Domestic-league season · Rotherham.
Missed 5 of Rotherham's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (calf). He still appeared 24 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1168 | 6.69 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 9.9 |
Following his move to Rotherham, Benson's current-season form is up 300% on last season (Season 4→16), while his Rating eased 41→38. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 19).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Rotherham · 23rd | 24 | 2 | 2 | 6.69 | 38 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Barnsley · 12th | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6.66 | 41 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Barnsley · 6th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6.74 | 41 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | Barnsley · 4th | 37 | 3 | 2 | 6.77 | 48 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | Barnsley · 24th | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6.66 | 59 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | Burnley · 17th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 70 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Benson is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Rotherham, rated 37.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 264th of 482 in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Benson.
Judged on this season alone, Benson graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 2.389 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 36th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 26 Benson is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Benson missed 5 games through injury (calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 24 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd 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 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 37.6, Benson carries the 36th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Rotherham finished 23rd 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 (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 26, Benson sits on 23.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Benson's projected Rating — 37.6 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.
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