Domestic-league season · Southampton.
Missed 6 of Southampton's ~48 games this season through 6 injury absences (wrist). He still appeared 7 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 6.89 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 7.03 |
McCarthy's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→5), while his Rating held around 13. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 18).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Southampton · 4th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Southampton · 20th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.12 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Southampton · 4th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 15 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | Southampton · 20th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.08 | 24 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | Southampton · 15th | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 36 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | Southampton · 15th | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 50 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. McCarthy is a 36-year-old goalkeeper at Southampton, rated 12.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 486th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McCarthy.
Judged on this season alone, McCarthy graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 44 of the 44 goalkeepers in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets across 7 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 5). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 13, 41st of 44 of the 44 goalkeepers in the Championship. At 36 McCarthy is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: McCarthy missed 6 games through injury (wrist) out of roughly 48 this season. The 7 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 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2 clean sheets in 7 appearances (29% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (4th of 24) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.
With a Rating of 12.5, McCarthy carries the 41st-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Championship of 44 — though on just 7 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~16), then tapers with age. At 36, McCarthy sits on 4.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McCarthy's projected Rating — 12.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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