Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
Injury-affected season
Missed 7 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (inactive, knee). He still appeared 33 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2227 | 6.95 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.3 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5.3 |
Scout report
Z. Swanson is a 25-year-old central defender at Portsmouth, rated 59.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 185th of 495 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (53.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.24 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Swanson.
Judged on this season alone, Swanson graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 39% of the 89 centre-backs in the Championship, on 5 clean sheets and 4.243 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 24). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, top 27% of the 89 centre-backs in the Championship. At 25 Swanson is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Swanson missed 7 games through injury (inactive, knee) out of roughly 46 this season. The 33 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side
4.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 33 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 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 53.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 59.9, Swanson carries the 24th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 27%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portsmouth finished 18th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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.
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Transfer news
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