Ryan Johnson

Johnson's current-season form is level with last season (Season 29→29), while his Rating climbed 28→32. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 50).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	AFC Wimbledon · 11th	8	0	0	6.57	32	29
2025/26	AFC Wimbledon · 19th	40	4	0	6.86	28	29
2024/25	AFC Wimbledon · 5th	43	0	1	7.08	29	50
2023/24	AFC Wimbledon · 10th	31	1	0	6.98	29	33
2022/23	Stockport County · 4th	27	0	2	6.91	31	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Northern Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Northern Ireland U21	13	2

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

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

R. Johnson is a 30-year-old central defender at AFC Wimbledon, enjoying a standout season — 4 goals and 0 assists in 40 appearances, a Season grade of 29, top 30% of League One centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.4, ranking 121st of 190 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present (85.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.81 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Johnson.

Judged on this season alone, Johnson graded 29 — a strong campaign that ranks top 30% of the 57 centre-backs in the League One, on 7 clean sheets and 3.809 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 29 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 31st of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the League One. At 30 Johnson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2025/26

Current potential31st of 57 centre-backs · League One Current seasonTop 30% centre-backs · League One 17th-best centre-back in the League One 121st in the League One · potential 31st-highest potential centre-back in the League One

28.4

Ratingi

31st of 57 centre-backs

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

85.6%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.81

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · AFC Wimbledon finished 19th of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.81

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 40 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 4 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 85.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.4, Johnson carries the 31st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (AFC Wimbledon 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 (3.81 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 %85.6%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.102

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.102

Defensive actions / 903.809

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Cards / 900.254

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 30, Johnson sits on 5.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Johnson's projected Rating — 28.4 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

Goals4

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles62

Interceptions52

Blocks36

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards10

Red cards0

Transfer history

AFC WimbledonJul 2023 – nowFree

Stockport CountyJan 2022 – Jul 2023

Port ValeJul 2021 – Jan 2022Free

HHartlepooluntil Jul 2021

KKidderminster Harriers(on loan)Jun 2018 – Jul 2021

Stevenage(back from loan)May 2018 – Jun 2018

NNuneaton Town(on loan)Jan 2018 – May 2018

BBoreham Wood(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jan 2018

Stevenageuntil Jul 2017

NorwichApr 2017 – Jul 2017

Stevenageuntil Apr 2017

TottenhamApr 2017 – Apr 2017

Stevenage(back from loan)Dec 2016 – Apr 2017

SSt Albans City(on loan)Aug 2016 – Dec 2016

Stevenage(back from loan)Nov 2014 – Aug 2016

BBoreham Wood(on loan)Oct 2014 – Nov 2014

Stevenageuntil Oct 2014

About R. Johnson

Ryan Anthony Johnson is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for AFC Wimbledon, born on October 2, 1996 in Birmingham, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Northern Ireland. AFC Wimbledon currently sit 11th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, R. Johnson has made 8 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 698 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

R. Johnson's next match is on October 17, 2026, when AFC Wimbledon face Sheffield Wednesday away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Johnson at 28.4 with a Season form score of 29, ranking 121st of 190 centre-backs in the League One. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

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

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, R. Johnson has totalled 308 club appearances with 16 goals and 3 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 43 appearances for AFC Wimbledon.

R. Johnson's career has also included time at Stockport County, Port Vale, HHartlepool, KKidderminster Harriers, Stevenage, NNuneaton Town, BBoreham Wood, Norwich, Tottenham and SSt Albans City.

On the international stage, R. Johnson has represented Northern Ireland U21 — 13 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

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Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · AFC Wimbledon finished 19th of 24 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points