Domestic-league season · Harrogate Town.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1339 | 6.84 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.5 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6.7 |
Gibson's current-season form is up 160% on last season (Season 5→13), while his Rating eased 21→18. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Harrogate Town · 23rd | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6.84 | 18 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Harrogate Town · 18th | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 21 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Harrogate Town · 13th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 28 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | Morecambe · 22nd | 43 | 0 | 1 | 6.77 | 46 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | Morecambe · 19th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.87 | 42 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | Morecambe · 4th | 26 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 32 | 22 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Gibson is a 29-year-old central defender at Harrogate Town, rated 17.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 350th of 478 in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gibson.
Judged on this season alone, Gibson graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 3 clean sheets and 4.705 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 46th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 29 Gibson is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.9 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 17.6, Gibson carries the 46th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 76, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Harrogate Town finished 23rd 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 solid defensive volume (4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
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 29, Gibson sits on 2.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gibson's projected Rating — 17.6 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.
