Domestic-league season · Preston.
Missed 3 of Preston's ~46 games this season through 3 injury absences (hamstring, yellow cards). He still appeared 38 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 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3305 | 6.8 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 6.78 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6.7 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7.3 |
Hughes's current-season form is down 18% on last season (Season 38→31), while his Rating eased 31→25. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 41).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Preston · 14th | 38 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 25 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | Preston · 20th | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6.85 | 31 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | Preston · 10th | 39 | 1 | 2 | 6.82 | 36 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | Preston · 12th | 30 | 2 | 2 | 6.86 | 37 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Preston · 13th | 40 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 47 | 41 |
| 2020/21 | Preston · 13th | 34 | 0 | 2 | 6.78 | 50 | 39 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Hughes is a 34-year-old full-back at Preston, rated 25.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 455th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (85.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.38 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hughes.
Judged on this season alone, Hughes graded 31 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 7 clean sheets and 3.377 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 38 → 31). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 72nd of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 34 Hughes is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Hughes missed 3 games through injury (hamstring, yellow cards) out of roughly 46 this season. The 38 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.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 38 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 25.1, Hughes carries the 72nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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 (~32), then tapers with age. At 34, Hughes sits on 9.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Hughes's projected Rating — 25.1 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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