Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Kilmarnock.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 12 | 0 | 0 | 681 | 6.82 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 7.07 |
Scout report
J. Brandon is a 28-year-old full-back at Kilmarnock, rated 26.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 175th of 225 on scout potential in the Premiership. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.55 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brandon.
Judged on this season alone, Brandon graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 41 of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership, on 2 clean sheets and 5.551 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 27 → 12). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 32nd of 41 of the 41 full-backs in the Premiership. At 28 Brandon is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.6 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
5.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 12 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 5.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 26.8, Brandon carries the 32nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premiership of 41 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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
No transfer news found for this player.
