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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameTerry Devlin
PositionCentre-back
NationalityNorthern Ireland
Age22
Date of birth6 Nov 2003
BirthplaceCookstown
Height180 cm
Shirt number#24
ClubPortsmouth
Centre-back
2
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
180
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.

Scout report

Rising assetBall-winning Central defender

T. Devlin is a 22-year-old central defender at Portsmouth, rated 67.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (61.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Devlin.

On the season, Devlin graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 6 clean sheets and 5.057 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 43 → 43). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 67. At 22 Devlin is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 29.5 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2024/25
67.3
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
33.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
61.9%
Minutes
a regular starter
5.06
Def. actions / 90
high defensive volume

Output in context · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side

38
Apps
5.06
Def. / 90
79
Tackles
56
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 38 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th 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 5 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 61.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
  • Defensive volume. 5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 67.3 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles79
Interceptions56
Blocks9

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards1

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.