Liam Gordon

Gordon's current-season form is down 16% on last season (Season 19→16), while his Rating eased 34→23. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Motherwell · 4th	17	1	0	6.83	23	16
2024/25	Motherwell · 8th	28	1	1	6.93	34	19
2023/24	Motherwell	32	0	0	6.88	—	—
2023/24	ST Johnstone · 3rd	32	0	0	6.88	40	26
2022/23	ST Johnstone · 3rd	32	2	1	6.83	43	34
2022/23	Motherwell	36	2	1	6.83	—	—
2021/22	ST Johnstone · 3rd	31	1	0	6.92	46	35

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

L. Gordon is a 30-year-old central defender at Motherwell, rated 22.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 186th of 225 on scout potential in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (29.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.15 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gordon.

Judged on this season alone, Gordon graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 35 of the 35 centre-backs in the Premiership, on 5 clean sheets and 2.151 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 19 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 23, 29th of 35 of the 35 centre-backs in the Premiership. At 30 Gordon is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3 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 down

Current potential29th of 35 centre-backs · Premiership Current season22nd of 35 centre-backs · Premiership22nd-best centre-back in the Premiership186th in the Premiership · potential29th-highest potential centre-back in the Premiership

22.5

Ratingi

29th of 35 centre-backs

16.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

29.4%

Minutes

limited game time

2.15

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Motherwell finished 4th of 12 · an upper-table side

2.15

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 29.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 22.5, Gordon carries the 29th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premiership of 35. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %29.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.09

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.09

Defensive actions / 902.151

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %90

Cards / 900.269

Foul involvement / 901.345

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Gordon sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gordon's projected Rating — 22.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target2

Shots6

Passing

Assists0

Pass accuracy90%

Possession

Fouls won3

Defending

Tackles5

Interceptions11

Blocks8

Fouls committed12

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Gillingham2026/27 – nowFree

Motherwell2024/25 – 2026/27Free

ST Johnstone(back from loan)2016/17 – 2024/25

Peterhead(on loan)2016/17 – 2016/17

Elgin City(on loan)2015/16 – 2016/17

ST Johnstone2015/16 – 2015/16

Arbroath2014/15 – 2015/16

Heart Of Midlothianuntil 2014/15

About L. Gordon

Liam Craig Gordon is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for Motherwell, born on January 26, 1996 in Perth, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Motherwell currently sit 4th of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, L. Gordon has made 17 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 1,004 minutes, averaging a 7.03 match rating over his last 9 rated games, with 3 yellow cards.

When L. Gordon plays, Motherwell's record this season is 9W-6D-2L — and his match ratings average 6.86 at home against 6.79 on the road.

Recent matches

May 16, 2026: 1-0 win away at Hibernian (90 minutes, 8 rating)
May 13, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Celtic (9 minutes, 1 goal, 6.6 rating)
May 9, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Heart Of Midlothian (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 26, 2026: 3-2 win away at Rangers (8 minutes, 6.6 rating)
January 31, 2026: 2-0 win away at Livingston (8 minutes, 6.7 rating)
January 10, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Hibernian (3 minutes)
December 13, 2025: 0-0 draw away at Dundee Utd (72 minutes, 6.9 rating)
December 6, 2025: 3-0 win at home vs Livingston (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
November 25, 2025: 2-0 win at home vs Hibernian (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
November 22, 2025: 3-1 win away at Kilmarnock (27 minutes, 6.7 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Gordon at 22.5 with a Season form score of 16.3, ranking 186th of 225 centre-backs in the Premiership. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, L. Gordon has totalled 314 club appearances with 8 goals and 4 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 36 appearances for ST Johnstone.

L. Gordon's career has also included time at Gillingham, ST Johnstone, Peterhead, Elgin City, Arbroath and Heart Of Midlothian.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Motherwell finished 4th of 12 · an upper-table side

Watch points