Domestic-league season · Port Vale.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1498 | 6.72 |
 EFL Trophy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 6.83 |
 League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 7.55 |
 FA Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 7.1 |
Headley's current-season form is up 100% on last season (Season 8→16), while his Rating climbed 33→40. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 18).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Port Vale · 22nd | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6.72 | 40 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Port Vale · 2nd | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7.34 | 33 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | Huddersfield · 23rd | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6.71 | 61 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | Harrogate Town · 19th | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6.91 | 31 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Headley is a 24-year-old central midfielder at Port Vale, rated 39.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 225th of 482 in the League One. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (36.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.67 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Headley.
Judged on this season alone, Headley graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.665 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 8 → 16). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 40, 28th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 24 Headley is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 39.7, Headley carries the 28th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Port Vale finished 22nd 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 solid defensive volume (3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 24, Headley sits on 8.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Headley's projected Rating — 39.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
