Liam Polworth
based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Kilmarnock.
Also this season
Parent club Kilmarnock — League Cup: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 202 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Livingston; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
L. Polworth is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Kilmarnock, rated 20.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 37th of 47 on scout potential in the Premiership. 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 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 9 of the 9 central midfielders in the Premiership, 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 → 19). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 7th of 9 of the 9 central midfielders in the Premiership. At 31 Polworth is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 48.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 20.1, Polworth carries the 7th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premiership of 9, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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