Domestic-league season · Stevenage.
Missed 16 of Stevenage's ~48 games this season through 16 injury absences (thigh). He still appeared 19 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.
Earlier this season at Oxford United — League Cup: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 146 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Stevenage; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1490 | 6.24 |
 Championshipat Oxford United | 8 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 6.51 |
 League Cupat Oxford United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 6.7 |
 FA Cupat Oxford United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6.6 |
Following his move to Stevenage, Phillips's current-season form is up 56% on last season (Season 9→14), while his Rating held around 16. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 22).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Stevenage · 6th | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.24 | 16 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | Oxford United · 17th | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6.44 | 16 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | West Brom · 5th | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6.84 | 26 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | West Brom · 9th | 25 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 29 | 16 |
| 2021/22 | West Brom · 10th | 28 | 3 | 2 | 6.79 | 36 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | West Brom · 19th | 33 | 2 | 1 | 6.53 | 48 | 22 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Phillips is a 35-year-old centre-forward at Stevenage, rated 16.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 448th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (69% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Phillips.
Judged on this season alone, Phillips graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One, on 2 goals and 0 assists in 19 appearances (0.121 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 14). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 51st of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One. At 35 Phillips is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Phillips missed 16 games through injury (thigh) out of roughly 48 this season. The 19 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.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2 goals in 19 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 16.1, Phillips carries the 51st-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League One of 60. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.12 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× 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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 35, Phillips sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Phillips's projected Rating — 16.1 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.
€6.9M total transfer fees · 8 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
