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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionCentre-back
Nationality
Age19
Shirt number#26
ClubGillingham
Centre-back
2
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
143
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Gillingham.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League Cup100685.9

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

L. Dobbs is a 19-year-old central defender at Gillingham, rated 28.84 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (6.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dobbs.

On the season, Dobbs graded 6 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 6.923 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Dobbs, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29. At 19 Dobbs is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 2.5 reflects that trajectory.

28.84
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
5.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
6.9%
Minutes
limited game time
6.92
Def. actions / 90
high defensive volume

Output in context · Gillingham finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

2
Apps
6.92
Def. / 90
4
Tackles
5
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

6.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 2 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 6.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 6.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 28.84 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (6.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 19 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (99/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.