Domestic-league season · Derby.
Missed 4 of Derby's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (groin). He still appeared 7 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 626 | 7.01 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 7.55 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.3 |
Vickers's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→5), while his Rating eased 38→30. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 34).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Derby · 8th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.01 | 30 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Derby · 19th | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 38 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Derby · 2nd | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 33 | 9 |
| 2022/23 | Rotherham · 19th | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7.17 | 47 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | Rotherham · 2nd | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7.34 | 45 | 34 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Vickers is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Derby, rated 29.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 433rd of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.6% 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 35th of 44 of the 44 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 30, 33rd of 44 of the 44 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 18.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Vickers missed 4 games through injury (groin) out of roughly 46 this season. The 7 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 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
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.
With a Rating of 29.5, Vickers carries the 33rd-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Championship of 44 — 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.
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 (~38), then tapers with age. At 30, Vickers sits on 18.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Vickers's projected Rating — 29.5 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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