Domestic-league season · Chelsea.
Missed 8 of Chelsea's ~38 games this season through 7 injury absences and 1 suspension (hamstring, shoulder). He still appeared 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1139 | 6.46 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat England U21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 370 | — |
 FIFA Club World Cup | 6 | 1 | 1 | 307 | 6.52 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 6 | 1 | 1 | 307 | 6.52 |
 FA Cup | 6 | 0 | 3 | 237 | 6.54 |
 UEFA Champions League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 6.68 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 5.75 |
Following his move to Chelsea, Delap's current-season form is down 84% on last season (Season 49→8), while his Rating eased 88→77. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 49).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Chelsea · 10th | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6.46 | 77 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | Ipswich · 19th | 37 | 12 | 2 | 6.88 | 88 | 49 |
| 2023/24 | Hull City · 7th | 31 | 8 | 2 | 6.84 | 71 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Stoke City · 16th | 37 | 4 | 0 | 6.41 | 67 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | Manchester City · 1st | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 75 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Manchester City · 1st | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 75 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Delap is a 23-year-old centre-forward at Chelsea, rated 76.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 174th of 418 in the Premier League. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (42.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Delap.
Judged on this season alone, Delap graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 55th of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the Premier League, on 1 goal and 0 assists in 28 appearances (0.079 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 49 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 77, 23rd of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the Premier League. At 23 Delap is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 153.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Delap missed 7 games through injury and 1 suspension (hamstring, shoulder) out of roughly 38 this season. The 28 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1 goal in 28 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 76.8, Delap carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Premier League of 57. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.08 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~154), then tapers with age. At 23, Delap sits on 153.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Delap's projected Rating — 76.8 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.
€17.9M total transfer fees · 7 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
