Paul McGinn

McGinn's current-season form is up 1020% on last season (Season 5→56), while his Rating climbed 11→19. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Motherwell · 4th	33	0	0	7.16	19	56
2024/25	Motherwell · 8th	12	1	0	6.75	11	5
2023/24	Motherwell · 3rd	30	1	0	6.82	22	16
2022/23	Motherwell · 3rd	36	0	0	6.92	27	44
2021/22	Hibernian · 3rd	25	3	3	6.93	28	33

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

P. McGinn is a 36-year-old central defender at Motherwell, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 33 appearances, a Season grade of 56, top 7% of Premiership centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 18.7, ranking 93rd of 104 in the Premiership. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (97% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McGinn.

Judged on this season alone, McGinn graded 56 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 8% of the 27 centre-backs in the Premiership, on 15 clean sheets and 2.686 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 56). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 24th of 27 of the 27 centre-backs in the Premiership. At 36 McGinn is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — McGinn is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Streaky

Current potential24th of 27 centre-backs · Premiership Current seasonTop 8% centre-backs · Premiership 2nd-best centre-back in the Premiership 93rd in the Premiership · potential 24th-highest potential centre-back in the Premiership

18.7

Ratingi

24th of 27 centre-backs

55.7

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

97%

Minutes

near ever-present

2.69

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Motherwell finished 10th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.69

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 15 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 12) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 97% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 18.7, McGinn carries the 24th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premiership of 27, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Motherwell finished 10th of 12) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %97%

Available fixtures33 of 9

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.686

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %37.5

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %72.7

Cards / 900.125

Foul involvement / 900.906

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 36, McGinn sits on 2.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McGinn's projected Rating — 18.7 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots on target3

Shots8

Passing

Assists0

Chances created11

Passes2,126

Pass accuracy89%

Possession

Successful dribbles8

Dribble success72.7%

Duels won152

Duels won %58.5%

Fouls won16

Defending

Tackles47

Interceptions23

Blocks16

Fouls committed13

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

MotherwellJun 2022 – nowFree

HibernianJan 2020 – Jun 2022

ST MirrenJul 2018 – Jan 2020Free

PPartickAug 2017 – Jul 2018Free

ChesterfieldJul 2016 – Aug 2017Free

DundeeJul 2014 – Jul 2016Free

DDumbartonFeb 2013 – Jul 2014Free

ST MirrenSept 2012 – Feb 2013Free

QQueen's Parkuntil Sept 2012

About P. McGinn

Paul McGinn is a 35-year-old centre-back who plays for Motherwell, born on October 22, 1990 in Glasgow, standing 179 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Motherwell currently sit 10th of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, P. McGinn has made 33 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 2,882 minutes, with 4 yellow cards.

P. McGinn's next match is on October 28, 2026, when Motherwell face ST Johnstone away in the Premiership.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates P. McGinn at 18.7 with a Season form score of 55.7, ranking 93rd of 104 centre-backs in the Premiership. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, P. McGinn has totalled 509 club appearances with 17 goals and 5 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 38 appearances for Hibernian.

P. McGinn's career has also included time at Hibernian, ST Mirren, PPartick, Chesterfield, Dundee, DDumbarton and QQueen's Park.

On the international stage, P. McGinn has represented Scotland — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Motherwell finished 10th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points