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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Injury-affected season
Missed 14 of Oxford United's ~46 games this season through 14 injury absences (calf, inactive). He still appeared 16 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 909 | 6.55 |
Scout report
G. Leigh is a 31-year-old central defender at Oxford United, rated 25.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 452nd of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.07 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Leigh.
Judged on this season alone, Leigh graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 72nd of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 2 clean sheets and 3.069 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 74th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 31 Leigh is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Leigh missed 14 games through injury (calf, inactive) out of roughly 46 this season. The 16 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd of 24) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 31.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 31, 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 25.8, Leigh carries the 74th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd of 24) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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