Domestic-league season · Huddersfield.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2859 | 6.86 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 7.4 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 6.93 |
Nicholls's current-season form is up 20% on last season (Season 15→18), while his Rating eased 22→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 55).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Huddersfield · 9th | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Huddersfield · 10th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 22 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Huddersfield · 23rd | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 39 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | Huddersfield · 18th | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 42 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | Huddersfield · 3rd | 46 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 57 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | Milton Keynes Dons · 13th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 31 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Nicholls is a 33-year-old goalkeeper at Huddersfield, rated 17.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 434th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (69.1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nicholls.
Judged on this season alone, Nicholls graded 18 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 35 goalkeepers in the League One, on 9 clean sheets across 33 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 31st of 35 of the 35 goalkeepers in the League One. At 33 Nicholls is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
9 clean sheets in 33 appearances (27% of games).
With a Rating of 17.9, Nicholls carries the 31st-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the League One of 35. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 33, Nicholls sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nicholls's projected Rating — 17.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
