Scott Wharton

Wharton's current-season form is down 60% on last season (Season 20→8), while his Rating eased 59→38. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Blackburn · 20th	12	0	6.85	38	8
2023/24	Blackburn · 19th	28	2	6.89	59	20
2022/23	Blackburn · 7th	22	1	6.89	62	20
2021/22	Blackburn · 8th	30	2	6.99	68	34
2020/21	Blackburn · 15th	7	0	6.87	56	4

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

S. Wharton is a 28-year-old central defender at Blackburn, rated 38.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 115th of 171 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wharton.

Judged on this season alone, Wharton graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 24th of 29 of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 3.226 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 8). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 20th of 29 of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship. At 28 Wharton is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downInjury-hit 2025/26

Current potential20th of 29 centre-backs · Championship · 12 apps Current season24th of 29 centre-backs · Championship · 12 apps 24th-best centre-back in the Championship 115th in the Championship · potential 20th-highest potential centre-back in the Championship

38.4

Ratingi

20th of 29 centre-backs

7.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

19.5%

Minutes

limited game time

3.23

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.23

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th 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.

Watch points

Game time. Only 19.5% 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 38.4, Wharton carries the 20th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 29 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %19.5%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.226

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.222

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 (~18), then tapers with age. At 28, Wharton sits on 10.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Wharton's projected Rating — 38.4 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 Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions14

Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Blackburn(back from loan)Jul 2020 – now

Northampton(on loan)Jul 2019 – Jul 2020

Blackburn(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Lincoln(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2018

Lincoln(on loan)Jan 2018 – Jul 2018

Blackburn(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Jan 2018

Cambridge United(on loan)Jan 2017 – Jul 2017

Blackburnuntil Jan 2017

About S. Wharton

Scott Bradley Wharton is a 28-year-old centre-back who plays for Blackburn, born on October 3, 1997 in Blackburn, standing 182 cm tall. He is from England. Blackburn currently sit 6th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, S. Wharton has made 12 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 809 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

S. Wharton's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Blackburn face QPR at home in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Wharton at 38.4 with a Season form score of 7.6, ranking 115th of 171 centre-backs 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 EFL Trophy. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, S. Wharton has totalled 195 club appearances with 16 goals and 0 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 35 appearances for Northampton.

S. Wharton's career has also included time at Northampton, Lincoln and Cambridge United.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

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