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Full nameBenjamin Lewis Wilmot
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age26
Date of birth4 Nov 1999
BirthplaceStevenage
Height188 cm
Shirt number#16
ClubStoke City
Centre-back
34
Appearances
3
Goals
0
Assists
2954
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Stoke City.

Injury-affected season

Missed 10 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 10 injury absences (calf, injury). He still appeared 34 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Championship343029547.05
Friendlies Clubs6005407.2
FA Cup2001806.75
League Cup100276.9

Scout report

Key starterCentral defender

B. Wilmot is a 26-year-old central defender at Stoke City, rated 62.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 163rd of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (91.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.16 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wilmot.

Judged on this season alone, Wilmot graded 33 — a solid campaign that ranks top 37% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 9 clean sheets and 2.163 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 42 → 33). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 63, top 29% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 26 Wilmot is in his prime years, and a market index of 28.9 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Wilmot missed 10 games through injury (calf, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 34 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.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potentialTop 29% centre-backs · ChampionshipCurrent seasonTop 37% centre-backs · Championship30th-best centre-back in the Championship163rd in the Championship · potential23rd-highest potential centre-back in the Championship
62.7
Ratingi
23rd of 82 centre-backs
33.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
91.2%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.16
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

2.16
Def. / 90
35
Tackles
16
Interceptions
9
Clean sheets

2.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 34 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 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 91.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 62.7, Wilmot carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 29%), 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 (2.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. 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.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.