Domestic-league season · Heart Of Midlothian.
Missed 4 of Heart Of Midlothian's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (leg). He still appeared 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 20 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 6.9 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.7 |
Following his move to Heart Of Midlothian, McCart's current-season form is level with last season (Season 12→11), while his Rating eased 33→26. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Heart Of Midlothian · 1st | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Rotherham · 13th | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7.21 | 33 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | Barnsley · 6th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 40 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Leyton Orient · 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 28 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | ST Johnstone · 3rd | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 50 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | ST Johnstone · 5th | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 49 | 38 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. McCart is a 29-year-old central defender at Heart Of Midlothian, rated 25.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 173rd of 220 in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McCart.
Judged on this season alone, McCart graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 34 of the 34 centre-backs in the Premiership, on 3 clean sheets and 2.615 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 26th of 34 of the 34 centre-backs in the Premiership. At 29 McCart is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: McCart missed 4 games through injury (leg) out of roughly 38 this season. The 20 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 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 12) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
With a Rating of 25.9, McCart carries the 26th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premiership of 34 — though on just 20 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 29, McCart sits on 8.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McCart's projected Rating — 25.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
