Domestic-league season · Rotherham.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 21 | 0 | 0 | 867 | 6.72 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 8.4 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 |
Kelly's current-season form is down 53% on last season (Season 15→7), while his Rating held around 9. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 21).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Rotherham · 23rd | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | Rotherham · 13th | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6.96 | 10 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Coventry · 9th | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 17 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | Coventry · 5th | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 21 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | Coventry · 12th | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6.81 | 26 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | Coventry · 16th | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6.8 | 34 | 21 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Kelly is a 36-year-old defensive midfielder at Rotherham, rated 8.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 479th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kelly.
Judged on this season alone, Kelly graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 61st of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.048 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 9, 63rd of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One. At 36 Kelly is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd 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.
With a Rating of 8.5, Kelly carries the 63rd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League One of 63 — though on just 21 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.05 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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 36, Kelly sits on 1.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kelly's projected Rating — 8.5 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.
€0.3M total transfer fees · 5 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
