Domestic-league season · Port Vale.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1494 | 6.8 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 7.3 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 7.4 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 6.6 |
Following his move to Port Vale, Shipley's current-season form is up 23% on last season (Season 13→16), while his Rating eased 38→30. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 43).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Port Vale · 22nd | 27 | 0 | 4 | 6.8 | 30 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Shrewsbury · 24th | 33 | 2 | 2 | 6.67 | 38 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Shrewsbury · 19th | 33 | 6 | 6 | 7.01 | 46 | 27 |
| 2022/23 | Shrewsbury · 12th | 45 | 4 | 6 | 6.85 | 51 | 43 |
| 2021/22 | Coventry · 12th | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 59 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | Coventry · 16th | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6.7 | 63 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Shipley is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Port Vale, rated 29.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 351st of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.59 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Shipley.
Judged on this season alone, Shipley graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 0 goals, 4 assists and 2.59 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 49th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 28 Shipley is in his prime years, and a market index of 11 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 0 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 29.7, Shipley carries the 49th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Port Vale finished 22nd of 24) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
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 (~18), then tapers with age. At 28, Shipley sits on 11, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Shipley's projected Rating — 29.7 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.
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