Oladapo Afolayan

Afolayan's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→28), while his Rating climbed 30→41. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 42).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Blackburn · 10th	11	4	2	6.89	35	27
2025/26	Blackburn · 20th	8	0	0	6.74	30	0
2025/26	FC St. Pauli · 18th	7	0	0	6.5	34	0
2024/25	FC St. Pauli · 14th	34	3	1	6.75	64	19
2023/24	FC St. Pauli · 1st	31	9	3	7.06	66	42
2022/23	FC St. Pauli · 5th	16	3	2	6.89	60	18
2022/23	Bolton · 5th	22	3	2	6.77	45	12

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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One of the biggest game-time risers in the Championship: on the pitch for 77% of Blackburn's available minutes this season, up from 8% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Squad depthGoal-getting Winger

O. Afolayan is a 29-year-old winger at Blackburn, rated 41.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 219th of 272 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (37.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.7 goal contributions per 90 (0.47 goals, 0.24 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Afolayan.

Judged on this season alone, Afolayan graded 28 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 15 wingers in the Championship, on 4 goals and 2 assists in 11 appearances (0.704 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 28). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 13th of 15 of the 15 wingers in the Championship. At 29 Afolayan is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Trending upBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2021/22

Current potential13th of 15 wingers · Championship · 11 apps Current season5th of 15 wingers · Championship · 11 apps 5th-best winger in the Championship 219th in the Championship · potential 13th-highest potential winger in the Championship

41.3

Ratingi

13th of 15 wingers

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.1%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.7

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Blackburn finished 10th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.36

Goals / app

4 goals in 11 appearances (0.36 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 6 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.7 goal contributions per 90 (0.47 goals, 0.24 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 41.3, Afolayan carries the 13th-highest potential of the wingers in the Championship of 15 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.7 goal contributions per 90). 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.1%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900.469

Assists / 900.235

Goal contribution / 900.704

Defensive actions / 902.347

Player flow

Goal involvements6

Shot conversion %40

Shot accuracy %58.8

Pass accuracy %80

Dribble success %37.1

Cards / 900.235

Foul involvement / 903.872

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 ages 23–27 (~22), then tapers with age. At 29, Afolayan sits on 11.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Afolayan's projected Rating — 41.3 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 wingers in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4

Shots on target10

Shots17

Passing

Assists2

Chances created6

Passes231

Pass accuracy80%

Possession

Successful dribbles13

Dribble success37.1%

Duels won57

Duels won %41.6%

Fouls won19

Defending

Tackles15

Interceptions2

Blocks3

Fouls committed14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

BlackburnJan 2026 – now

FC St. PauliJan 2023 – Jan 2026

Boltonuntil Jan 2023

West Ham(back from loan)Jun 2021 – Jan 2023

BoltonJul 2021 – Jun 2021Free

Bolton(on loan)Feb 2021 – Jul 2021

Oldham(on loan)Feb 2019 – Feb 2021

West HamJul 2018 – Feb 2019

SSolihull Moorsuntil Jul 2018

About O. Afolayan

Oladapo Joshua Afolayan is a 29-year-old winger who plays for Blackburn, born on September 11, 1997 in London, standing 180 cm tall. He is from England. Blackburn currently sit 10th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, O. Afolayan has made 11 appearances with 4 goals and 2 assists across 767 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

O. Afolayan's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Blackburn face Swansea away in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates O. Afolayan at 41.3 with a Season form score of 28, ranking 219th of 272 wingers in the Championship. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

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

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, O. Afolayan has totalled 285 club appearances with 60 goals and 17 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 44 appearances for Bolton.

O. Afolayan's career has also included time at FC St. Pauli, Bolton, West Ham, Oldham and SSolihull Moors.

Transfer news

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