Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Missed 22 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 22 injury absences (inactive, ankle). He still appeared 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1265 | 6.76 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.9 |
Following his move to Stoke City, Baker's current-season form is up 87% on last season (Season 15→28), while his Rating eased 39→33. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Stoke City · 17th | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6.76 | 33 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | Blackburn · 7th | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6.81 | 39 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Stoke City · 17th | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6.97 | 42 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | Stoke City · 16th | 43 | 7 | 5 | 6.96 | 57 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Stoke City · 14th | 21 | 8 | 2 | 7.15 | 57 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | Trabzonspor · 4th | 34 | 2 | 3 | 7.04 | 48 | 30 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Baker is a 31-year-old attacking midfielder at Stoke City, rated 32.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 419th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (58.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.28 goals, 0.07 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Baker.
Judged on this season alone, Baker graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 4 goals and 1 assist in 17 appearances (0.356 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 15 → 28). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 62nd of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 31 Baker is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 18.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Baker missed 22 games through injury (inactive, ankle) out of roughly 46 this season. The 17 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.
4 goals in 17 appearances (0.24 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 32.7, Baker carries the 62nd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 69, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Stoke City finished 17th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~42), then tapers with age. At 31, Baker sits on 18.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Baker's projected Rating — 32.7 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.
