Samuel Gallagher

Gallagher's current-season form is level with last season (Season 7→7), while his Rating held around 29. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 33).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Stoke City · 21st	2	0	1	6.55	29	7
2025/26	Stoke City · 17th	19	2	0	6.79	29	7
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	29

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

England · international

Side	Apps	G
England U19	2	1

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

S. Gallagher is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Stoke City, rated 29.1 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.27 goal contributions per 90 (0.27 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gallagher.

On the season, Gallagher graded 7 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 19 appearances (0.268 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 7). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29. At 30 Gallagher is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downInjury-hit 2025/26

29.1

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

6.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

16.2%

Minutes

limited game time

0.27

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.11

Goals / app

2 goals in 19 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 16.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.27 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 29.1 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.27 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %16.2%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.268

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.268

Defensive actions / 902.411

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 30, Gallagher sits on 6.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gallagher's projected Rating — 29.1 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-forwards in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles14

Interceptions1

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Stoke CityJul 2024 – now

BlackburnJul 2019 – Jul 2024

Southampton(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Birmingham(on loan)until Jul 2018

Milton Keynes Dons(on loan)Jul 2015 – Jul 2018

Southamptonuntil Jul 2015

About S. Gallagher

Samuel James Gallagher is a 30-year-old centre-forward who plays for Stoke City, born on September 15, 1995 in Crediton, standing 194 cm tall. He is from England.

This season

In the current season, S. Gallagher has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 140 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Gallagher at 29.1 with a Season form score of 6.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, S. Gallagher has totalled 330 club appearances with 59 goals and 17 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 43 appearances for Blackburn.

S. Gallagher's career has also included time at Blackburn, Southampton, Birmingham and Milton Keynes Dons.

On the international stage, S. Gallagher has represented England U19 — 2 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.