Domestic-league season · Exeter City.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2556 | 7.07 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 6.3 |
 FA Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 4.2 |
Fitzwater's current-season form is up 117% on last season (Season 12→26), while his Rating eased 36→32. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Exeter City · 21st | 29 | 1 | 1 | 7.07 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | Exeter City · 16th | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 36 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | Exeter City · 13th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 37 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | Livingston · 3rd | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6.63 | 46 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | Livingston · 3rd | 38 | 3 | 0 | 6.92 | 52 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Livingston · 6th | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 43 | 21 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Fitzwater is a 28-year-old central defender at Exeter City, rated 32.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 321st of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fitzwater.
Judged on this season alone, Fitzwater graded 26 — a strong campaign that ranks top 29% of the 89 centre-backs in the League One, on 8 clean sheets and 3.486 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 26). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 51st of 89 of the 89 centre-backs in the League One. At 28 Fitzwater is in his prime years, and a market index of 12 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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 32.2, Fitzwater carries the 51st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 89, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Exeter City finished 21st 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 moderate defensive volume (3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× 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 (~20), then tapers with age. At 28, Fitzwater sits on 12, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Fitzwater's projected Rating — 32.2 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
