Macauley Tait

Following his move to ST Johnstone, Tait's current-season form is down 54% on last season (Season 24→11), while his Rating eased 48→44. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	ST Johnstone · 7th	5	1	6.58	44	11
2025/26	Heart Of Midlothian	5	1	6.44	—	—
2025/26	LivingstonLoan · 12th	33	3	6.55	48	24
2024/25	LivingstonLoan	5	1	6.44	—	—
2024/25	Heart Of Midlothian	6	0	6.95	—	—
2023/24	Heart Of Midlothian · 3rd	23	1	6.45	44	5

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland U19	5	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Elite prospectCreative Central midfielder

M. Tait is a 21-year-old central midfielder at Livingston, rated 40.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 1st of 47 on scout potential in the Premiership and 315th of 1536 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (4.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tait.

Judged on this season alone, Tait graded 4 — a strong campaign that ranks top 23% of the 9 central midfielders in the Premiership, on 0 goals, 3 assists and 2.045 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 11). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, top 12% of the 9 central midfielders in the Premiership. At 21 Tait is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 8.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Tait is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

Current potentialTop 12% central midfielders · Premiership Current seasonTop 23% central midfielders · Premiership 2nd-best central midfielder in the Premiership 1st in the Premiership · potential 1st-highest potential central midfielder in the Premiership 315th-highest potential U-23 tracked

40.6

Ratingi

1st of 9 central midfielders

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

4.4%

Minutes

limited game time

2.05

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Livingston finished 12th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.05

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (12th 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 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 2.05 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Creativity. 2.05 assists per 90 — a genuine creative outlet.

Watch points

Game time. Only 4.4% 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 40.6, Tait carries the 1st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premiership (top 12%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Livingston finished 12th 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 (2.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %4.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 902.045

Goal contribution / 902.045

Defensive actions / 902.045

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.293

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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 21, Tait sits on 8.2, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Tait's projected Rating — 40.6 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 central midfielders in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles32

Interceptions21

Blocks10—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards0

Transfer history

Heart Of Midlothian(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

Livingston(on loan)Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

Livingston(on loan)Jan 2025 – Jun 2025

Heart Of Midlothianuntil Jan 2025

About M. Tait

Macauley Tait is a 20-year-old central midfielder who plays for Heart Of Midlothian, born on August 27, 2005, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Heart Of Midlothian currently sit 3rd of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, M. Tait has made 33 appearances with 0 goals and 3 assists across 2,458 minutes, averaging a 6.51 match rating over his last 5 rated games, with 8 yellow cards.

When M. Tait plays, Heart Of Midlothian's record this season is 2W-1D-2L.

Recent matches

September 9, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Celtic (3 minutes, 6.22 rating)
September 6, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Hibernian (18 minutes, 6.33 rating)
September 2, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Dundee (5 minutes, 1 assist, 6.59 rating)
August 29, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Heart Of Midlothian (18 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 2, 2026: 4-3 win at home vs Kilmarnock (13 minutes, 6.5 rating)

M. Tait's next match is on September 19, 2026, when Heart Of Midlothian face Kilmarnock away in the Premiership.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Tait at 40.6 with a Season form score of 4, ranking 1st of 47 central midfielders in the Premiership. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Challenge Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 6 recorded seasons, M. Tait has totalled 102 club appearances with 0 goals and 8 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 33 appearances for Livingston.

M. Tait's career has also included time at Livingston.

On the international stage, M. Tait has represented Scotland U19 — 5 caps in our records.

Transfer news

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