Grant Hanley

Following his move to Hibernian, Hanley's current-season form is up 300% on last season (Season 6→24), while his Rating held around 14. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 57).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Hibernian · 5th	24	0	0	6.71	14	24
2024/25	Birmingham · 1st	14	0	0	6.76	14	6
2024/25	Norwich · 13th	3	0	0	6.27	17	0
2023/24	Norwich · 6th	8	0	0	6.84	24	7
2022/23	Norwich · 13th	39	1	1	7.05	42	40
2021/22	Norwich · 20th	33	1	0	6.92	55	39

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland	68	2
Scotland U19	6	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

G. Hanley is a 34-year-old central defender at Hibernian, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances, a Season grade of 24, top 37% of Premiership centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 13.9, ranking 66th of 69 in the Premiership. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (56.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.59 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hanley.

Judged on this season alone, Hanley graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 37% of the 19 centre-backs in the Premiership, on 6 clean sheets and 3.587 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 18th of 19 of the 19 centre-backs in the Premiership. At 34 Hanley is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Trending upBreakout: 2025/26StreakyStepped up 2021/22

Current potential18th of 19 centre-backs · Premiership Current seasonTop 37% centre-backs · Premiership 7th-best centre-back in the Premiership 66th in the Premiership · potential 18th-highest potential centre-back in the Premiership

13.9

Ratingi

18th of 19 centre-backs

24.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

56.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.59

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Hibernian finished 5th of 12 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.59

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 24 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 56.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 13.9, Hanley carries the 18th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premiership of 19. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.59 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 %56.5%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.587

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.186

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 34, Hanley sits on 1.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Hanley's projected Rating — 13.9 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 centre-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles23

Interceptions23

Blocks31

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards2

Transfer history

€6.6M total transfer fees · 4 moves

HibernianAug 2025 – nowFree Transfer

BirminghamJan 2025 – Aug 2025Free

NorwichAug 2017 – Jan 2025

NewcastleJul 2016 – Aug 2017€ 6.6M

Blackburnuntil Jul 2016

About G. Hanley

Grant Campbell Hanley is a 34-year-old centre-back who plays for Hibernian, born on November 20, 1991 in Dumfries, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Hibernian currently sit 7th of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, G. Hanley has made 24 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,932 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

G. Hanley's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Hibernian face Dundee away in the Premiership.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates G. Hanley at 13.9 with a Season form score of 24.4, ranking 66th of 69 centre-backs in the Premiership. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the League One and the Championship. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, G. Hanley has totalled 414 club appearances with 13 goals and 4 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 44 appearances for Blackburn.

G. Hanley's career has also included time at Birmingham, Norwich, Newcastle and Blackburn.

On the international stage, G. Hanley has represented Scotland and Scotland U19 — 74 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Hibernian finished 5th of 12 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points