Field Insider
59.7
21.8%
Ratingi
13.7
41.7%
Seasoni
27.4
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameTaylor Gardner-Hickman
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age24
Date of birth30 Dec 2001
BirthplaceTelford
Shirt number#5
ClubBirmingham
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Central midfielder

Season stats

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31
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1993
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Blackburn.

Also this season

On loan at Blackburn — FA Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 120 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Birmingham; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

T. Gardner-Hickman is a 24-year-old central midfielder at Blackburn, rated 59.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 46th of 169 on scout potential in the Championship. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (48.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gardner-Hickman.

Judged on this season alone, Gardner-Hickman graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Championship, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.342 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 14). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, top 20% of the 35 central midfielders in the Championship. At 24 Gardner-Hickman is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/264 clubs
Current potentialTop 20% central midfielders · ChampionshipCurrent season19th of 35 central midfielders · Championship19th-best central midfielder in the Championship46th in the Championship · potential7th-highest potential central midfielder in the Championship
59.5
Ratingi
7th of 35 central midfielders
13.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
48.1%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.34
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

31
Apps
3.34
Def. / 90
41
Tackles
23
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th 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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 48.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 59.5, Gardner-Hickman carries the 7th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Championship (top 20%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Blackburn finished 20th of 24) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles41
Interceptions23
Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.