Following his move to Hibernian, McGrath's current-season form is up 32% on last season (Season 25→33), while his Rating eased 39→34. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 46).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Hibernian · 5th	34	8	4	7.07	34	33
2024/25	Aberdeen · 5th	26	4	6	7.3	39	25
2023/24	Aberdeen · 3rd	34	9	1	7.05	45	45
2022/23	Dundee Utd · 3rd	32	8	2	7.08	47	30
2021/22	ST Mirren · 3rd	18	2	1	7.14	45	18
2020/21	ST Mirren · 3rd	35	10	1	7.15	52	46

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Project playerAttacking midfielder

J. McGrath is a 29-year-old attacking midfielder at Hibernian, rated 33.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 139th of 219 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (70.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McGrath.

Judged on this season alone, McGrath graded 33 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 13% of the 40 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 8 goals and 4 assists in 34 appearances (0.45 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 25 → 33). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 29th of 40 of the 40 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 29 McGrath is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downBreakout: 2023/244 clubs

Current potential29th of 40 attacking midfielders · Championship Current seasonTop 13% attacking midfielders · Championship5th-best attacking midfielder in the Championship139th in the Championship · potential29th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Championship

33.9

Ratingi

29th of 40 attacking midfielders

33.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.45

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

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

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.24

Goals / app

8 goals in 34 appearances (0.24 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.35 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.15 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 33.9, McGrath carries the 29th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 40. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.45 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.1%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.3

Assists / 900.15

Goal contribution / 900.45

Defensive actions / 902.476

Player flow

Goal involvements12

Shot conversion %40

Shot accuracy %57.1

Pass accuracy %83

Dribble success %56

Cards / 900.263

Foul involvement / 903.001

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 (~21), then tapers with age. At 29, McGrath sits on 11.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McGrath's projected Rating — 33.9 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.