Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Injury-affected season
Missed 10 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 10 injury absences (injury, calf). He still appeared 25 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 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2008 | 6.82 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Scout report
A. Cresswell is a 36-year-old central defender at Stoke City, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 3 assists in 25 appearances, a Season grade of 23, top 61% of Championship centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 20.7, ranking 469th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (62% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.33 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cresswell.
Judged on this season alone, Cresswell graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 50th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 2.331 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 78th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 36 Cresswell is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cresswell missed 10 games through injury (injury, calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 25 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 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 62% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 20.7, Cresswell carries the 78th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Stoke City finished 17th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
