Domestic-league season · Ipswich.
Missed 23 of Ipswich's ~46 games this season through 23 injury absences (knee, calf, knee surgery). He still appeared 18 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 18 | 2 | 1 | 798 | 6.75 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6.6 |
Burns's current-season form is up 240% on last season (Season 5→17), while his Rating eased 42→32. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Ipswich · 2nd | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 | 32 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | Ipswich · 19th | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.68 | 42 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Ipswich · 2nd | 35 | 6 | 4 | 7.04 | 52 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Ipswich · 2nd | 42 | 7 | 11 | 6.98 | 44 | 39 |
| 2021/22 | Ipswich · 11th | 37 | 12 | 6 | 6.97 | 45 | 40 |
| 2020/21 | Fleetwood Town · 15th | 33 | 5 | 2 | 6.82 | 44 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
W. Burns is a 31-year-old attacking midfielder at Ipswich, rated 32 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 422nd of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (38.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.34 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.11 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Burns.
Judged on this season alone, Burns graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 2 goals and 1 assist in 18 appearances (0.338 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 63rd of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 31 Burns is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Burns missed 23 games through injury (knee, calf, knee surgery) out of roughly 46 this season. The 18 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2 goals in 18 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 3 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 32, Burns carries the 63rd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 69 — though on just 18 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.34 goal contributions 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.
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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 31, Burns sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Burns's projected Rating — 32 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
