Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Missed 22 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 22 injury absences (muscle, hamstring, injured). He still appeared 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 19 | 2 | 0 | 672 | 6.79 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 |
Gallagher's current-season form is up 38% on last season (Season 13→18), while his Rating eased 42→32. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Stoke City · 17th | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.79 | 32 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Stoke City · 18th | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6.81 | 42 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Blackburn · 19th | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6.76 | 50 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | Blackburn · 7th | 34 | 8 | 2 | 6.76 | 61 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | Blackburn · 8th | 37 | 9 | 3 | 6.91 | 66 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | Blackburn · 15th | 39 | 8 | 3 | 6.78 | 66 | 29 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
S. Gallagher is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Stoke City, rated 32.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 421st of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.41 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gallagher.
Judged on this season alone, Gallagher graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 47th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship, on 2 goals, 0 assists and 2.411 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 65th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship. At 30 Gallagher is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 20.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Gallagher missed 22 games through injury (muscle, hamstring, injured) out of roughly 46 this season. The 19 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 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 32.2, Gallagher carries the 65th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Championship of 73 — though on just 19 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 (~41), then tapers with age. At 30, Gallagher sits on 20.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gallagher's projected Rating — 32.2 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.
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