Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Blackburn.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 718 | 6.54 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.2 |
Scout report
H. Pickering is a 27-year-old full-back at Blackburn, rated 43.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 363rd of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (17.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.25 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pickering.
Judged on this season alone, Pickering graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 76th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 1.253 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 5). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 53rd of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 27 Pickering is in his prime years, and a market index of 19.9 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side
1.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 17.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 43.2, Pickering carries the 53rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77 — though on just 15 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.25 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.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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