J. Lankester

Lankester's current-season form is down 82% on last season (Season 22→4), while his Rating eased 32→25. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Crewe · 11th	12	0	2	6.43	25	4
2024/25	Crewe · 13th	23	7	6	7.23	32	22
2023/24	Cambridge United · 18th	40	1	3	6.79	45	21
2022/23	Cambridge United · 20th	42	4	3	6.65	47	24
2021/22	Cambridge United · 14th	18	1	1	6.52	44	7
2020/21	Ipswich · 9th	17	2	1	6.79	47	10

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

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Attacking midfielder

J. Lankester is a 26-year-old attacking midfielder at Crewe, rated 24.7 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (10% of available minutes). He brings 0.43 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 0.43 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lankester.

On the season, Lankester graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 2 assists in 12 appearances (0.434 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 4). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25. At 26 Lankester is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23

24.7

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

3.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

10%

Minutes

limited game time

0.43

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Crewe finished 11th of 24 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 12 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 2 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.43 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 0.43 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 10% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 24.7 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.43 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %10%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.434

Goal contribution / 900.434

Defensive actions / 901.518

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %73

Dribble success %23.1

Cards / 900.434

Foul involvement / 903.47

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 26, Lankester sits on 2.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lankester's projected Rating — 24.7 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.