L. Gibson · career
Lewis Jack Gibson
Center Back · Preston · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/265 clubs
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 5 clubs — 155 appearances with 7 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Plymouth — Season rating 37, 0 goals and 0 assists in 41 games. 2023/24 was the leap — Season rating up 16 points at Plymouth. Form has slipped 18 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 18 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 14 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2023/24 (Championship) and kept playing — 41 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Preston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 19 |
| 2025/26 | Preston | 27 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | Preston | 38 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | Plymouth | 19 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2023/24 | Plymouth | 41 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | Sheffield WednesdayLoan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | ReadingLoan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | Fleetwood TownLoan | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Everton U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Everton U23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Everton U23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Everton U23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Everton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Newcastle United U18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England U17 | 2017/18 | FIFA U17 World Cup | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | UEFA U17 Championship | 11 | 2 |
Honours
FIFA U17 World Cup×2Florida Cup×2Premier League 2×2Premier League Cup×2UEFA U17 Championship×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played9 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14 | Friendlies Clubs | H Bamber Bridge | 4-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Sheffield Wednesday | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 24 | Friendlies Clubs | H Cambridge United | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A Marine | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 29 | Friendlies Clubs | A Bradford | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Stockport County | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | H Huddersfield | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Championship | A Bolton | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | Championship | H Wolves | 1-3 | Not in squad | — |