Obrian's current-season form is down 86% on last season (Season 29→4), while his Rating eased 30→17. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 37).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Santa Fe	8	0	0	6.63	—	—
2025/26	Austin · 6th	31	0	1	6.65	17	4
2024/25	Austin · 8th	34	7	1	6.76	30	29
2023/24	FC Dallas · 8th	33	7	3	6.84	32	29
2022/23	FC Dallas · 7th	32	2	2	6.62	33	13

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

J. Obrian is a 31-year-old centre-forward at Austin, rated 17 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 442nd of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (29.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Obrian.

Judged on this season alone, Obrian graded 4 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 63rd of 64 of the 64 centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals and 1 assist in 31 appearances (0.093 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 29 → 4). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 17, 50th of 64 of the 64 centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer. At 31 Obrian is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downBreakout: 2023/24

Current potential50th of 64 centre-forwards · Major League Soccer Current season63rd of 64 centre-forwards · Major League Soccer63rd-best centre-forward in the Major League Soccer442nd in the Major League Soccer · potential50th-highest potential centre-forward in the Major League Soccer

Ratingi

50th of 64 centre-forwards

3.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

29.8%

Minutes

limited game time

0.09

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Austin finished 6th of 15 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 31 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 1 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 29.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.09 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 17, Obrian carries the 50th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer of 64. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.09 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %29.8%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.093

Goal contribution / 900.093

Defensive actions / 902.143

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %42.9

Dribble success %62.5

Cards / 900.373

Foul involvement / 903.168

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 31, Obrian sits on 1.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Obrian's projected Rating — 17 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.