (League One) and kept playing — 44 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Colchester | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 |
| 2025/26 | Colchester | 39 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 38 |
| 2024/25 | Colchester | 42 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 36 |
| 2023/24 | Milton Keynes DonsLoan | 42 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | Charlton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | Charlton | 44 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | Swindon Town | 37 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | Swindon Town | 43 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 44 |
| 2019/20 | Lincoln | 23 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | BradfordLoan | 39 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | BlackburnLoan | 18 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Oxford UnitedLoan | 28 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Huddersfield | 24 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | Southend | 32 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Southend | 35 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | Southend | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
League One×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played21 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 | Friendlies Clubs | A Norwich | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 17 | Friendlies Clubs | A Heybridge Swifts | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Harlow Town | 5-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 21 | Friendlies Clubs | H Peterborough | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 24 | Friendlies Clubs | H West Ham United U21 | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 28 | Friendlies Clubs | H Charlton | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Stevenage | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | H Southampton | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | League Two | A Accrington ST | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | League Two | H Oldham | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 29 | League Two | H Rochdale | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 1 | League Two | A Bristol Rovers | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 5 | League Two | A Swindon Town | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 12 | League Two | H Crewe | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 19 | League Two | H Cheltenham | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 22 | EFL Trophy | A Peterborough | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 26 | League Two | A Shrewsbury | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 3 | EFL Trophy | H Luton | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 10 | League Two | A Newport County | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 17 | League Two | H Exeter City | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 20 | League Two | A Chesterfield | 1-1 | Not in squad | — |