Domestic-league season · Chicago Fire.
Missed 3 of Chicago Fire's ~37 games this season through 3 injury absences (chest, injury). He still appeared 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1896 | 6.81 |
Dean's current-season form is up 54% on last season (Season 13→20), while his Rating held around 28. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Chicago Fire · 8th | 31 | 1 | 4 | 6.81 | 28 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Chicago Fire · 15th | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 29 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Chicago Fire · 13th | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.63 | 34 | 16 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Dean is a 29-year-old full-back at Chicago Fire, rated 28.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 477th of 790 in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (62% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.18 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dean.
Judged on this season alone, Dean graded 20 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 4.177 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 20). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 87th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 29 Dean is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dean missed 3 games through injury (chest, injury) out of roughly 37 this season. The 31 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.
Dean is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
4.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 28.4, Dean carries the 87th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 135. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.
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 29, Dean sits on 8.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Dean's projected Rating — 28.4 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
