Domestic-league season · ST Mirren.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 30 | 1 | 5 | 2374 | 6.93 |
John's current-season form is up 150% on last season (Season 10→25), while his Rating eased 28→24. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | ST Mirren · 10th | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6.93 | 24 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | ST Mirren · 6th | 24 | 2 | 1 | 6.89 | 28 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | Salford City · 20th | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6.68 | 22 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | Bolton · 5th | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 36 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | Bolton · 9th | 39 | 4 | 7 | 6.91 | 48 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | Bolton · 3rd | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6.8 | 30 | 15 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. John is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at ST Mirren, rated 23.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 179th of 219 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (65.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on John.
Judged on this season alone, John graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 17th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 1 goal, 5 assists and 1.63 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 25). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 31st of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 31 John is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 12) 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 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 23.7, John carries the 31st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 40, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (ST Mirren finished 10th of 12) — 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 light defensive volume (1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 31, John sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is John's projected Rating — 23.7 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.
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