Jake-Liam Clarke-Salter

Clarke-Salter's current-season form is level with last season (Season 6→7), while his Rating climbed 34→37. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 32).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	QPR · 9th	9	0	0	5.9	39	6
2025/26	QPR · 15th	14	0	0	6.56	34	6
2024/25	QPR · 15th	11	0	0	6.84	49	7
2023/24	QPR · 18th	33	1	1	6.9	62	32
2022/23	QPR · 20th	16	0	0	6.84	56	14

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

England · international

Side	Apps	G
England U21	9	0
England U20	4	0
England U19	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

J. Clarke-Salter is a 29-year-old central defender at QPR, rated 37.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 201st of 272 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Clarke-Salter.

Judged on this season alone, Clarke-Salter graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 54 of the 54 centre-backs in the Championship, on 1 clean sheet and 2.219 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 7). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 42nd of 54 of the 54 centre-backs in the Championship. At 29 Clarke-Salter is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

Current potential42nd of 54 centre-backs · Championship · 9 apps Current season52nd of 54 centre-backs · Championship · 9 apps 52nd-best centre-back in the Championship 201st in the Championship · potential 42nd-highest potential centre-back in the Championship

37.1

Ratingi

42nd of 54 centre-backs

6.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

31.4%

Minutes

limited game time

2.22

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · QPR finished 9th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.22

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 9 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 31.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37.1, Clarke-Salter carries the 42nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 54 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %31.4%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.219

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900.555

Foul involvement / 901.387

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 29, Clarke-Salter sits on 9.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Clarke-Salter's projected Rating — 37.1 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Chances created1

Passes407

Pass accuracy89%

Possession

Successful dribbles1

Dribble success100%

Duels won18

Duels won %41.9%

Fouls won1

Defending

Tackles5

Interceptions6

Blocks5

Fouls committed9

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

QPRJul 2022 – nowFree

Chelsea(back from loan)Jun 2022 – Jul 2022

Coventry(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jun 2022

Chelsea(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Aug 2021

Birmingham(on loan)Oct 2020 – Jul 2021

Vitesse(on loan)Jul 2018 – Oct 2020

Chelsea(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

Bristol Rovers(on loan)Sept 2016 – Jul 2017

Chelseauntil Sept 2016

About J. Clarke-Salter

Jake-Liam Clarke-Salter is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for QPR, born on September 22, 1997 in London, standing 188 cm tall. He is from England. QPR currently sit 9th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, J. Clarke-Salter has made 9 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 649 minutes, with 4 yellow cards.

J. Clarke-Salter's next match is on October 31, 2026, when QPR face Southampton away in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Clarke-Salter at 37.1 with a Season form score of 6.7, ranking 201st of 272 centre-backs in the Championship. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 11 career titles — among them the UEFA Super Cup and the Tournoi Maurice Revello. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, J. Clarke-Salter has totalled 208 club appearances with 3 goals and 2 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 33 appearances for QPR.

J. Clarke-Salter's career has also included time at Chelsea, Coventry, Birmingham, Vitesse and Bristol Rovers.

On the international stage, J. Clarke-Salter has represented England U21, England U20, England U19 — 16 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · QPR finished 9th of 24 · a mid-table side

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