Ryan Hedges
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Blackburn.
Injury-affected season
Missed 14 of Blackburn's ~46 games this season through 14 injury absences (injury, ankle, knee). He still appeared 24 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1576 | 6.9 |
Scout report
R. Hedges is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at Blackburn, rated 28.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 425th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (38.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.94 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hedges.
Judged on this season alone, Hedges graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 32nd of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 1 goal, 2 assists and 3.94 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 30 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 54th of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 31 Hedges is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Hedges missed 14 games through injury (injury, ankle, knee) out of roughly 46 this season. The 24 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 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side
3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 38.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 31, 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 28.4, Hedges carries the 54th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 65, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Blackburn finished 20th of 24) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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