based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Tranmere.
Also this season
On loan at Harrogate Town — EFL Trophy: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 275 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Tranmere; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5.9 |
Scout report
J. Slater is a 22-year-old full-back at Harrogate Town, rated 31.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 24th of 223 on scout potential in the League Two and 1142nd of 1635 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (67.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.98 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Slater.
Judged on this season alone, Slater graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 39 of the 39 full-backs in the League Two, on 6 clean sheets and 2.982 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 18).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, top 13% of the 39 full-backs in the League Two. At 22 Slater is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 3.3 reflects that trajectory.
Slater is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Harrogate Town finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
2.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd 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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 67.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 31.9, Slater carries the 5th-highest potential of the full-backs in the League Two (top 13%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Harrogate Town finished 23rd 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 (2.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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