Andrew Smith

Smith's current-season form is up 133% on last season (Season 12→28), while his Rating climbed 29→32. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 35).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Gillingham · 17th	36	1	1	6.59	32	28
2024/25	GillinghamLoan · 17th	12	0	0	7.06	29	12
2024/25	Hull City	1	0	0	6.7	—	—
2023/24	CheltenhamLoan · 21st	12	0	0	6.5	40	6
2023/24	Hull City · 7th	1	0	0	—	57	0
2022/23	GrimsbyLoan · 11th	37	1	1	6.92	35	35
2021/22	Grimsby	20	1	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Hull City	1	0	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Salford City	3	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

A. Smith is a 24-year-old central defender at Gillingham, rated 32.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 69th of 478 on scout potential in the League Two. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (75.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smith.

Judged on this season alone, Smith graded 28 — a strong campaign that ranks top 22% of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 8 clean sheets and 3.995 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 28). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, top 14% of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 24 Smith is in his prime years, and a market index of 5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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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: 2025/26Stepped up 2023/24

Current potentialTop 14% centre-backs · League Two Current seasonTop 22% centre-backs · League Two16th-best centre-back in the League Two69th in the League Two · potential10th-highest potential centre-back in the League Two

32.3

Ratingi

10th of 76 centre-backs

27.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

75.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Gillingham finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 75.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4 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 32.3, Smith carries the 10th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two (top 14%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Gillingham finished 17th 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 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %75.1%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.029

Assists / 900.029

Goal contribution / 900.058

Defensive actions / 903.995

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %16.7

Shot accuracy %46.2

Pass accuracy %71

Dribble success %75

Cards / 900.174

Foul involvement / 902.084

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 24, Smith sits on 5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Smith's projected Rating — 32.3 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target6

Shots13

Passing

Assists1

Pass accuracy71%

Possession

Successful dribbles3

Dribble success75%

Fouls won21

Defending

Tackles55

Interceptions51

Blocks32

Fouls committed51

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

Hull City(back from loan)2025/26 – now

Gillingham2025/26 – 2025/26

Gillingham(on loan)2024/25 – 2025/26

Hull City(back from loan)2024/25 – 2024/25

Cheltenham(on loan)2023/24 – 2024/25

Hull City(back from loan)2023/24 – 2023/24

Grimsby(on loan)2022/23 – 2023/24

Hull Cityuntil 2022/23

About A. Smith

Andrew John Smith is a 24-year-old centre-back who plays for Gillingham, born on September 11, 2001 in Banbury, standing 192 cm tall. He is from England. Gillingham currently sit 17th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, A. Smith has made 36 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 3,109 minutes, averaging a 6.39 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 6 yellow cards. His season has spanned the League Two and the League Cup.

When A. Smith plays, Gillingham's record this season is 12W-11D-14L — and his match ratings average 6.65 at home against 6.55 on the road.

Recent matches

May 2, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Shrewsbury (90 minutes, 7 rating)
April 25, 2026: 2-6 loss away at Barnet (90 minutes, 4.9 rating)
April 14, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Cheltenham (77 minutes, 6.2 rating)
April 11, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Salford City (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 6, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Accrington ST (83 minutes, 1 goal, 8 rating)
April 3, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Walsall (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
March 28, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Crawley Town (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
March 21, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Bristol Rovers (59 minutes, 6.6 rating)
March 14, 2026: 0-5 loss away at Cambridge United (90 minutes, 5.3 rating)
March 10, 2026: 1-5 loss at home vs Milton Keynes Dons (90 minutes, 5.6 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates A. Smith at 32.3 with a Season form score of 27.9, ranking 69th of 478 centre-backs in the League Two. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the League One. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, A. Smith has totalled 129 club appearances with 3 goals and 2 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 37 appearances for Grimsby.

A. Smith's career has also included time at Hull City, Cheltenham and Grimsby.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Gillingham finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points