J. Murphy · career
Josh Murphy
Central · Portsmouth · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 162 appearances, 17 goals and 33 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Portsmouth — Season rating 49, 7 goals and 14 assists in 42 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 24 points at Portsmouth. Form has slipped 12 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 35 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 20 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Championship) and kept playing — 42 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 |
| 2025/26 | Portsmouth | 16 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Portsmouth | 42 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 49 |
| 2023/24 | Oxford United | 36 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | Oxford United | 22 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | PrestonLoan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | Cardiff | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Cardiff | 32 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | Cardiff | 29 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Cardiff | 29 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Norwich | 41 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Norwich | 27 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Norwich City U23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | Milton Keynes DonsLoan | 42 | 5 | 8 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Norwich | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | WiganLoan | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | Norwich | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England U19 | 2014/15 | UEFA U19 Championship | 4 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | UEFA U19 Championship | 1 | 0 |
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played9 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14 | Friendlies Clubs | A Woking | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 15 | Friendlies Clubs | A Aldershot Town | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Bristol Rovers | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A Wycombe | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 29 | Friendlies Clubs | A Farnborough | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A SV Darmstadt 98 | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | A West Ham | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Championship | H QPR | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | Championship | A Lincoln | 3-1 | Not in squad | — |