Domestic-league season · Preston.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1480 | 6.64 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 6.2 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6.7 |
Smith's current-season form is down 55% on last season (Season 29→13), while his Rating eased 27→16. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 51).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Preston · 14th | 37 | 3 | 1 | 6.64 | 16 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Preston · 20th | 43 | 8 | 4 | 6.95 | 27 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | Sheffield Wednesday · 20th | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6.58 | 27 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | Sheffield Wednesday · 3rd | 43 | 17 | 7 | 7.1 | 31 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | Rotherham · 2nd | 45 | 19 | 6 | 7.3 | 39 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | Rotherham · 23rd | 44 | 10 | 3 | 6.99 | 50 | 37 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Smith is a 34-year-old centre-forward at Preston, rated 15.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 477th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (35.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.24 goal contributions per 90 (0.18 goals, 0.06 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smith.
Judged on this season alone, Smith graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 51st of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship, on 3 goals and 1 assist in 37 appearances (0.243 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 29 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 65th of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship. At 34 Smith is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3 goals in 37 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 4 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 15.7, Smith carries the 65th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Championship of 66. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.24 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 (~20), then tapers with age. At 34, Smith sits on 6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Smith's projected Rating — 15.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
