Domestic-league season · Sheffield Wednesday.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3755 | 6.5 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.5 |
Palmer's current-season form is up 171% on last season (Season 7→19), while his Rating climbed 21→24. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 63).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Sheffield Wednesday · 24th | 45 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | Sheffield Wednesday · 12th | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 21 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Sheffield Wednesday · 20th | 34 | 2 | 1 | 6.76 | 31 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | Sheffield Wednesday · 3rd | 47 | 6 | 2 | 6.88 | 34 | 63 |
| 2021/22 | Sheffield Wednesday · 4th | 41 | 1 | 3 | 6.88 | 34 | 40 |
| 2020/21 | Sheffield Wednesday · 24th | 39 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 47 | 33 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Palmer is a 34-year-old full-back at Sheffield Wednesday, rated 24.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 460th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (90.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Palmer.
Judged on this season alone, Palmer graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 4 clean sheets and 2.708 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 74th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 34 Palmer is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 45 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 24.4, Palmer carries the 74th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sheffield Wednesday finished 24th of 24) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× 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 (~31), then tapers with age. At 34, Palmer sits on 9.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Palmer's projected Rating — 24.4 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
