Michał Helik

Helik's current-season form is level with last season (Season 36→36), while his Rating held around 41. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 55).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Oxford United · 8th	1	0	0	6.5	41	36
2025/26	Oxford United · 22nd	43	1	4	6.8	41	36
2024/25	Oxford United · 17th	20	5	0	7.23	46	21
2024/25	Huddersfield · 10th	17	2	0	7.24	31	16
2023/24	Huddersfield · 23rd	41	9	0	7.12	58	36
2022/23	Huddersfield · 18th	36	2	2	7.13	60	38

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Poland · international

Side	Apps	G
Poland	7	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Central defender

M. Helik is a 30-year-old central defender at Oxford United, rated 40.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Helik.

On the season, Helik graded 36 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 4.056 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 36 → 36). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41. At 30 Helik is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 13.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding level

40.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

35.6

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

90.6%

Minutes

near ever-present

4.06

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.06

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 43 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 90.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 40.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.06 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %90.6%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.024

Assists / 900.096

Goal contribution / 900.12

Defensive actions / 904.056

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.12

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 30 (~14), then tapers with age. At 30, Helik sits on 13.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Helik's projected Rating — 40.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists4

Defending

Tackles46

Interceptions75

Blocks48

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

Transfer history

Oxford UnitedJan 2025 – now

HuddersfieldSept 2022 – Jan 2025

BarnsleySept 2020 – Sept 2022

Cracovia KrakowJul 2017 – Sept 2020

RRuch Chorzówuntil Jul 2017

About M. Helik

Michał Sławomir Helik is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for Oxford United, born on September 9, 1995 in Chorzów, standing 191 cm tall. He is from Poland. Oxford United currently sit 8th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, M. Helik has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 90 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

M. Helik's next match is on September 5, 2026, when Oxford United face Leicester away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Helik at 40.9 with a Season form score of 35.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, M. Helik has totalled 375 club appearances with 35 goals and 8 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 45 appearances for Barnsley.

M. Helik's career has also included time at Huddersfield, Barnsley, Cracovia Krakow and RRuch Chorzów.

On the international stage, M. Helik has represented Poland — 7 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.