Ruari Paton

St. Johnstone Striker Also CM, AM, LW

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Premiership

Premiership · 2026–2027

8Apps

5Starts

453Minutes

1Goals

0Assists

2.14xG

0.23xA

6.6Rating

Competition	Team	Apps	G	A	Rating
Premiership	St. Johnstone	8	1	0	6.6
League Cup	St. Johnstone	3	1	0	—

Date	Opponent	Result	Min	G	A	Rating
17 Oct	vs Dundee United	D 1–1	45	·	·	6.1
11 Oct	@ Aberdeen	W 1–0	58	·	·	6.7
19 Sep	vs Falkirk	D 1–1	25	·	·	6.6
09 Sep	vs Celtic	L 0–1	28	·	·	5.9
02 Sep	@ Dundee FC	D 1–1	73	·	·	6.4
29 Aug	@ Heart of Midlothian	L 1–2	73	1	·	7.6

Per-90 percentiles against strikers in Premiership. 50 = average.

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Goals	1	0.20	57
xG	2.14	0.43	73
xGOT	1.96	0.39	70
xG excl. penalty	2.14	0.43	82
Shots	12	2.38	41
Shots on target	7	1.39	86
Headed shots	2	0.40	84

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Assists	0	0.00	0
xA	0.23	0.05	7
Accurate passes	82	16.3	23
Pass accuracy	77.4%	—	45
Accurate long balls	1	0.20	16
Long ball accuracy	100.0%	—	100
Line-breaking passes	7	1.39	21
Chances created	4	0.79	21
Big chances created	1	0.20	43
Successful crosses	1	0.20	23
Cross accuracy	20.0%	—	46

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Dribbles	2	0.40	12
Dribbles success rate	100.0%	—	100
Duels won	13	2.58	2
Duels won %	29.5%	—	2
Aerials won	5	0.99	54
Aerials won %	23.8%	—	34
Touches	174	34.6	11
Touches in opposition box	24	4.77	43
Dispossessed	3	0.60	86
Fouls won	3	0.60	14

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Defensive actions	13	2.58	41
Tackles	3	0.60	9
Interceptions	2	0.40	46
Fouls committed	6	1.19	43
Recoveries	13	2.58	18
Possession won final 3rd	5	0.99	71
Dribbled past	6	1.19	16
Clearances	8	1.59	82
Clean sheets	0	0.00	0
Goals conceded while on pitch	7	1.39	46
xG against while on pitch	8.45	1.68	36

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Yellow cards	1	0.20	36
Red cards	0	0.00	100

Percentiles are per 90 minutes, against players in the same position in Premiership.

Date	Opponent	Result	Min	G	A	Rating
17 Oct	vs Dundee United	D 1–1	45	·	·	6.1
11 Oct	@ Aberdeen	W 1–0	58	·	·	6.7
19 Sep	vs Falkirk	D 1–1	25	·	·	6.6
09 Sep	vs Celtic	L 0–1	28	·	·	5.9
06 Sep	vs Hibernian	W 2–1	Bench	·	·	—
02 Sep	@ Dundee FC	D 1–1	73	·	·	6.4
29 Aug	@ Heart of Midlothian	L 1–2	73	1	·	7.6
08 Aug	@ St. Mirren	L 0–1	90	·	·	6.1
02 Aug	vs Kilmarnock	W 4–3	61	·	·	6.9
01 May	@ Ayr United	W 1–0	89	·	·	—
24 Apr	vs Raith Rovers	W 2–0	34	·	·	—
21 Apr	@ Dunfermline Athletic	W 2–0	90	1	1	—
11 Apr	vs Airdrieonians	W 4–0	76	2	·	—
04 Apr	@ Arbroath	W 4–2	90	·	·	—
28 Mar	vs Queen's Park	D 1–1	57	·	·	—
20 Mar	@ Partick Thistle	D 0–0	90	·	·	—
14 Mar	vs Ross County	W 1–0	79	·	·	—
07 Mar	@ Greenock Morton	W 2–0	61	·	·	—
28 Feb	vs Ayr United	W 3–1	19	1	·	—
24 Feb	@ Queen's Park	D 1–1	55	·	·	—
20 Feb	@ Raith Rovers	D 0–0	30	·	·	—
13 Feb	@ Airdrieonians	W 1–0	61	1	·	—
13 Jan	@ Bolton Wanderers	W 1–0	81	·	·	7.0
09 Jan	vs Fleetwood Town	W 1–0	Bench	·	·	—
20 Dec	vs Peterborough United	L 0–1	90	·	·	6.9
13 Dec	@ Luton Town	D 2–2	76	·	1	7.2
06 Dec	vs Bristol Rovers	W 1–0	73	·	·	—
02 Dec	vs Barnsley	W 5–0	69	2	·	★ 9.3
29 Nov	@ Lincoln City	L 0–1	1	·	·	—
22 Nov	vs Plymouth Argyle	L 0–1	90	·	·	6.6
15 Nov	vs Wycombe Wanderers	D 0–0	80	·	·	7.0
11 Nov	vs Fleetwood Town	D 3–3	19	·	·	6.3
08 Nov	@ Bolton Wanderers	L 0–4	25	·	·	5.8
02 Nov	vs Maldon & Tiptree	W 5–1	90	2	·	9.2
27 Oct	vs Stockport County	L 0–3	90	·	·	6.4
18 Oct	@ Wigan Athletic	L 0–1	29	·	·	6.2

Season	Team	Apps	G	A	Rating
▸ 2026–2027	St. Johnstone	11	2	0	6.6
	Premiership	8	1	0	6.6
	League Cup	3	1	0	—
▸ 2025–2026	St. Johnstone	14	5	1	—
	Championship	13	5	1	—
	Challenge Cup	1	0	0	—
▸ 2025–2026	Port Vale	22	6	4	7.1
	League One	13	1	3	6.8
	EFL Trophy	5	3	1	7.5
	FA Cup	2	2	0	9.2
	EFL Cup	2	0	0	6.1
▸ 2024–2025	Dundee United	13	0	0	6.1
	Premiership	12	0	0	6.1
	Scottish Cup	1	0	0	—
▸ 2024–2025	Port Vale	24	3	1	6.6
	League Two	19	1	1	6.5
	EFL Trophy	3	1	0	—
	FA Cup	1	0	0	—
	EFL Cup	1	1	0	7.7
▸ 2023–2024	Queen's Park	43	22	5	6.8
	Championship	36	17	5	6.8
	League Cup	4	4	0	—
	Challenge Cup	2	1	0	—
	Scottish Cup	1	0	0	—
▸ 2022–2023	Queen of the South	46	25	6	—
	League One	36	22	5	—
	League Cup	5	3	1	—
	Challenge Cup	4	0	0	—
	Scottish Cup	1	0	0	—
▸ 2021–2022	Queen of the South	45	8	6	6.4
	Championship	34	3	4	6.4
	League Cup	4	2	1	—
	Challenge Cup	5	2	1	—
	Scottish Cup	2	1	0	—
▸ 2020–2021	Stranraer	30	9	2	—
	League Two	21	6	1	—
	League Cup	4	2	1	—
	Scottish Cup	3	1	0	—
	Play-offs 3/4	2	0	0	—
▸ 2019–2020	East Kilbride	7	3	2	—
	League Cup	4	0	1	—
	Scottish Cup	3	3	1	—
▸ 2018–2019	Gala Fairydean Rovers	2	1	0	—
	Scottish Cup	2	1	0	—

Competition	Won	Runner-up
Championship ×1	2025/2026	—

Competition	Won	Runner-up
FA Youth Cup ×1	2017/2018	—
Development League ×1	2017/2018	—