Domestic-league season · Vancouver Whitecaps.
Missed 28 of Vancouver Whitecaps's ~39 games this season through 28 injury absences (jumpers knee, knee). He still appeared 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 8 | 1 | 1 | 391 | 6.89 |
 CONCACAF Champions League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 7.2 |
Gauld's current-season form is down 83% on last season (Season 58→10), while his Rating eased 37→21. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 58).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Vancouver Whitecaps · 2nd | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6.89 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7.98 | 37 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th | 35 | 11 | 13 | 7.62 | 40 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | Vancouver Whitecaps · 7th | 28 | 8 | 5 | 7.5 | 42 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | Vancouver Whitecaps · 7th | 19 | 4 | 5 | 7.43 | 41 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | Farense · 17th | 33 | 9 | 7 | 7.37 | 66 | 49 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Gauld is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Vancouver Whitecaps, rated 20.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.46 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.23 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gauld.
On the season, Gauld graded 10 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 1 assist in 8 appearances (0.46 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 58 → 10). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21. At 30 Gauld is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Gauld missed 28 games through injury (jumpers knee, knee) out of roughly 39 this season. The 8 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1 goal in 8 appearances (0.13 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.
Rated 20.9 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.46 goal contributions 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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 30, Gauld sits on 5.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gauld's projected Rating — 20.9 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.
