Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Missed 7 of Oxford United's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (injury, calf). He still appeared 37 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 37 | 6 | 3 | 3097 | 7.12 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 7 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.6 |
Brannagan's current-season form is up 33% on last season (Season 39→52), while his Rating eased 50→42. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oxford United · 22nd | 37 | 6 | 3 | 7.12 | 42 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | Oxford United · 17th | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7.05 | 50 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | Oxford United · 5th | 46 | 13 | 10 | 7.46 | 46 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | Oxford United · 19th | 43 | 8 | 2 | 7.16 | 45 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | Oxford United · 8th | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7.28 | 50 | 41 |
| 2020/21 | Oxford United · 6th | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7.03 | 47 | 28 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
C. Brannagan is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Oxford United, rated 41.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 375th of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (88.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brannagan.
Judged on this season alone, Brannagan graded 52 — a standout campaign that ranks top 4% of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 6 goals, 3 assists and 3.022 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 39 → 52). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 44th of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 30 Brannagan is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 26.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Brannagan missed 7 games through injury (injury, calf) out of roughly 46 this season. The 37 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Brannagan is operating at his career peak — the 2023/24 level is the level.
3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd of 24) 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 6 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 41.9, Brannagan carries the 44th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 65, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd of 24) — 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 (3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~54), then tapers with age. At 30, Brannagan sits on 26.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Brannagan's projected Rating — 41.9 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.
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