Field Insider
50.7
21.5%
Ratingi
26.3
22.3%
Seasoni
23.4
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameMichael Andrew Johnston
PositionWinger
NationalityRepublic of Ireland
Age27
Date of birth19 Apr 1999
BirthplaceGlasgow
Height176 cm
Shirt number#11
ClubWest Brom
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Winger

Season stats

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34
Appearances
2
Goals
9
Assists
2312
Minutes

Domestic-league season · West Brom.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League Cup100296.7

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Winger

M. Johnston is a 27-year-old winger at West Brom, rated 50.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 79th of 171 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (55.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.43 goal contributions per 90 (0.08 goals, 0.35 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Johnston.

Judged on this season alone, Johnston graded 26 — a solid campaign that ranks top 36% of the 17 wingers in the Championship, on 2 goals and 9 assists in 34 appearances (0.428 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 26). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, 11th of 17 of the 17 wingers in the Championship. At 27 Johnston is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Johnston is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential11th of 17 wingers · ChampionshipCurrent seasonTop 36% wingers · Championship6th-best winger in the Championship79th in the Championship · potential11th-highest potential winger in the Championship
50.7
Ratingi
11th of 17 wingers
26.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
55.8%
Minutes
rotation minutes
0.43
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · West Brom finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

34
Apps
2
Goals
9
Assists
11
G+A
0.06
Goals / app

2 goals in 34 appearances (0.06 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 9 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 11 goal contributions (0.32 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Final-third output. 0.43 goal contributions per 90 (0.08 goals, 0.35 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 55.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 50.7, Johnston carries the 11th-highest potential of the wingers in the Championship of 17, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (West Brom finished 21st of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.43 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists9

Defending

Tackles22
Interceptions5
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.