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Paul McGinn

Paul McGinn

Defender · Motherwell · 36 · Scotland

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Season score
44.4
Premiership 25/26, 30 matches
Last 5 weeks
44.8
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€100k
−€50k (−33%) since 3 Dec 2024
Transfermarkt, 20 May 2026

Photo: Dowson20, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
22 Oct 1990
Height
175 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
31 May 2027
Wikipedia views
1,751 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

27 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 44.4 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
28 Apr – 4 May 202619046.145.546.0
21–27 Apr 202619045.145.445.0
7–13 Apr 202619040.445.640.3
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202619041.345.741.2
17–23 Mar 202619051.345.251.3
10–16 Mar 202619049.144.849.1
3–9 Mar 202619040.744.940.6
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202619018.046.518.8
17–23 Feb 202616249.246.349.1
10–16 Feb 2026218041.547.141.5
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202619042.846.943.4
20–26 Jan 202619046.746.846.8
6–12 Jan 202619046.546.746.4
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026218049.146.249.0
23–29 Dec 202519045.846.045.7
16–22 Dec 202519034.546.734.4
9–15 Dec 202519050.446.350.4
2–8 Dec 202519049.645.949.6
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202519041.246.141.1
18–24 Nov 202519044.046.143.9
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519045.546.045.4
21–27 Oct 202513041.046.040.9
14–20 Oct 202519036.346.636.2
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202519045.246.645.8
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202519048.146.348.1
19–25 Aug 202519049.845.949.7
5–11 Aug 202519058.444.458.4
29 Jul – 4 Aug 202519041.744.442.9

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −3.8 a week below expectation.

0.020.040.060.029 Jul30 Sep25 Nov23 Dec27 Jan3 Mar7 AprScore 46.1Expected 45.5

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €100k −€50k (−33%) since 3 Dec 2024 20 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €92k no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
0€200K€400K€600K20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026€100k€92k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€92k
20 May 2026Transfermarkt€100k
10 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€100k
17 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€100k
3 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€150k
30 May 2024Transfermarkt€200k
5 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€250k
26 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€350k
22 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€400k
13 Dec 2022Transfermarkt€450k
27 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€500k
31 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€525k
28 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€400k
18 Jan 2021Transfermarkt€400k
21 Jul 2020Transfermarkt€300k
8 Apr 2020Transfermarkt€300k
5 Feb 2020Transfermarkt€350k
20 Aug 2019Transfermarkt€350k
3 Jan 2019Transfermarkt€350k
8 Aug 2018Transfermarkt€350k
4 Mar 2018Transfermarkt€300k
11 Oct 2016Transfermarkt€300k
7 Dec 2015Transfermarkt€300k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
1 Jul 2022Hibernian FC Motherwell FCFree or loan

What the score is made of

Premiership 25/26, 2,612 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting8Creating11Progressing27Keeping the ball28Defending8Aerial84Finishing40
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting8−0.33
Creating11−0.41
Progressing27−0.31
Keeping the ball28−0.44
Defending8−0.29
Aerial84+0.50
Finishing40−0.05

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

02.0K4.0K6.0K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Paul McGinn.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Premiership 25/26Scottish PremiershipMotherwell302,61244.444.4
Premiership 24/25Scottish PremiershipMotherwell1062537.437.9

Latest matches

30 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
2 May 2026Scottish Premiershipat Falkirk FCL 0–19000–0.0146.1
26 Apr 2026Scottish Premiershipat RangersW 3–29000–0.0045.1
11 Apr 2026Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianL 1–39000–0.0140.4
4 Apr 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCL 2–39000–0.0241.3
21 Mar 2026Scottish PremiershipHibernianD 0–09000–0.0151.3
14 Mar 2026Scottish Premiershipat CelticL 1–39000–0.0149.1
7 Mar 2026Scottish Premiershipat Dundee FCL 1–29000–0.0740.7
28 Feb 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedW 2–090000.120.0118.0
21 Feb 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenW 5–06200–0.0149.2
15 Feb 2026Scottish PremiershipAberdeenW 2–09000–0.0126.8
All 30 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
2 May 2026Scottish Premiershipat Falkirk FCL 0–19000–0.0146.1
26 Apr 2026Scottish Premiershipat RangersW 3–29000–0.0045.1
11 Apr 2026Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianL 1–39000–0.0140.4
4 Apr 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCL 2–39000–0.0241.3
21 Mar 2026Scottish PremiershipHibernianD 0–09000–0.0151.3
14 Mar 2026Scottish Premiershipat CelticL 1–39000–0.0149.1
7 Mar 2026Scottish Premiershipat Dundee FCL 1–29000–0.0740.7
28 Feb 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedW 2–090000.120.0118.0
21 Feb 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenW 5–06200–0.0149.2
15 Feb 2026Scottish PremiershipAberdeenW 2–09000–0.0126.8
11 Feb 2026Scottish PremiershipRangersD 1–19000–0.2056.3
31 Jan 2026Scottish Premiershipat LivingstonW 2–090000.09–42.8
24 Jan 2026Scottish PremiershipKilmarnockW 4–090000.02–46.7
10 Jan 2026Scottish Premiershipat HibernianD 1–19000––46.5
3 Jan 2026Scottish PremiershipSt. MirrenW 2–09000––51.8
30 Dec 2025Scottish PremiershipCelticW 2–09000––46.4
27 Dec 2025Scottish Premiershipat RangersL 0–19000––45.8
20 Dec 2025Scottish PremiershipDundee FCW 1–09000––34.5
13 Dec 2025Scottish Premiershipat Dundee UnitedD 0–090000.02–50.4
3 Dec 2025Scottish Premiershipat Falkirk FCD 0–09000––49.6
25 Nov 2025Scottish PremiershipHibernianW 2–09000––41.2
22 Nov 2025Scottish Premiershipat KilmarnockW 3–19000––44.0
29 Oct 2025Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedW 2–09000––45.5
25 Oct 2025Scottish Premiershipat LivingstonW 2–13000––41.0
18 Oct 2025Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCL 1–29000––36.3
5 Oct 2025Scottish Premiershipat CelticL 2–390000.09–45.2
30 Aug 2025Scottish PremiershipKilmarnockD 2–29000––48.1
23 Aug 2025Scottish Premiershipat Heart of MidlothianD 3–39000––49.8
9 Aug 2025Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenD 0–09000––58.4
2 Aug 2025Scottish PremiershipRangersD 1–190000.16–41.7