Domestic-league season · Leeds.
Missed 8 of Leeds's ~38 games this season through 8 injury absences (calf, hernia). He still appeared 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1046 | 6.9 |
 FA Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 221 | 7.15 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 7.3 |
Following his move to Leeds, Longstaff's current-season form is up 220% on last season (Season 10→32), while his Rating eased 66→57. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 50).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leeds · 14th | 23 | 2 | 2 | 6.9 | 57 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | Newcastle · 5th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 66 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | Newcastle · 7th | 35 | 6 | 2 | 6.89 | 89 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | Newcastle · 4th | 33 | 1 | 4 | 6.72 | 90 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Newcastle · 11th | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6.61 | 77 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | Newcastle · 12th | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 78 | 19 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
S. Longstaff is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Leeds, rated 57 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 276th of 373 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Longstaff.
Judged on this season alone, Longstaff graded 32 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 33 of the 33 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 4.818 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 32). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, 26th of 33 of the 33 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 28 Longstaff is in his prime years, and a market index of 68.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Longstaff missed 8 games through injury (calf, hernia) out of roughly 38 this season. The 23 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) 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 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 57, Longstaff carries the 26th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 33, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Leeds finished 14th of 20) — 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 (4.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~114), then tapers with age. At 28, Longstaff sits on 68.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Longstaff's projected Rating — 57 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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