Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Kilmarnock.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1204 | 6.89 |
Scout report
J. Brown is a 28-year-old full-back at Kilmarnock, rated 34.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 139th of 225 on scout potential in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (70.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.59 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brown.
Judged on this season alone, Brown graded 26 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 41 of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership, on 3 clean sheets and 3.588 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 26). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 35, 28th of 41 of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership. At 28 Brown is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side
3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (11th of 12) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 70.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.15 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
- Defensive volume. 3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 34.7, Brown carries the 28th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premiership of 41, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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