Domestic-league season · Exeter City.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 42 | 1 | 3 | 3477 | 6.8 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.8 |
 FA Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 6.2 |
Following his move to Exeter City, Brierley's current-season form is up 86% on last season (Season 14→26), while his Rating climbed 33→48. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Exeter City · 21st | 42 | 1 | 3 | 6.8 | 48 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | Rochdale · 24th | 24 | 2 | 5 | 6.77 | 33 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | Rochdale · 21st | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 39 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
E. Brierley is a 22-year-old central midfielder at Exeter City, rated 47.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 63rd of 482 in the League One and 1281st of 2903 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (84% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.89 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brierley.
Judged on this season alone, Brierley graded 26 — a strong campaign that ranks top 25% of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 1.89 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 14 → 26). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, top 10% of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 22 Brierley is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.1 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Brierley is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
1.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 42 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 47.7, Brierley carries the 6th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One (top 10%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Exeter City finished 21st 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 light defensive volume (1.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
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 (~30), then tapers with age. At 22, Brierley sits on 28.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Brierley's projected Rating — 47.7 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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