Domestic-league season · Sheffield Wednesday.
Parent club Luton — League One: 22 apps, 2g 1a, 1112 min
Parent club Luton — EFL Trophy: 4 apps, 2g 0a, 183 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Sheffield Wednesday; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1476 | 6.39 |
 League Oneat Luton | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1112 | 6.42 |
 EFL Trophyat Luton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 7.07 |
 League Cupat Luton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6.5 |
 FA Cupat Luton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6.9 |
Following his move to Sheffield Wednesday, Yates's current-season form is down 40% on last season (Season 45→27), while his Rating eased 59→44. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 56).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Sheffield Wednesday · 24th | 18 | 4 | 0 | 6.39 | 44 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | Derby · 19th | 42 | 10 | 8 | 6.69 | 59 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | Swansea · 14th | 43 | 8 | 1 | 6.66 | 59 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | Blackpool · 23rd | 41 | 14 | 4 | 6.85 | 66 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | Blackpool · 16th | 39 | 8 | 3 | 6.66 | 65 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | Blackpool · 3rd | 47 | 21 | 8 | 6.94 | 56 | 56 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Yates is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Sheffield Wednesday, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 362nd of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (71.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.24 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yates.
Judged on this season alone, Yates graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 27th of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship, on 4 goals and 0 assists in 18 appearances (0.244 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 45 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 53rd of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship. At 29 Yates is in his prime years, and a market index of 30.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 goals in 18 appearances (0.22 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 43.5, Yates carries the 53rd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Championship of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sheffield Wednesday finished 24th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.24 goal contributions 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.
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 (~56), then tapers with age. At 29, Yates sits on 30.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Yates's projected Rating — 43.5 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.
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