Thomas's current-season form is level with last season (Season 38→38), while his Rating held around 33. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 38).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	PEC Zwolle · 14th	3	0	0	7.5	33	38
2025/26	PEC Zwolle · 15th	27	1	1	7.13	33	38
2024/25	PEC Zwolle · 10th	17	0	2	6.78	37	19
2023/24	PEC Zwolle · 12th	7	0	0	6.81	38	4
2022/23	PEC Zwolle · 2nd	18	0	2	7	41	16

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

New Zealand · international

Side	Apps	G
New Zealand	24	3
New Zealand U20	3	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Defensive midfielder

R. Thomas is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at PEC Zwolle, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 1 assists in 27 appearances, a Season grade of 38. On long-term scout potential he's rated 33. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (70.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.17 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Thomas.

On the season, Thomas graded 38 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 1 assist and 5.174 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 38 → 38). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33. At 31 Thomas is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 11.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Thomas is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

37.9

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

70.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

5.17

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · PEC Zwolle finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

5.17

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

5.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 18) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 5.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 33 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.042

Assists / 900.042

Goal contribution / 900.083

Defensive actions / 905.174

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.292

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 (~25), then tapers with age. At 31, Thomas sits on 11.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Thomas's projected Rating — 33 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 defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles62—

Interceptions49—

Blocks13—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

Transfer history

€2.8M total transfer fees · 2 moves

PEC ZwolleOct 2022 – nowFree

PSV EindhovenAug 2018 – Oct 2022€ 2.8M

PEC Zwolleuntil Aug 2018

About R. Thomas

Ryan Jared Thomas is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for PEC Zwolle, born on December 20, 1994 in Auckland, standing 176 cm tall. He is from New Zealand. PEC Zwolle currently sit 14th of 18 in the Eredivisie.

This season

In the current season, R. Thomas has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 253 minutes, averaging a 7.2 match rating over his last 3 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

Recent matches

August 22, 2026: 2-0 win away at Heerenveen (53 minutes, 7 rating)
August 16, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Twente (78 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 9, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs Ajax (85 minutes, 7.3 rating)

R. Thomas's next match is on August 29, 2026, when PEC Zwolle face NEC Nijmegen at home in the Eredivisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Thomas at 33 with a Season form score of 37.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the KNVB Beker and the Super Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, R. Thomas has totalled 230 club appearances with 13 goals and 18 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2014/15, with 32 appearances for PEC Zwolle.

R. Thomas's career has also included time at PSV Eindhoven.

On the international stage, R. Thomas has represented New Zealand and New Zealand U20 — 27 caps and 3 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.