Rekeem Harper - Stats, Rating & Scouting Report

Profile

Full nameRekeem Jordan Harper

PositionCentre-forward

NationalityEngland

Age26

Date of birth8 Mar 2000

BirthplaceBirmingham

Height180 cm

Shirt number#45

ClubBarrow

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Centre-forward

Season stats

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33

Appearances

2

Goals

1

Assists

2568

Minutes

Domestic-league season · Barrow.

Career

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Following his move to Barrow, Harper's current-season form is up 43% on last season (Season 7→10), while his Rating eased 29→27. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Barrow · 24th	33	2	1	6.79	27	10
2024/25	Port Vale · 2nd	20	1	0	6.58	29	7
2023/24	Burton Albion · 20th	43	0	1	6.59	40	11
2022/23	Exeter CityLoan · 14th	34	1	2	6.58	43	17
2022/23	Ipswich	1	0	0	6.7	—	—
2021/22	CreweLoan · 24th	28	0	0	6.51	42	9
2021/22	Ipswich	13	0	0	6.51	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

England · international

Side	Apps	G
England U19	4	0

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

Career

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Domestic career

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

R. Harper is a 26-year-old centre-forward at Barrow, rated 26.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 64th of 134 on scout potential in the League Two. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (62% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Harper.

Judged on this season alone, Harper graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 20 of the 20 centre-forwards in the League Two, on 2 goals and 1 assist in 33 appearances (0.105 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 10). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, top 35% of the 20 centre-forwards in the League Two. At 26 Harper is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent6 clubs

Current potentialTop 35% centre-forwards · League Two Current season15th of 20 centre-forwards · League Two 15th-best centre-forward in the League Two 64th in the League Two · potential 7th-highest potential centre-forward in the League Two

26.7

Ratingi

7th of 20 centre-forwards

9.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

62%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.11

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Barrow finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

33

Apps

2

Goals

1

Assists

3

G+A

0.06

Goals / app

2 goals in 33 appearances (0.06 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 3 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 62% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Output. 0.11 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.7, Harper carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League Two (top 35%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Barrow finished 24th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.11 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %62%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.07

Assists / 900.035

Goal contribution / 900.105

Defensive actions / 902.979

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.175

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 26, Harper sits on 2.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Harper's projected Rating — 26.7 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.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles58

Interceptions23

Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

Transfer history

BarrowJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Port Valeuntil Jul 2025

Burton AlbionJul 2023 – Jul 2025Free

Ipswich(back from loan)Jun 2023 – Jul 2023

Exeter City(on loan)Aug 2022 – Jun 2023

Ipswich(back from loan)Jul 2022 – Aug 2022

Crewe(on loan)Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

IpswichJun 2021 – Jan 2022

West Brom(back from loan)Jun 2021 – Jun 2021

Birmingham(on loan)Jan 2021 – Jun 2021

West Brom(back from loan)Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

Blackburn(on loan)Aug 2017 – Jan 2018

West Bromuntil Aug 2017

Transfer history

About R. Harper

Rekeem Jordan Harper is a 26-year-old centre-forward who plays for Barrow, born on March 8, 2000 in Birmingham, standing 180 cm tall. He is from England. Barrow currently sit 24th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, R. Harper has made 33 appearances with 2 goals and 1 assist across 2,568 minutes, with 5 yellow cards.

R. Harper's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Barrow face Yeovil Town at home in the National League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Harper at 26.7 with a Season form score of 9.9, ranking 64th of 134 centre-forwards in the League Two. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, R. Harper has totalled 230 club appearances with 8 goals and 5 assists for 11 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 43 appearances for Burton Albion.