Joseph Wildsmith

Wildsmith's current-season form is level with last season (Season 7→5), while his Rating eased 41→28. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 61).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	West Brom · 21st	7	2	29%	6.13	28	5
2024/25	West Brom · 9th	10	3	30%	6.82	41	7
2023/24	Derby · 2nd	40	19	48%	6.88	43	61
2022/23	Derby · 7th	46	17	37%	6.84	48	39
2021/22	Sheffield Wednesday · 4th	3	1	33%	6.73	38	2

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthGoalkeeper

J. Wildsmith is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at West Brom, rated 27.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (15.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wildsmith.

On the season, Wildsmith graded 5 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets across 7 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 5). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28. At 30 Wildsmith is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2022/23StreakyStepped up 2024/25

27.5

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

4.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

15.2%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · West Brom finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

29%

CS rate

15.2%

Minutes

2 clean sheets in 7 appearances (29% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (21st of 24) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Watch points

Game time. Only 15.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 27.5 overall — below regular-starter level. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %15.2%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 30, Wildsmith sits on 6.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Wildsmith's projected Rating — 27.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

West Brom(back from loan)May 2026 – Jun 2026

Middlesbrough(on loan)Feb 2026 – May 2026

West BromJul 2024 – Feb 2026Free

DerbyJul 2022 – Jul 2024Free

Sheffield Wednesday(back from loan)Apr 2015 – Jul 2022

Barnsley(on loan)Mar 2015 – Apr 2015

Sheffield Wednesday(back from loan)Jul 2014 – Mar 2015

AAlfreton Town(on loan)Mar 2014 – Jul 2014

Sheffield Wednesdayuntil Mar 2014

About J. Wildsmith

Joseph Charles Wildsmith is a 30-year-old goalkeeper who plays for West Brom, born on December 28, 1995 in Sheffield, standing 183 cm tall. He is from England. West Brom currently sit 2nd of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, J. Wildsmith has made 7 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 630 minutes.

J. Wildsmith's next match is on August 29, 2026, when West Brom face Middlesbrough away in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Wildsmith at 27.5 with a Season form score of 4.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, J. Wildsmith has totalled 176 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 46 appearances for Derby.

J. Wildsmith's career has also included time at Middlesbrough, Derby, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and AAlfreton Town.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

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Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · West Brom finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

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