Gerald Taylor dominated the 2024/25 Premiership season by carrying the ball past opponents far more than his peers, a feat reflected in his 1.74 successful dribbles per 90 minutes compared with the baseline of 0.38. In eight appearances, he logged 570 minutes and recorded 20 tackles, 4 interceptions, and a single key pass, all while maintaining a solid defensive presence that earned him an average match rating of 6.76. Taylor’s ball-carrying ability was a key component of his team's build-up play, allowing him to advance the ball into dangerous areas and create space for teammates. His contributions were measured not by goals or shots but by the number of times he beat defenders and maintained possession, underscoring his role as a ball-driving defender during the 2024/25 campaign.
Gerald Taylor has played 570 minutes across 8 appearances in Premiership, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.05 and averaging 6.76 a match.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Drib % | Tackles | Interc. | Blocks | Duels won % | Fouls | Fouled | Yel | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Shankland | F | 38 | 3113 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 41 | 9% | 51 | 70% | 26 | 43% | 28 | 8 | 4 | 39% | 52 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 9.3 |
| Blair Spittal | M | 41 | 2810 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 16% | 62 | 77% | 19 | 38% | 34 | 16 | 4 | 49% | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.17 | 4.4 |
| James Wilson | F | 27 | 1401 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 33% | 16 | 72% | 5 | 31% | 15 | 5 | 0 | 36% | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.77 | 7.4 |
| Elton Kabangu | F | 14 | 1003 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 26% | 9 | 71% | 3 | 27% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 28% | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 2.1 |
| Alan Forrest | F | 37 | 1542 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 24% | 17 | 77% | 13 | 32% | 27 | 11 | 2 | 32% | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 6.8 |
| Kenneth Vargas | F | 36 | 1511 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 20% | 25 | 75% | 10 | 19% | 33 | 1 | 2 | 30% | 30 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 6.2 |
| Jorge Grant | M | 35 | 1935 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12% | 22 | 82% | 13 | 37% | 43 | 13 | 6 | 58% | 16 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.98 | 5.2 |
| Musa Drammeh | F | 22 | 979 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11% | 6 | 57% | 6 | 25% | 11 | 4 | 3 | 40% | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 5.2 |
| James Penrice | D | 39 | 3374 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 12% | 68 | 75% | 27 | 47% | 86 | 40 | 10 | 54% | 47 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 7.2 |
| Frankie Kent | D | 23 | 1960 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 7 | 86% | 4 | 67% | 23 | 21 | 18 | 64% | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.10 | 4.3 |
| Daniel Oyegoke | D | 24 | 1510 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33% | 5 | 80% | 22 | 55% | 37 | 18 | 4 | 59% | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 2.6 |
| Craig Halkett | D | 18 | 1248 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11% | 5 | 89% | 4 | 57% | 24 | 15 | 10 | 67% | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.34 | 3.9 |
| Yan Dhanda | M | 30 | 1091 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7% | 15 | 80% | 17 | 59% | 20 | 6 | 0 | 52% | 21 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.74 | 4.5 |
| Jamie McCart | D | 11 | 856 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11% | 3 | 75% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 7 | 7 | 64% | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.10 | 7.8 |
| Stephen Kingsley | D | 11 | 809 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 3 | 84% | 1 | 20% | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49% | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | 7.1 |
| Michael Steinwender | D | 9 | 712 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 84% | 0 | – | 8 | 8 | 5 | 66% | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.98 | 4.8 |
| Calem Nieuwenhof | M | 12 | 343 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25% | 0 | 81% | 4 | 57% | 11 | 7 | 0 | 55% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 3.8 |
| Yutaro Oda | F | 6 | 216 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17% | 2 | 78% | 2 | 33% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 5.5 |
| Craig Gordon | G | 39 | 3510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 57% | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82% | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 6.78 | 3.3 |
| Cameron Devlin | M | 35 | 2505 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0% | 18 | 86% | 13 | 68% | 134 | 56 | 6 | 59% | 56 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 4.1 |
| Beni Baningime | M | 30 | 2287 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 88% | 12 | 48% | 93 | 30 | 3 | 65% | 15 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.93 | 8.0 |
| Kye Rowles | D | 25 | 2250 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 82% | 1 | 50% | 30 | 37 | 25 | 55% | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 4.5 |
| Adam Forrester | D | 30 | 2124 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 16 | 68% | 9 | 36% | 52 | 31 | 9 | 50% | 27 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 6.0 |
| Malachi Boateng | M | 25 | 1572 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0% | 10 | 81% | 8 | 62% | 33 | 26 | 5 | 55% | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | 1.4 |
| Gerald Taylor | D | 8 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 65% | 11 | 65% | 20 | 4 | 4 | 62% | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 3.1 |
| Sander Erik Kartum | M | 12 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 78% | 6 | 60% | 10 | 2 | 0 | 48% | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 3.4 |
| Lewis Neilson | D | 5 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 77% | 0 | – | 4 | 5 | 2 | 54% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | – |
| Liam Boyce | F | 12 | 349 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0% | 7 | 57% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35% | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 7.9 |
| Barrie McKay | F | 11 | 349 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 78% | 5 | 29% | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 1.7 |
| Ryan Fulton | G | 3 | 248 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 65% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.97 | – |
| Harry Milne | D | 3 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 84% | 1 | 50% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.93 | – |
| Zander Clark | G | 3 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 71% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.73 | – |
| Andrés Salazar | D | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 84% | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.90 | – |
| Macaulay Tait | M | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 87% | 1 | 33% | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Heart Of Midlothian | Premiership | 8 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 65% | 11 | 20 | 4 | 62% | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6.76 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Mar | a Hibernian | L | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 6.1 |
| 26 Feb | v ST Mirren | W | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 2.9 |
| 23 Feb | a ST Johnstone | W | 25 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 | 2.2 |
| 21 Sep | a ST Mirren | L | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 3.1 |
| 14 Sep | a Celtic | L | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6.6 |
| 25 Aug | a Motherwell | L | 55 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 6.0 |
| 10 Aug | a Dundee | L | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.20 | 4.0 |
| 03 Aug | v Rangers | D | 85 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 9.1 |