Domestic-league season · Northampton.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 16 | 1 | 0 | 735 | 6.77 |
 EFL Trophy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 383 | 6.82 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6.3 |
Willis's current-season form is level with last season (Season 6→7), while his Rating eased 24→17. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 11).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Northampton · 24th | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6.77 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | Northampton · 19th | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 24 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | Northampton · 14th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 31 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | Wycombe · 9th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 30 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | Sunderland · 4th | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6.83 | 41 | 10 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Willis is a 31-year-old central defender at Northampton, rated 16.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 445th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (17.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Willis.
Judged on this season alone, Willis graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 86th of 89 of the 89 centre-backs in the League One, on 2 clean sheets and 3.918 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 7). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 17, 80th of 89 of the 89 centre-backs in the League One. At 31 Willis is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th of 24) 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 16.6, Willis carries the 80th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 89 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.92 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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 31, Willis sits on 4.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Willis's projected Rating — 16.6 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
