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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Burnley.
Injury-affected season
Missed 19 of Burnley's ~38 games this season through 19 injury absences (knee, injury). He still appeared 18 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1519 | 6.91 |
 Friendliesat Rep. Of Ireland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 346 | 7.08 |
Scout report
J. Cullen is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Burnley, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 324th of 380 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (44.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.79 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cullen.
Judged on this season alone, Cullen graded 31 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 78 of the 78 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 3.792 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 31). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 64th of 78 of the 78 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 30 Cullen is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 30.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cullen missed 19 games through injury (knee, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 18 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 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Burnley finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th of 20) 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.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.24 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 90.5/100).
Watch points
- Game time. Only 44.4% 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 43.5, Cullen carries the 64th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 78, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Burnley finished 19th of 20) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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