Mackay-Steven's current-season form is level with last season (Season 3→2), while his Rating eased 13→7. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2024/25	Kilmarnock · 9th	10	0	1	6.55	7	2
2023/24	Kilmarnock · 4th	9	1	0	6.66	13	3
2022/23	Heart Of Midlothian · 4th	4	0	1	6.63	16	2
2021/22	Heart Of Midlothian · 3rd	32	2	4	6.76	26	16
2020/21	New York City FC · 3rd	25	2	1	6.77	26	24

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headGoal-getting Attacking midfielder

G. Mackay-Steven is a 35-year-old attacking midfielder at Ross County, rated 6.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (2.1% of available minutes). He brings 1.32 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 1.32 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mackay-Steven.

On the season, Mackay-Steven graded 2 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 1 assist in 1 appearance (1.324 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 3 → 2). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 7. At 35 Mackay-Steven is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending down

6.5

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

1.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

2.1%

Minutes

limited game time

1.32

Goal contrib / 90

elite end product

Output in context · Ross County finished 10th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 1 appearance (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 1 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 1.32 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 1.32 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 2.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 6.5 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (1.32 goal contributions 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 %2.1%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900

Assists / 901.324

Goal contribution / 901.324

Defensive actions / 901.324

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Pass accuracy %85

Cards / 900

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 35, Mackay-Steven sits on 1.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mackay-Steven's projected Rating — 6.5 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.