Domestic-league season · Hull City.
Missed 11 of Hull City's ~49 games this season through 11 injury absences (hamstring, ankle, yellow cards). He still appeared 34 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2784 | 6.88 |
 League Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7.3 |
Following his move to Hull City, Crooks's current-season form is up 73% on last season (Season 30→52), while his Rating climbed 26→36. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 55).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Hull City · 6th | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6.88 | 36 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | Real Salt Lake · 8th | 31 | 3 | 4 | 6.88 | 26 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | Middlesbrough · 8th | 25 | 3 | 6 | 6.92 | 41 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Middlesbrough · 4th | 40 | 7 | 6 | 6.85 | 49 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | Middlesbrough · 7th | 40 | 10 | 2 | 6.99 | 62 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | Rotherham · 23rd | 40 | 6 | 3 | 6.69 | 60 | 40 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Crooks is a 32-year-old defensive midfielder at Hull City, rated 36.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 405th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (81.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.72 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Crooks.
Judged on this season alone, Crooks graded 52 — a standout campaign that ranks top 2% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 4 goals, 5 assists and 3.718 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 30 → 52). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 51st of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 32 Crooks is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 18.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Crooks missed 11 games through injury (hamstring, ankle, yellow cards) out of roughly 49 this season. The 34 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 24) 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 4 goals and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 36.3, Crooks carries the 51st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 65. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× 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 (~47), then tapers with age. At 32, Crooks sits on 18.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Crooks's projected Rating — 36.3 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.
€1M total transfer fees · 11 moves
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