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Full nameMax Dyche
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age23
Date of birth22 Feb 2003
BirthplaceNorthampton
Shirt number#35
ClubNorthampton
Centre-back
37
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
2297
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Northampton.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League One372022976.63
EFL Trophy5003347.08
League Cup100906.9

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

M. Dyche is a 23-year-old central defender at Northampton, rated 42.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 165th of 481 on scout potential in the League One. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (55.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dyche.

Judged on this season alone, Dyche graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 88 of the 88 centre-backs in the League One, on 6 clean sheets and 3.056 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 19). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 23% of the 88 centre-backs in the League One. At 23 Dyche is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 9.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Dyche is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upRemarkably consistent
Current potentialTop 23% centre-backs · League OneCurrent season48th of 88 centre-backs · League One48th-best centre-back in the League One165th in the League One · potential20th-highest potential centre-back in the League One
42.9
Ratingi
20th of 88 centre-backs
19
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
55.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.06
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Northampton finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

3.06
Def. / 90
29
Tackles
20
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 55.5% 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 42.9, Dyche carries the 20th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One (top 23%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Northampton finished 24th 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 (3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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