Bradley Lyons

Lyons's current-season form is down 36% on last season (Season 28→18), while his Rating eased 38→28. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 28).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kilmarnock · 11th	31	1	1	6.76	28	18
2024/25	Kilmarnock · 9th	31	1	1	6.98	38	28
2023/24	Kilmarnock · 4th	23	2	0	7	39	22
2022/23	Kilmarnock · 3rd	29	1	0	6.68	40	11
2021/22	Kilmarnock	19	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Northern Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Northern Ireland	8	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

B. Lyons is a 29-year-old central defender at Kilmarnock, rated 28.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 175th of 233 on scout potential in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (60.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lyons.

Judged on this season alone, Lyons graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the Premiership, on 5 clean sheets and 2.799 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 18). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 36th of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the Premiership. At 29 Lyons is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelStepped up 2022/23

Current potential36th of 50 centre-backs · Premiership Current season29th of 50 centre-backs · Premiership29th-best centre-back in the Premiership175th in the Premiership · potential36th-highest potential centre-back in the Premiership

28.4

Ratingi

36th of 50 centre-backs

18.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

60.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.8

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

2.8

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 31 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 60.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.4, Lyons carries the 36th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premiership of 50, 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 moderate defensive volume (2.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %60.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.044

Assists / 900.044

Goal contribution / 900.087

Defensive actions / 902.799

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %11.1

Shot accuracy %42.9

Pass accuracy %79

Dribble success %61.9

Cards / 900.394

Foul involvement / 902.711

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 29, Lyons sits on 3.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Lyons's projected Rating — 28.4 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target9

Shots21

Passing

Assists1

Chances created14

Passes887

Pass accuracy79%

Possession

Successful dribbles13

Dribble success61.9%

Duels won139

Duels won %57.2%

Fouls won36

Defending

Tackles33

Interceptions19

Blocks12

Fouls committed26

Penalties conceded2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9

Red cards0

Transfer history

Aberdeen2026/27 – nowFree

Kilmarnock2021/22 – 2026/27Free

Blackburn(back from loan)2021/22 – 2021/22

Morecambe(on loan)2020/21 – 2021/22

Blackburnuntil 2020/21

BBlackburn Rovers U232018/19 – 2020/21

Coleraine FCuntil 2018/19

About B. Lyons

Bradley Joseph Lyons is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for Kilmarnock, born on May 26, 1997 in Ballymoney, standing 176 cm tall. He is from Northern Ireland. Kilmarnock currently sit 11th of 12 in the Premiership.

This season

In the current season, B. Lyons has made 31 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 2,058 minutes, averaging a 6.71 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 9 yellow cards. Though primarily a centre-back, he has also lined up in midfield and in attack this season.

When B. Lyons plays, Kilmarnock's record this season is 6W-9D-16L — and his match ratings average 6.94 at home against 6.62 on the road.

Recent matches

May 17, 2026: 4-1 win away at Livingston (45 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 25, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Aberdeen (11 minutes, 6.7 rating)
April 11, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Dundee (17 minutes, 6.7 rating)
April 4, 2026: 0-3 loss away at Hibernian (62 minutes, 5.9 rating)
March 21, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Livingston (34 minutes, 7.2 rating)
February 28, 2026: 1-5 loss away at Falkirk (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
February 21, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Dundee Utd (45 minutes, 6.3 rating)
February 15, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Celtic (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
February 11, 2026: 4-3 win at home vs ST Mirren (65 minutes, 7 rating)
February 4, 2026: 1-5 loss away at Rangers (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates B. Lyons at 28.4 with a Season form score of 18.4, ranking 175th of 233 centre-backs in the Premiership. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Championship and the Irish Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, B. Lyons has totalled 290 club appearances with 35 goals and 2 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 31 appearances for Kilmarnock.

B. Lyons's career has also included time at Aberdeen, Blackburn, Morecambe, BBlackburn Rovers U23 and Coleraine FC.

On the international stage, B. Lyons has represented Northern Ireland — 8 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kilmarnock finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points