Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 909 | 6.55 |
Leigh's current-season form is down 54% on last season (Season 24→11), while his Rating eased 43→26. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 24).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oxford United · 22nd | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6.55 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Oxford United · 17th | 34 | 6 | 1 | 6.91 | 43 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | Oxford United · 5th | 33 | 6 | 1 | 6.97 | 35 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | Ipswich · 2nd | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6.85 | 34 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | Morecambe · 19th | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6.76 | 42 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | Aberdeen · 4th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 37 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 5 | 1 |
Caps & goals this season.
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 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 14.9 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
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.
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.
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 (~33), then tapers with age. At 31, Leigh sits on 14.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Leigh's projected Rating — 25.8 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.
