O'Connor's current-season form is level with last season (Season 25→25), while his Rating held around 32. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 53).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Reading · 7th	8	1	0	6.87	32	25
2025/26	Reading · 12th	36	3	0	6.91	32	25
2024/25	Lincoln · 11th	39	3	5	7.37	42	41
2023/24	Lincoln · 7th	38	2	1	7.09	45	45
2022/23	Lincoln · 11th	44	1	1	6.96	49	53

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

P. O'Connor is a 29-year-old central defender at Reading, rated 31.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 102nd of 160 on scout potential in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (77.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.67 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on O'Connor.

Judged on this season alone, O'Connor graded 25 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 50 centre-backs in the League One, on 6 clean sheets and 3.668 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 25 → 25). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 27th of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the League One. At 29 O'Connor is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2022/23

Current potential27th of 50 centre-backs · League One Current seasonTop 38% centre-backs · League One 19th-best centre-back in the League One 102nd in the League One · potential 27th-highest potential centre-back in the League One

31.9

Ratingi

27th of 50 centre-backs

24.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

77.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.67

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Reading finished 12th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.67

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 77.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.67 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 31.9, O'Connor carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 50. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.67 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 %77.6%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.084

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.084

Defensive actions / 903.668

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.308

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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 29, O'Connor sits on 5.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is O'Connor's projected Rating — 31.9 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.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles42

Interceptions67

Blocks22

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards11

Red cards0

Transfer history

ReadingJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

LincolnJul 2022 – Jul 2025Free

BradfordJul 2019 – Jul 2022Free

Bradford(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Blackpool(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jan 2019

Leedsuntil Jul 2018

About P. O'Connor

Padhraic John O'Connor is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for Reading, born on July 14, 1997 in Limerick, standing 191 cm tall. He is from Republic of Ireland. Reading currently sit 7th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, P. O'Connor has made 8 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 712 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

P. O'Connor's next match is on October 10, 2026, when Reading face Milton Keynes Dons away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates P. O'Connor at 31.9 with a Season form score of 24.7, ranking 102nd of 160 centre-backs in the League One. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the First Division. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, P. O'Connor has totalled 334 club appearances with 20 goals and 9 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 45 appearances for Bradford.

P. O'Connor's career has also included time at Lincoln, Bradford, Blackpool and Leeds.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Reading finished 12th of 24 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points