Domestic-league season · Gillingham.
Missed 7 of Gillingham's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (wound). He still appeared 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1408 | 6.83 |
Following his move to Gillingham, McCleary's current-season form is down 19% on last season (Season 21→17), while his Rating eased 10→6. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gillingham · 17th | 27 | 4 | 3 | 6.83 | 6 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | Wycombe · 5th | 44 | 4 | 6 | 6.7 | 10 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | Wycombe · 10th | 41 | 5 | 5 | 6.93 | 15 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | Wycombe · 9th | 39 | 7 | 8 | 6.86 | 17 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Wycombe · 6th | 45 | 11 | 7 | 7.06 | 18 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Wycombe · 22nd | 32 | 4 | 1 | 6.65 | 20 | 16 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
G. McCleary is a 39-year-old attacking midfielder at Gillingham, rated 5.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 472nd of 478 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (40.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.26 goals, 0.19 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McCleary.
Judged on this season alone, McCleary graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 60 of the 60 attacking midfielders in the League Two, on 4 goals and 3 assists in 27 appearances (0.447 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 6, 60th of 60 of the 60 attacking midfielders in the League Two. At 39 McCleary is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: McCleary missed 7 games through injury (wound) out of roughly 46 this season. The 27 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.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 goals in 27 appearances (0.15 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 7 goal contributions (0.26 per appearance).
With a Rating of 5.5, McCleary carries the 60th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the League Two of 60, 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. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.45 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× 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 39, McCleary sits on 0.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McCleary's projected Rating — 5.5 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.
