Kelly's current-season form is level with last season (Season 33→33), while his Rating held around 49. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 33).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Barnsley · 21st	2	0	0	6.6	49	33
2025/26	Barnsley · 15th	40	2	6	6.72	49	33
2024/25	Doncaster · 1st	35	2	0	6.79	34	13
2023/24	Barnsley	5	0	0	7.02	—	—
2021/22	Coleraine FC	23	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Northern Ireland · international

Side	Apps	G
Northern Ireland	4	1
Northern Ireland U21	10	1
Northern Ireland U19	3	2

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

Scout report

Solid contributorCentral midfielder

Patrick Kelly is a 21-year-old central midfielder at Barnsley, rated 49.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (70.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kelly.

On the season, Kelly graded 33 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 6 assists and 2.387 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 33 → 33). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49. At 21 Kelly is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 10.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Kelly is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2025/26

49.4

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

32.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.39

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Barnsley finished 15th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.39

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 40 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 6 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.25 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 49.4 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.1%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.062

Assists / 900.186

Goal contribution / 900.248

Defensive actions / 902.387

Player flow

Goal involvements8

Cards / 900.186

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 (~12), then tapers with age. At 21, Kelly sits on 10.9, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Kelly's projected Rating — 49.4 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 central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists6

Defending

Tackles57

Interceptions12

Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

BarnsleyJul 2025 – now

West Ham(back from loan)Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

Doncasteruntil Jul 2025

About Patrick Kelly

Patrick Kelly is a 21-year-old central midfielder who plays for Barnsley, born on October 2, 2004 in Portstewart, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Northern Ireland. Barnsley currently sit 21st of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, Patrick Kelly has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 180 minutes.

Patrick Kelly's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Barnsley face Leyton Orient away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Patrick Kelly at 49.4 with a Season form score of 32.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the League Two and the FA Youth Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 6 recorded seasons, Patrick Kelly has totalled 132 club appearances with 6 goals and 6 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 40 appearances for Barnsley.

Patrick Kelly's career has also included time at West Ham and Doncaster.

On the international stage, Patrick Kelly has represented Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland U21, Northern Ireland U19 — 17 caps and 4 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.