Domestic-league season · Tottenham.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2210 | 7.04 |
 UEFA Champions League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 377 | 7.15 |
 League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 7.45 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.3 |
 UEFA Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 7.2 |
Following his move to Tottenham, Palhinha's current-season form is up 638% on last season (Season 8→59), while his Rating held around 43. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 65).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Tottenham · 17th | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7.04 | 43 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | Bayern München · 1st | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 42 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | Fulham · 13th | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7.15 | 66 | 65 |
| 2022/23 | Fulham · 10th | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6.98 | 74 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | Sporting CP · 2nd | 27 | 3 | 0 | 7.13 | 58 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | Sporting CP · 1st | 32 | 1 | 0 | 7.14 | 64 | 43 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Palhinha is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at Tottenham, rated 42.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 361st of 418 in the Premier League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (66.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.19 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Palhinha.
Judged on this season alone, Palhinha graded 59 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 13% of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League, on 5 goals, 2 assists and 6.19 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 8 → 59). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 47th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. At 31 Palhinha is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 38.4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
6.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 42.7, Palhinha carries the 47th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Premier League of 55, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Tottenham finished 17th of 20) — 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 high defensive volume (6.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~85), then tapers with age. At 31, Palhinha sits on 38.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Palhinha's projected Rating — 42.7 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.
€71M total transfer fees · 9 moves
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