Domestic-league season · Mansfield Town.
Missed 5 of Mansfield Town's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (groin). He still appeared 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2084 | 6.72 |
 FA Cup | 5 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 7.63 |
 League Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 8.2 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.5 |
Oates's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→28), while his Rating climbed 21→24. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 31).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Mansfield Town · 10th | 36 | 8 | 3 | 6.72 | 24 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | Mansfield Town · 17th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Mansfield Town · 3rd | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6.99 | 22 | 9 |
| 2022/23 | Mansfield Town · 8th | 24 | 3 | 1 | 6.62 | 25 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | Mansfield Town · 7th | 41 | 10 | 6 | 6.82 | 32 | 31 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Oates is a 31-year-old centre-forward at Mansfield Town, rated 23.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 390th of 482 in the League One. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (56.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.48 goal contributions per 90 (0.35 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Oates.
Judged on this season alone, Oates graded 28 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One, on 8 goals and 3 assists in 36 appearances (0.475 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 28). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 42nd of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One. At 31 Oates is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Oates missed 5 games through injury (groin) out of roughly 46 this season. The 36 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.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
8 goals in 36 appearances (0.22 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 11 goal contributions (0.31 per appearance).
With a Rating of 23.8, Oates carries the 42nd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League One of 60. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.48 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 31, Oates sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Oates's projected Rating — 23.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
