based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Cheltenham.
Scout report
J. Wilson is a 37-year-old central defender at Cheltenham, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 42 appearances, a Season grade of 29, top 6% of League Two centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 9.6, ranking 122nd of 134 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (89.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.19 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wilson.
Judged on this season alone, Wilson graded 29 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two, on 10 clean sheets and 3.193 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 34 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 10, 32nd of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two. At 37 Wilson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Cheltenham finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side
3.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 42 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th 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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 89.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 37, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 9.6, Wilson carries the 32nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 33, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Cheltenham finished 18th 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 (3.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
Shooting
Passing
Defending
Yellow/red cards
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
