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 58th of 69 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 11th of 18 of the 18 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, 16th of 18 of the 18 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 16th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premiership of 18, 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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