Domestic-league season · Middlesbrough.
Missed 6 of Middlesbrough's ~49 games this season through 6 injury absences (hamstring, injury). He still appeared 45 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 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 3672 | 7.06 |
 Friendlies Clubsat Newcastle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 6.95 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 6.3 |
Following his move to Middlesbrough, Targett's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→46), while his Rating held around 45. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 69).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Middlesbrough · 5th | 45 | 4 | 4 | 7.06 | 45 | 46 |
| 2024/25 | Newcastle · 5th | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 46 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Newcastle · 7th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 52 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Newcastle · 4th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 65 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | Newcastle · 11th | 33 | 1 | 2 | 6.87 | 84 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | Aston Villa · 11th | 38 | 0 | 2 | 7.12 | 90 | 69 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Targett is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Middlesbrough, rated 44.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 356th of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.79 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Targett.
Judged on this season alone, Targett graded 46 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 13% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 4 goals, 4 assists and 2.794 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 46). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 42nd of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 30 Targett is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 28.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Targett missed 6 games through injury (hamstring, injury) out of roughly 49 this season. The 45 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 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 12 clean sheets across 45 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 44.5, Targett carries the 42nd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 65. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
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 (~57), then tapers with age. At 30, Targett sits on 28.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Targett's projected Rating — 44.5 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.
€33.1M total transfer fees · 7 moves
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