ratings updated 20 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Start.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eliteserien | 11 | 0 | 0 | 865 | 6.73 |
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All Eliteserien standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the Eliteserien: on the pitch for 74% of Start's available minutes this season, up from 13% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
J. Norheim is a 31-year-old central defender at Start, rated 20.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 178th of 199 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (74.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.04 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Norheim.
Judged on this season alone, Norheim graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien, on 1 clean sheet and 4.044 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 20). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 30th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien. At 31 Norheim is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Start finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side
4.04 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) 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 74.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 4.04 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 31, 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 20.5, Norheim carries the 30th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eliteserien of 36 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.04 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.
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