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Full nameAdam Lee Phillips
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age28
Date of birth15 Jan 1998
BirthplaceGarstang
Height180 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubBarnsley
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
43
Appearances
9
Goals
5
Assists
2980
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Barnsley.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League One439529806.74
FA Cup2101186.95
EFL Trophy3001076.47
League Cup210696.95

Scout report

Project playerAttacking midfielder

A. Phillips is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder at Barnsley, rated 37 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 265th of 481 on scout potential in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (72% of available minutes). He brings 0.42 goal contributions per 90 (0.27 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Phillips.

Judged on this season alone, Phillips graded 33 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 73 attacking midfielders in the League One, on 9 goals and 5 assists in 43 appearances (0.423 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 33). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 50th of 73 of the 73 attacking midfielders in the League One. At 28 Phillips is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.5 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22
Current potential50th of 73 attacking midfielders · League OneCurrent seasonTop 14% attacking midfielders · League One10th-best attacking midfielder in the League One265th in the League One · potential50th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the League One
37
Ratingi
50th of 73 attacking midfielders
33.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
72%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.42
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Barnsley finished 15th of 24 · a mid-table side

9
Goals
5
Assists
14
G+A
0.21
Goals / app

9 goals in 43 appearances (0.21 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 14 goal contributions (0.33 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 72% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.42 goal contributions per 90 (0.27 goals, 0.15 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37, Phillips carries the 50th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the League One of 73. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.42 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Transfer news

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