based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nice.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 7.3 |
Scout report
J. Clauss is a 34-year-old central midfielder at Nice, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 6 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 56, top 9% of Ligue 1 central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 27.7, ranking 74th of 83 in the Ligue 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (83.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Clauss.
Judged on this season alone, Clauss graded 56 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 11 central midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 2 goals, 6 assists and 4.018 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 56 → 56). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 9th of 11 of the 11 central midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 34 Clauss is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nice finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) 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 2 goals and 6 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 83.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.27 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 34, 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 27.7, Clauss carries the 9th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 11, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nice finished 16th of 18) — 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 solid defensive volume (4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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