Domestic-league season · Exeter City.
Earlier this season at Sligo Rovers — Premier Division: 0 apps, 0g 2a, 1413 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Exeter City; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1756 | 6.82 |
 Premier Divisionat Sligo Rovers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1413 | 6.91 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 6.6 |
 FAI Cupat Sligo Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 7.23 |
Following his move to Exeter City, Doyle-Hayes's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→19), while his Rating eased 36→34. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 34).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Exeter City · 21st | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6.82 | 34 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | Hibernian · 3rd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Hibernian · 3rd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 37 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Hibernian · 5th | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 39 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | Hibernian · 3rd | 34 | 2 | 0 | 6.93 | 50 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | ST Mirren · 3rd | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7.02 | 47 | 24 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Doyle-Hayes is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder at Exeter City, rated 34.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 300th of 482 in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (51.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.74 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Doyle-Hayes.
Judged on this season alone, Doyle-Hayes graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 3.741 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 50th of 63 of the 63 defensive midfielders in the League One. At 27 Doyle-Hayes is in his prime years, and a market index of 21.3 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 34.4, Doyle-Hayes carries the 50th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League One of 63, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Exeter City finished 21st 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 solid defensive volume (3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 (~21), then tapers with age. At 27, Doyle-Hayes sits on 21.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Doyle-Hayes's projected Rating — 34.4 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.
