Domestic-league season · Plymouth.
Missed 5 of Plymouth's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (calf). He still appeared 22 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 22 | 0 | 0 | 837 | 6.73 |
 EFL Trophy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 6.87 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 5.6 |
Paterson's current-season form is down 100% on last season (Season 4→0), while his Rating eased 19→9. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 44).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Plymouth · 8th | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | Plymouth · 23rd | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6.78 | 19 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Swansea · 14th | 44 | 7 | 6 | 7.01 | 38 | 36 |
| 2022/23 | Swansea · 10th | 24 | 0 | 2 | 6.8 | 31 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | Swansea · 15th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 7.02 | 47 | 44 |
| 2020/21 | Bristol City · 19th | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6.76 | 44 | 14 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Paterson is a 34-year-old centre-forward at Plymouth, rated 9.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 477th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paterson.
Judged on this season alone, Paterson graded 0 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 59th of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One, on 0 goals and 0 assists in 22 appearances (0 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 4 → 0). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 9, 59th of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One. At 34 Paterson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Paterson missed 5 games through injury (calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 22 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
0 goals in 22 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 9.2, Paterson carries the 59th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League One of 60 — though on just 22 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0 goal contributions 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 34, Paterson sits on 0.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paterson's projected Rating — 9.2 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.
