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Full nameStanley Mills
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age22
Date of birth25 Oct 2003
Shirt number#17
ClubOxford United
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
43
Appearances
3
Goals
4
Assists
2529
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Oxford United.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Championship433425296.79
FA Cup2001806.55
League Cup100906.5

Scout report

Rising assetAttacking midfielder

S. Mills is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Oxford United, rated 65.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 113th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship and 450th of 2878 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (61.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.25 goal contributions per 90 (0.11 goals, 0.14 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mills.

Judged on this season alone, Mills graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 40th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 3 goals and 4 assists in 43 appearances (0.249 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 21). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 66, top 35% of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 22 Mills is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.7 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Mills is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Remarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25
Current potentialTop 35% attacking midfielders · ChampionshipCurrent season40th of 69 attacking midfielders · Championship40th-best attacking midfielder in the Championship113th in the Championship · potential24th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Championship450th-highest potential U-23 tracked
65.6
Ratingi
24th of 69 attacking midfielders
21.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
61.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.25
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

3
Goals
4
Assists
7
G+A
0.07
Goals / app

3 goals in 43 appearances (0.07 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 7 goal contributions (0.16 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 61.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Output. 0.25 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 65.6, Mills carries the 24th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship (top 35%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.25 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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