based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
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 33-year-old central midfielder at Nice, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 6 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 56. On long-term scout potential he's rated 31. 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.
On the season, Clauss graded 56 for current form (age-blind), 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 31. At 33 Clauss is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 10.5 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 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 31 overall — below regular-starter level. 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 (0.7× 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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