Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Rotherham.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Rotherham's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (calf). He still appeared 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1168 | 6.69 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 9.9 |
Scout report
J. Benson is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Rotherham, rated 37.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 261st of 481 on scout potential in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Benson.
Judged on this season alone, Benson graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 2.389 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 35th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 26 Benson is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Benson missed 5 games through injury (calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 24 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 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Rotherham finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 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 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.31 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 31.7% 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 37.6, Benson carries the 35th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Rotherham 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 moderate defensive volume (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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
No transfer news found for this player.
