Sam Stanton, Central Midfield at St. Johnstone

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#11 Sam Stanton

St. Johnstone Premiership · Scotland

Date of birth / Age: 19 Apr 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 64 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Scotland
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 19 Apr 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 64 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Scotland
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2028

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 6
Starting eleven: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 464

Starting eleven83%

5 of 6 appearances

Minutes played464

77 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

261 matches · since 2015/16

LBCFLWRWDMAMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	90	5	2
Attacking Midfield	76	11	8
Defensive Midfield	72	8	6
Right Winger	12	1	2
Other · LW, CF, LB	11	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · wingers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #4311; winger in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #829; among wingers aged 30+
In his league: 24%; of Premiership wingers rank below him
Finishing: −3.4; goals below expected · better than 8% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

7 Expected

10.4

81 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

7 Expected

5.9

Teammates converted more of his chances than 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	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	464
2025/26	Championship	St. Johnstone	26	16	2	2	1	0	0	1,513
2025/26	League Cup	St. Johnstone	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	16
2024/25	League One	Arbroath	11	10	3	–	3	–	0	935
2024/25	Championship	Raith Rovers	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	586
2024/25	FA Cup	Raith Rovers	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	48
2023/24	Championship	Raith Rovers	31	29	5	4	1	0	0	2,513
2023/24	Play-offs 1/2	Raith Rovers	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	390
2023/24	League Cup	Raith Rovers	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2022/23	Championship	Raith Rovers	32	29	4	1	4	0	0	2,653
2022/23	League Cup	Raith Rovers	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2021/22	Championship	Raith Rovers	17	17	0	1	4	0	0	1,525
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Dundalk	6	6	0	–	1	–	0	460
2021	FAI Cup	Dundalk	4	4	0	–	2	–	0	316
2021/22	FA Cup	Raith Rovers	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021	Premier Division	Dundalk	29	25	0	0	2	0	0	2,165
2021	FAI President's Cup	Dundalk	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2020	USL Championship	Phoenix Rising	18	15	4	0	2	0	0	1,316
2019/20	Championship	Dundee United	17	13	3	0	2	0	0	1,158
2019/20	League Cup	Dundee United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	73
2018/19	Championship	Dundee United	25	20	2	1	4	0	0	1,811
2018/19	Premiership	Dundee United	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	34
2017/18	Championship	Dundee United	34	32	4	3	6	0	0	2,730
2017/18	League Cup	Dundee United	5	4	1	–	0	–	0	381
2017/18	Play-offs 1/2	Dundee United	4	3	1	–	1	–	0	292
2017/18	FA Cup	Dundee United	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	180
2017/18	Challenge Cup	Dundee United	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	95
2016/17	Championship	Dumbarton	26	22	4	–	3	–	0	2,015
2016/17	Challenge Cup	Dumbarton	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	57
2015/16	Championship	Livingston	13	12	3	–	1	–	0	1,119
2015/16	Championship	Hibernian	4	0	0	–	0	–	0	31
2015/16	Play-offs 2/3	Livingston	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	210
2015/16	Challenge Cup	Hibernian	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2015/16	League Cup	Hibernian	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	84
2015/16	FA Cup	Livingston	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2014/15	Championship	Hibernian	22	8	1	0	0	0	0	848
2014/15	FA Cup	Hibernian	3	0	1	–	0	–	0	53
2014/15	League Cup	Hibernian	2	0	1	–	0	–	0	21
2014/15	Challenge Cup	Hibernian	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	74
2013/14	Premiership	Hibernian	28	15	2	–	0	–	0	1,494
2013/14	Play-offs 1/2	Hibernian	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	210
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	Hibernian	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	16
2013/14	League Cup	Hibernian	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	7
2013/14	FA Cup	Hibernian	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2012/13	Championship	Cowdenbeath	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2012/13	Premiership	Hibernian	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2011/12	Premiership	Hibernian	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	32

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			407	318	46	15^*	41	0^*	0	28,946

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	257	28	13
Premiership	39	2	2
Premier Division	29	0	0
USL Championship	18	4	0
League Cup	15	2	–
League One	11	3	–
Play-offs 1/2	10	2	–
FA Cup	9	4	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	6	0	–
Challenge Cup	5	1	–

* 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 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2025 May 2025 · Back from Loan Arbroath Raith Rovers Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Loan Raith Rovers Arbroath Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Transfer Dundalk Raith Rovers Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Phoenix Rising Dundalk Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Dundee United Phoenix Rising Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Transfer Hibernian Dundee United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Back from Loan Dundee United Hibernian Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan Hibernian Dundee United Loan Fee in TSH subscription
May 2017 May 2017 · Back from Loan Dumbarton Hibernian Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2016 Aug 2016 · Loan Hibernian Dumbarton Loan Fee in TSH subscription
May 2016 May 2016 · Back from Loan Livingston Hibernian Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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