Wesley Harding
ratings updated 21 Oct 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Plymouth.
Also this season
On loan at Millwall — League Cup: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 212 min
On loan at Millwall — Championship: 8 apps, 0g 0a, 206 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Plymouth; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All League One standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the League One: on the pitch for 91% of Plymouth's available minutes this season, up from 30% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
W. Harding is a 30-year-old central defender at Plymouth, rated 25.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 164th of 213 on scout potential in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (47.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Harding.
Judged on this season alone, Harding graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the League One, on 3 clean sheets and 2.485 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 17). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 47th of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the League One. At 30 Harding is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Plymouth finished 5th of 24 · an upper-table side
2.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 47.2% 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 25.1, Harding carries the 47th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 64 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.49 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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