Domestic-league season · Ipswich.
Missed 4 of Ipswich's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2111 | 6.61 |
 Friendliesat Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 7.1 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5.9 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.5 |
Hirst's current-season form is up 192% on last season (Season 13→38), while his Rating eased 70→59. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Ipswich · 2nd | 42 | 11 | 3 | 6.61 | 59 | 38 |
| 2024/25 | Ipswich · 19th | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6.58 | 70 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Ipswich · 2nd | 26 | 7 | 6 | 6.88 | 68 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | Ipswich · 2nd | 21 | 6 | 1 | 6.76 | 46 | 16 |
| 2021/22 | Portsmouth · 10th | 40 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | Rotherham · 23rd | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 56 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
G. Hirst is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Ipswich, rated 58.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 242nd of 493 in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (55.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.6 goal contributions per 90 (0.47 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hirst.
Judged on this season alone, Hirst graded 38 — a strong campaign that ranks top 16% of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship, on 11 goals and 3 assists in 42 appearances (0.597 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 38). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 59, 36th of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship. At 27 Hirst is in his prime years, and a market index of 75 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Hirst missed 4 games through injury (injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 46 this season. The 42 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.
Hirst is operating at his career peak — the 2021/22 level is the level.
11 goals in 42 appearances (0.26 per game) — double figures playing for a title-challenging side (2nd of 24). He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 14 goal contributions (0.33 per appearance).
With a Rating of 58.6, Hirst carries the 36th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Championship of 66. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.6 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
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 (~75), then tapers with age. At 27, Hirst sits on 75, at or near its peak. The blue line is Hirst's projected Rating — 58.6 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.
€1.8M total transfer fees · 8 moves
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