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Full nameMax Josef Lowe
PositionFull-back
NationalityEngland
Age29
Date of birth11 May 1997
BirthplaceSouth Normanton
Height175 cm
Shirt number#3
ClubSheffield Wednesday
Full-backalso played MID
28
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
2399
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sheffield Wednesday.

Injury-affected season

Missed 10 of Sheffield Wednesday's ~46 games this season through 10 injury absences (injury). He still appeared 28 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Championship280123996.59
League Cup100226.5

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Full-back

M. Lowe is a 29-year-old full-back at Sheffield Wednesday, rated 41.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 373rd of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (74% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.28 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lowe.

Judged on this season alone, Lowe graded 24 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 4.277 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 56th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 29 Lowe is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.6 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Lowe missed 10 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 28 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.

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Trending upBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential56th of 77 full-backs · ChampionshipCurrent season44th of 77 full-backs · Championship44th-best full-back in the Championship373rd in the Championship · potential56th-highest potential full-back in the Championship
41.9
Ratingi
56th of 77 full-backs
24.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
74%
Minutes
a regular starter
4.28
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

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

4.28
Def. / 90
46
Tackles
45
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 28 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 74% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 41.9, Lowe carries the 56th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sheffield Wednesday 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 solid defensive volume (4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× 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.