Domestic-league season · Burnley.
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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1519 | 6.91 |
 Friendliesat Rep. Of Ireland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 346 | 7.08 |
Cullen's current-season form is up 58% on last season (Season 38→60), while his Rating eased 56→54. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Burnley · 19th | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6.91 | 54 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | Burnley · 2nd | 44 | 2 | 3 | 7.18 | 56 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | Burnley · 19th | 33 | 2 | 3 | 7.12 | 64 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | Burnley · 1st | 43 | 1 | 4 | 7.02 | 68 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | Anderlecht · 3rd | 40 | 1 | 0 | 7.22 | 57 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | Anderlecht · 3rd | 27 | 0 | 1 | 7.01 | 54 | 19 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Cullen is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Burnley, rated 54.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 289th of 373 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (88.8% 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 60 — a strong campaign that ranks top 16% of the 33 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 3.792 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 38 → 60). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 54, 27th of 33 of the 33 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 54.4 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.
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.
With a Rating of 54.4, Cullen carries the 27th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 33, 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.
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 (~109), then tapers with age. At 30, Cullen sits on 54.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cullen's projected Rating — 54.4 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.
€0.5M total transfer fees · 10 moves
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