Player dossier

Premiership · 2025/2026

Craig Halkett 

Centre back
Team
Hearts
Role
Centre back
Nationality
Scotland
Date of birth
29 May 1995 (age 31)
Shirt number
4
Season
2025/2026

All players

01 / Record

Season snapshot

30 appearances · 2,536 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.

Player recordCompleted fixtures
Appearances
30
Starts
30

2 unused substitute matchdays

Minutes
2,536
Goals
4

Counted from match events

Assists
0

Counted from match events

Yellow cards
9

Counted from match events

Red cards
1
Provider rating & details

Provider match ratingAverage rating across 30 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.

7.10

02 / Performance

FootyCabin performance

FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.

Impact Score

64.4/ 100

Above average for their role

Established-sample estimate · 30 appearances · 2,536 minutes as centre back

Defensive Activity Score

57.3/ 100

Above average for their role

Compared with centre backs (55)

See the defending data behind this

Defensive Reliability Score

87.1/ 100

Among the best in their role

Compared with centre backs (55)

See the defending data behind this

Ball Security Score

64.6/ 100

Above average for their role

Compared with centre backs (55)

See the passing & possession data behind this

How the Impact Score is built
Experimental modelCoverage 100%Established sample
Duelweight 25%
82.3
Passingweight 25%
51.2
Defensiveweight 35%
63.1
Ball retentionweight 15%
59.7

An experimental in-house model based on available match data. It weights role-relative percentile families and is not an official rating, a definitive measure of player quality, or a prediction.

03 / Playing style

Playing style

How this player tends to contribute, compared with players in the same role and season. Style, not quality.

Aerial Defender

Strong match

Defends the box in the air, contesting and winning a lot of aerial duels.

Why this style
  • Aerial duels per 9097th
  • Clearances per 9086th
  • Aerial win rate79th

Archetypes describe statistical playing style, not player quality. How this is built

04 / Profile

Player profile

See where the player ranks compared with others in the same role. A percentile of 80 means the player ranks higher than 80% of the comparison group. Only areas relevant to centre back are shown.

Player profilePercentile 0-100
PASS 51DEF 63RET 60DUEL 82CREA 57
Role-relative percentile values plotted in the profile chart for 2025/2026
FamilyPercentile
Passing51.2
Defensive63.1
Ball retention59.7
Duel82.3
Creation56.7

Dashed ring marks the centre back median (50th percentile) across 55 comparable players.

Percentile detail

Compared with Centre back players in this season55 in reference group

  • Passing51.2pctl
  • Defensive63.1pctl
  • Ball retention59.7pctl
  • Duel82.3pctl
  • Creation56.7pctl
05 / Style match

Similar players

Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.

  • Frankie KentVery similar style99 / 100

    Hearts · Centre back · Premiership 2025/2026 · Aerial Defender

    Similar in attacking involvement, defensive duels, passing. Different in shooting, chance creation.

    Compare

  • Daniel HøeghVery similar style99 / 100

    Randers FC · Centre back · Superliga 2025/2026 · Aerial Defender

    Similar in shooting, aerial play, dribbling. Different in chance creation, defensive duels.

    Compare

  • Martin ErlićVery similar style99 / 100

    FC Midtjylland · Centre back · Superliga 2025/2026 · Aerial Defender

    Similar in ball security, shooting, defensive activity. Different in aerial play, attacking involvement.

    Compare

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  • Magnus JensenVery similar style99 / 100

    Centre back · Superliga 2026/2027 · Aerial Defender

    Similar in defensive duels, chance creation, aerial play. Different in attacking involvement, shooting.

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  • Michael ForbesVery similar style99 / 100

    Dundee United · Centre back · Premiership 2026/2027 · Aerial Defender

    Similar in attacking involvement, defensive duels, chance creation. Different in shooting, ball security.

    Compare

How similarity works

Similarity compares playing profiles inside the same role family. A score of 92 means the pair is closer than 92% of comparable player pairs. It is not a rating of ability, market value or transfer suitability.

06 / Context

Form & context

Recent form, development and match context from completed fixtures. These figures add context to the scores above and are not official ratings or predictions.

Form & contextScore 0-100

Form

Rising strongly

DetailMomentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 64.5 vs earlier 54.1 (+10.4).

70.8/ 100

Development

Some upward signs

DetailBreakout ScoreLooks at recent performances, playing time and starts to spot signs that a player is improving. It is not a prediction.Minutes −11 · Starts 0pp

67.3/ 100

Decline

No clear decline

DetailDecline ScoreLooks for signs that the player's performances and playing time are dropping. It is not a prediction.29 scored matches

32.7/ 100

Opposition strength

Around average

DetailOpposition Difficulty ScoreShows how strong the opponents have been. It is context only and does not change the Impact Score.30 rated opponents

47.3/ 100

Efficiency

Very efficient

DetailEfficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 100%

75.1/ 100

Team effect and success rates
Player intelligenceScore 0–100

Team effect

Compares team points per completed match when the player starts and when he does not. This describes results, not proof that the player caused them.

Started30 fixtures2.13pts/match
Did not start8 fixtures2.00pts/match

Difference: +0.13 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.

Efficiency Score components
Pass accuracyweight 35%
84.2%
Duel win rateweight 25%
63.7%
Aerial duel win rateweight 20%
66.7%
Tackle success rateweight 20%
82.1%
Efficiency data sheetSuccess rates
Efficiency rates for Craig Halkett  2025/2026
MetricRate
Pass accuracy84.2%
Dribble success rate33.3%
Duel win rate63.7%
Aerial duel win rate66.7%
Tackle success rate82.1%
Shot on target rate36.8%
Long ball accuracy52.5%
PASSDRIBDUELAERTACKSHOTLONG

Craig Halkett  · 0–100% scale

11 / Method

Methodology

Data source

Match, lineup, event and player statistics come from Sportmonks and are stored per fixture. Only completed fixtures with recorded minutes are aggregated. Announced lineups and future fixtures are excluded.

Per 90 minutes

A per-90 value scales a season total to a full match: total × 90 ÷ minutes played. It is not calculated when minutes are missing or zero.

Missing data

The provider omits some statistics instead of sending a zero. A missing value is shown as "not available" and never converted to 0, so rates and percentiles are only produced where the underlying fields genuinely exist.

Impact Score

The Football Performance Lab Impact Score is an experimental in-house model that combines role-relative percentile families with explicit weights. It is not an official rating and not a measure of transfer value.

Minimum samples

Values are calculated internally from 180 minutes, but a player is only shown publicly with a ranked Impact Score from 360 minutes and 5 appearances, with at least 90% metric coverage and an established role. A single appearance contributes a match impact observation from 30 minutes.

Full methodology