Domestic-league season · Kilmarnock.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1648 | 6.79 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 202 | — |
Polworth's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→20), while his Rating eased 28→20. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 22).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Kilmarnock · 11th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.79 | 20 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Kilmarnock · 9th | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6.77 | 28 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Kilmarnock · 4th | 28 | 0 | 3 | 6.86 | 33 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | Kilmarnock · 3rd | 26 | 1 | 2 | 6.99 | 36 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | Motherwell · 3rd | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6.77 | 44 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Polworth is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at Kilmarnock, rated 20.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 190th of 219 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (48.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.17 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Polworth.
Judged on this season alone, Polworth graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 25th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.167 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 20). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 34th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 31 Polworth is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.17 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (11th of 12) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 20.2, Polworth carries the 34th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 40, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12) — 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 (3.17 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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 31, Polworth sits on 5.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Polworth's projected Rating — 20.2 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.
