Domestic-league season · Newport County.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 848 | 6.65 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 7.1 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.5 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.9 |
Clarke's current-season form is down 85% on last season (Season 13→2), while his Rating eased 9→6. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 17).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Newport County · 20th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | Newport County · 22nd | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6.95 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Newport County · 18th | 25 | 0 | 3 | 6.91 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Newport County · 15th | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 13 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | Newport County · 11th | 35 | 1 | 1 | 6.67 | 17 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | Walsall · 19th | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6.64 | 18 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Clarke is a 36-year-old central defender at Newport County, rated 5.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 468th of 478 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Clarke.
Judged on this season alone, Clarke graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 76th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 1 clean sheet and 1.274 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 2). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 6, 75th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 36 Clarke is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.5 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 12 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th 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.
With a Rating of 5.9, Clarke carries the 75th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 76 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 36, Clarke sits on 0.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Clarke's projected Rating — 5.9 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.
