Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
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.
| 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 |
Swanson's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→29), while his Rating held around 62. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Portsmouth · 18th | 33 | 2 | 1 | 6.95 | 62 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | Portsmouth · 16th | 30 | 1 | 1 | 6.77 | 62 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | Portsmouth · 1st | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | 43 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | Portsmouth · 8th | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6.97 | 44 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | MVV · 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 46 | 1 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Z. Swanson is a 25-year-old central defender at Portsmouth, rated 61.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 186th of 493 in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (63.4% 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 29 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 82 of the 82 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 → 29). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 38% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 25 Swanson is in his prime years, and a market index of 79 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.
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.
With a Rating of 61.7, Swanson carries the 31st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 38%), 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.
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 (~79), then tapers with age. At 25, Swanson sits on 79, at or near its peak. The blue line is Swanson's projected Rating — 61.7 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.
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