Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
Injury-affected season
Missed 20 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 20 injury absences (back). He still appeared 14 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 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 972 | 6.66 |
 2. Bundesligaat Hannover 96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6.7 |
Scout report
J. Knight is a 28-year-old full-back at Portsmouth, rated 42.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 367th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (41.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.94 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Knight.
Judged on this season alone, Knight graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 69th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 1.944 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 43, 54th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 28 Knight is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Knight missed 20 games through injury (back) out of roughly 46 this season. The 14 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 · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side
1.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th 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 41.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.94 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 42.6, Knight carries the 54th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
