Domestic-league season · Charlton.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 46 | 1 | 1 | 3952 | 7.09 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5.2 |
Jones's current-season form is down 21% on last season (Season 57→45), while his Rating climbed 37→43. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 57).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Charlton · 19th | 46 | 1 | 1 | 7.09 | 43 | 45 |
| 2024/25 | Charlton · 4th | 39 | 3 | 0 | 7.39 | 37 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | Charlton · 16th | 32 | 2 | 0 | 6.98 | 36 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Cambridge United · 20th | 36 | 4 | 0 | 6.85 | 43 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | Cambridge United · 14th | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6.76 | 43 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | Northampton · 22nd | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 43 | 21 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Jones is a 30-year-old central defender at Charlton, rated 42.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 367th of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (95.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.76 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jones.
Judged on this season alone, Jones graded 45 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 9% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 12 clean sheets and 3.758 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 57 → 45). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 59th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 30 Jones is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 27.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 12 clean sheets across 46 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (19th 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 42.7, Jones carries the 59th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Charlton finished 19th 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 (3.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× 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 (~55), then tapers with age. At 30, Jones sits on 27.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Jones's projected Rating — 42.7 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.
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