Domestic-league season · Barrow.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1106 | 6.65 |
Following his move to Barrow, MacDonald's current-season form is down 54% on last season (Season 13→6), while his Rating eased 19→8. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 25).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Barrow · 24th | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Exeter City · 16th | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.95 | 19 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Aberdeen · 3rd | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 24 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | Swindon Town · 10th | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.93 | 18 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | Rotherham · 2nd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 27 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | Rotherham · 23rd | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 53 | 25 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. MacDonald is a 33-year-old central defender at Barrow, rated 7.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 450th of 478 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on MacDonald.
Judged on this season alone, MacDonald graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 71st of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 2 clean sheets and 2.604 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 8, 70th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 33 MacDonald is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 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.
With a Rating of 7.7, MacDonald carries the 70th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 76 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 33, MacDonald sits on 0.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is MacDonald's projected Rating — 7.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
