Barry Bannan

Bannan's current-season form is level with last season (Season 38→39), while his Rating held around 22. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 47).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Sheffield Wednesday · 1st	6	0	1	7	22	39
2025/26	Sheffield Wednesday · 24th	43	3	3	7.19	21	38
2024/25	Sheffield Wednesday · 12th	41	4	5	7.24	26	47
2023/24	Sheffield Wednesday · 20th	42	1	2	7.11	27	33
2022/23	Sheffield Wednesday · 3rd	44	7	12	7.57	26	39

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 14 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland	24	0
Scotland U21	9	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

B. Bannan is a 36-year-old central midfielder at Sheffield Wednesday, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 3 assists in 43 appearances, a Season grade of 38. On long-term scout potential he's rated 21.3. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (72.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bannan.

On the season, Bannan graded 38 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals, 3 assists and 2.906 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 38 → 39). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 21. At 36 Bannan is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24

21.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

37.5

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

72.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.91

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

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

Apps

2.91

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 43 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 3 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 72.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 21.3 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.91 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %72.6%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.09

Assists / 900.09

Goal contribution / 900.18

Defensive actions / 902.906

Player flow

Goal involvements6

Cards / 900.27

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 (~8), then tapers with age. At 36, Bannan sits on 4.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bannan's projected Rating — 21.3 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 central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles42

Interceptions40

Blocks15

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards1

Transfer history

€2.1M total transfer fees · 6 moves

Sheffield WednesdayJul 2026 – now

MillwallJan 2026 – Jul 2026

Sheffield Wednesdayuntil Jan 2026

Bolton(on loan)Feb 2015 – Jan 2026

Crystal PalaceSept 2013 – Feb 2015€ 2.1M

Leeds(on loan)Mar 2011 – Sept 2013

Derby(on loan)Mar 2009 – Mar 2011

Aston Villauntil Mar 2009

About B. Bannan

Barry Ryan Bannan is a 36-year-old central midfielder who plays for Sheffield Wednesday, born on December 1, 1989 in Airdrie, standing 169 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Sheffield Wednesday currently sit 1st of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, B. Bannan has made 6 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 508 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

B. Bannan's next match is on September 26, 2026, when Sheffield Wednesday face Stevenage away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates B. Bannan at 21.3 with a Season form score of 37.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 19 recorded seasons, B. Bannan has totalled 603 club appearances with 40 goals and 72 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 47 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday.

B. Bannan's career has also included time at Millwall, Bolton, Crystal Palace, Leeds, Derby and Aston Villa.

On the international stage, B. Bannan has represented Scotland and Scotland U21 — 33 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.