Jason Holt, born on 19 February 1993 (age 33), is a Scottish central midfielder with St Johnstone. Compact at 5ft 5in (1.64m), he has made a career out of tidy, close-quarters midfield work rather than physical dominance.
He came through at Hearts, where early loan football helped move him from promising academy player to senior midfielder. Those spells mattered: they gave him first-team minutes away from the usual noise around Tynecastle, without turning his early career into a tour of the lower leagues.
Holt’s sharpest league season came at Rangers in 2015-16, when he scored 10 goals in 32 appearances. That remains the obvious statistical high point of his career, and a reminder that he was not always just the neat, recycling midfield type he later became.
His career then settled into a more familiar Scottish Premiership rhythm, with spells including Livingston and St Johnstone. Now back at St Johnstone, wearing number 8, he has made six league appearances in 2026-27. His current market value is around £43,000, according to Transfermarkt.
Holt’s career has been steady rather than spectacular: Hearts development, useful loans, a productive spell at Rangers, and a solid body of Premiership football with clubs who tend to value reliability in midfield.
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