Domestic-league season · Tranmere.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 46 | 5 | 0 | 4122 | 6.74 |
 EFL Trophy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 6.95 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 |
Following his move to Tranmere, Smith's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→20), while his Rating held around 22. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Tranmere · 21st | 46 | 5 | 0 | 6.74 | 22 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Port Vale · 2nd | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7.14 | 23 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | Port Vale · 23rd | 42 | 2 | 2 | 6.85 | 39 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | Port Vale · 18th | 45 | 3 | 1 | 6.84 | 45 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | Port Vale · 5th | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6.83 | 35 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Port Vale · 13th | 44 | 4 | 0 | 6.82 | 35 | 32 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
N. Smith is a 30-year-old central defender at Tranmere, rated 21.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 305th of 478 in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (99.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smith.
Judged on this season alone, Smith graded 20 — a solid campaign that ranks top 39% of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 8 clean sheets and 2.62 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 40th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 30 Smith is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 46 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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 5 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 21.6, Smith carries the 40th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 76, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Tranmere finished 21st 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 moderate defensive volume (2.62 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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 30, Smith sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Smith's projected Rating — 21.6 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.
