Ruari Paton, Centre-Forward at St. Johnstone

Centre-Forward · Forward

#99 Ruari Paton

St. Johnstone Premiership · Scotland

Date of birth / Age: 9 Aug 2000 (26)
Height: 1.77 m
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: Ireland · born in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 9 Aug 2000 (26)
Height: 1.77 m
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: Irelandborn in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2028

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 5
Starting eleven: 4
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 336

Starting eleven80%

4 of 5 appearances

Minutes played336

67 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

98 matches · since 2021/22

CMRBLWRWAMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	56	21	5
Attacking Midfield	22	2	1
Right Winger	10	1	0
Left Winger	7	0	0
Other · RB, CM	3	1	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · strikers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1919; striker in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #630; among strikers aged 26–29
In his league: 74%; of Premiership strikers rank below him
Finishing: +2.0; goals above expected · better than 77% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

16 Expected

87 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

3 Expected

3.6

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Premiership	St. Johnstone	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	336
2025/26	League One	Port Vale	13	7	1	–	2	–	0	657
2025/26	Championship	St. Johnstone	13	10	5	1	2	0	0	832
2025/26	EFL Vertu Trophy	Port Vale	5	4	3	–	0	–	0	314
2025/26	Carabao Cup	Port Vale	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	102
2024/25	League Two	Port Vale	19	9	1	–	2	–	0	744
2024/25	Premiership	Dundee United	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	466
2024/25	EFL Vertu Trophy	Port Vale	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	149
2024/25	FA Cup	Dundee United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	19
2024/25	Carabao Cup	Port Vale	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	62
2023/24	Championship	Queen's Park	36	36	17	3	9	0	0	3,220
2022/23	League One	Queen of the South	36	34	22	–	10	–	0	3,017
2022/23	League Cup	Queen of the South	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2021/22	Championship	Queen of the South	34	23	3	2	3	0	0	2,157
2021/22	League Cup	Queen of the South	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021/22	FA Cup	Queen of the South	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	22
2020/21	League Two	Stranraer	21	17	6	–	3	–	0	1,435
2020/21	Play-offs 3/4	Stranraer	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	100
2020/21	FA Cup	Stranraer	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	22
2020/21	League Cup	Stranraer	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			208	157	62	6^*	32	0^*	0	13,954

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	83	25	6
League One	49	23	–
League Two	40	7	–
Premiership	17	1	0
EFL Vertu Trophy	8	4	–
Carabao Cup	3	1	–
FA Cup	3	1	–
League Cup	3	0	–
Play-offs 3/4	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Transfer Port Vale FC St. Johnstone Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2026 May 2026 · Back from Loan St. Johnstone Port Vale FC Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Loan Port Vale FC St. Johnstone Loan Fee in TSH subscription
May 2025 May 2025 · Back from Loan Dundee United Port Vale FC Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Loan Port Vale FC Dundee United Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Queen's Park Port Vale FC Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Queen of the South Queen's Park Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Stranraer FC Queen of the South Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Transfer East Kilbride Stranraer FC Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer Hibernian FC (Edinburgh) Under East Kilbride Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2019 May 2019 · Back from Loan Gala Fairydean Rovers Hibernian FC (Edinburgh) Under Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2018 Sept 2018 · Transfer Hibernian FC (Edinburgh) Under Gala Fairydean Rovers Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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