Joshua Vickers

Vickers's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→5), while his Rating eased 38→29. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Derby · 8th	7	2	29%	7.01	29	5
2024/25	Derby · 19th	45	2	4%	6.9	38	5
2023/24	Derby · 2nd	34	3	9%	6.8	33	9
2022/23	Rotherham · 19th	36	1	3%	7.17	47	3
2021/22	Rotherham · 2nd	20	10	50%	7.34	45	34

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthGoalkeeper

J. Vickers is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Derby, rated 29.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 141st of 171 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (15.1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vickers.

Judged on this season alone, Vickers graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 23rd of 31 of the 31 goalkeepers in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets across 7 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 5). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 18th of 31 of the 31 goalkeepers in the Championship. At 30 Vickers is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelStepped up 2022/23

Current potential18th of 31 goalkeepers · Championship · 7 apps Current season23rd of 31 goalkeepers · Championship · 7 apps 23rd-best goalkeeper in the Championship 141st in the Championship · potential 18th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Championship

29.2

Ratingi

18th of 31 goalkeepers

4.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

15.1%

Minutes

limited game time

0.14

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Derby finished 8th of 24 · an upper-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

29%

CS rate

15.1%

Minutes

2 clean sheets in 7 appearances (29% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (8th of 24) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Watch points

Game time. Only 15.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 29.2, Vickers carries the 18th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Championship of 31 — though on just 7 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. 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 %15.1%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.144

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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 30, Vickers sits on 6.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Vickers's projected Rating — 29.2 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.

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

DerbyJul 2023 – nowFree

RotherhamNov 2020 – Jul 2023Free

LincolnJun 2017 – Nov 2020Free

Swansea(back from loan)Jun 2017 – Jun 2017

Barnet(on loan)Jul 2016 – Jun 2017

SwanseaAug 2015 – Jul 2016

CConcord Rangers(on loan)Nov 2014 – Aug 2015

Arsenaluntil Nov 2014

About J. Vickers

Joshua Anthony Vickers is a 30-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Derby, born on December 1, 1995 in Billericay, standing 193 cm tall. He is from England. Derby currently sit 16th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, J. Vickers has made 7 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 626 minutes.

J. Vickers's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Derby face Swansea at home in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Vickers at 29.2 with a Season form score of 4.6, ranking 141st of 171 goalkeepers in the Championship. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 5 career titles — among them the EFL Trophy and the League Two. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, J. Vickers has totalled 263 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 45 appearances for Derby.

J. Vickers's career has also included time at Rotherham, Lincoln, Swansea, Barnet, CConcord Rangers and Arsenal.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Derby finished 8th of 24 · an upper-table side

Watch points