Domestic-league season · Shrewsbury.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2329 | 6.7 |
 FA Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 6.43 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.3 |
Following his move to Shrewsbury, Ruffels's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→20), while his Rating eased 23→13. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 39).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Shrewsbury · 19th | 28 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Huddersfield · 10th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Huddersfield · 23rd | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 33 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | Huddersfield · 18th | 38 | 3 | 0 | 6.8 | 48 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | Huddersfield · 3rd | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.44 | 44 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | Oxford United · 6th | 44 | 6 | 6 | 6.99 | 49 | 39 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Ruffels is a 32-year-old full-back at Shrewsbury, rated 13.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 400th of 478 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (56.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.17 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ruffels.
Judged on this season alone, Ruffels graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 83 of the 83 full-backs in the League Two, on 7 clean sheets and 3.169 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 13, 73rd of 83 of the 83 full-backs in the League Two. At 32 Ruffels is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (19th 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 13.2, Ruffels carries the 73rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the League Two of 83, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Shrewsbury finished 19th 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 (3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× 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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 32, Ruffels sits on 1.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ruffels's projected Rating — 13.2 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
