Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (inactive, injury). He still appeared 13 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 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 731 | 6.77 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7.25 |
Scout report
B. Gibson is a 33-year-old central defender at Stoke City, rated 15.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 477th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gibson.
Judged on this season alone, Gibson graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 73rd of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 4.432 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 23 → 10). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 80th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 33 Gibson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Gibson missed 4 games through injury (inactive, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 13 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
4.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 33, 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 15.5, Gibson carries the 80th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
