Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Blackburn.
Also this season
On loan at 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.
Performance data · by competition
| 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 |
Scout report
T. Gardner-Hickman is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Blackburn, rated 60.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 210th of 493 on scout potential 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 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 57th 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 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 34% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 24 Gardner-Hickman is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side
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 49.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
