Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
Missed 20 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 20 injury absences (foot, injury, injured). He still appeared 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1118 | 6.94 |
Murphy's current-season form is down 51% on last season (Season 47→23), while his Rating eased 48→30. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 47).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Portsmouth · 18th | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6.94 | 30 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | Portsmouth · 16th | 42 | 7 | 14 | 7.08 | 48 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | Oxford United · 5th | 36 | 8 | 4 | 7.09 | 34 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | Oxford United · 19th | 22 | 0 | 4 | 6.49 | 32 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | Preston · 13th | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Cardiff · 8th | 32 | 2 | 5 | 6.7 | 61 | 16 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Murphy is a 31-year-old attacking midfielder at Portsmouth, rated 30.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 428th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (47.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.48 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 0.48 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Murphy.
Judged on this season alone, Murphy graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 0 goals and 6 assists in 16 appearances (0.483 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 47 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 65th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 31 Murphy is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 17.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Murphy missed 20 games through injury (foot, injury, injured) out of roughly 46 this season. The 16 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
0 goals in 16 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 6 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 6 goal contributions (0.38 per appearance).
With a Rating of 30.4, Murphy carries the 65th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 69, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portsmouth finished 18th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.48 goal contributions 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 (~39), then tapers with age. At 31, Murphy sits on 17.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Murphy's projected Rating — 30.4 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.
€12.5M total transfer fees · 9 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
