Domestic-league season · Blackburn.
Parent club Birmingham — League Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Blackburn; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1981 | 6.69 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 7.6 |
 League Cupat Birmingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.3 |
| Championshipat Birmingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.5 |
Following his move to Blackburn, Gardner-Hickman's current-season form is down 30% on last season (Season 23→16), while his Rating climbed 49→60. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 23).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Blackburn · 20th | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 60 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Birmingham · 1st | 33 | 3 | 2 | 6.74 | 49 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | Bristol City · 11th | 25 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | West Brom · 9th | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6.66 | 65 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | West Brom · 10th | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 65 | 11 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
T. Gardner-Hickman is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Blackburn, rated 60.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 211th of 493 in the Championship. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (49.2% 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 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 65 of the 65 defensive 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 23 → 16). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, top 34% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 24 Gardner-Hickman is in his prime years, and a market index of 77.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
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.
With a Rating of 60.2, Gardner-Hickman carries the 22nd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship (top 34%), 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.
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 (~77), then tapers with age. At 24, Gardner-Hickman sits on 77.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Gardner-Hickman's projected Rating — 60.2 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.
€1.5M total transfer fees · 7 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
