Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Injury-affected season
Missed 7 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2127 | 7.02 |
Scout report
J. James is a 22-year-old defensive midfielder at Leicester, rated 70 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 50th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship and 346th of 2878 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (60.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on James.
Judged on this season alone, James graded 51 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 11 goals, 4 assists and 1.819 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 51). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 70, top 5% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 22 James is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 37.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: James missed 7 games through injury (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.
A career still climbing — James is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Leicester finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
1.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd 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 11 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.63 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.82 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Outlook
With a Rating of 70, James carries the 3rd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship (top 5%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Leicester finished 23rd 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 light defensive volume (1.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
