James Brown, Right-Back at St. Patrick's Ath.

Right-Back · Defender

#23 James Brown

St. Patrick's Ath. Premier Division · Ireland Republic

Date of birth / Age: 4 Jun 1998 (28)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: Ireland · born in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 22 Feb 2026
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 4 Jun 1998 (28)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: Irelandborn in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 22 Feb 2026
Contract until: 2028

Season 2026

Appearances: 44
Starting eleven: 40
Goals: 1
Assists: 5
Yellow cards: 7
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,453

Starting eleven91%

40 of 44 appearances

Minutes played3,453

78 per appearance

Goal involvement6

1 goals · 5 assists

Positions played

153 matches · since 2020

LBAMCMRWRB

Position	Apps	G	A
Right-Back	140	4	13
Right Winger	7	0	0
Central Midfield	3	0	0
Attacking Midfield	2	0	0
Left-Back	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · full-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #2107; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #760; among full-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 63%; of Premier Division full-backs rank below him
Finishing: −2.9; goals below expected · better than 5% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

1 Expected

3.9

33 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

8.2

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Ath.	27	26	1	4	5	0	0	2,181
2025/26	Premiership	Kilmarnock	15	13	0	1	2	0	0	1,208
2026	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Ath.	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	64
2024/25	Premiership	Ross County	27	18	0	0	5	0	0	1,743
2024/25	League Cup	Ross County	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2023/24	Premiership	Ross County	31	26	1	1	6	0	1	2,260
2023/24	Play-offs 1/2	Ross County	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	169
2023/24	League Cup	Ross County	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	70
2022/23	League Two	Doncaster Rovers	17	15	0	–	2	–	0	1,363
2022/23	League Two	Stockport County	16	11	0	–	3	–	0	1,085
2022/23	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/23	Carabao Cup	Stockport County	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	210
2022/23	FA Cup	Stockport County	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	47
2022/23	EFL Vertu Trophy	Stockport County	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	158
2022/23	Premier League International Cup	Blackburn Rovers U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021/22	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U23	6	6	0	–	1	–	0	478
2021/22	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	90
2021	FAI Cup	Drogheda United	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	80
2021	Premier Division	Drogheda United	34	34	1	5	3	0	0	3,037
2020	FAI Cup	Drogheda United	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2020	First Division	Drogheda United	18	18	1	2	2	0	0	1,571
2017	First Division	Shelbourne	13	11	1	0	2	0	0	994
2017	League Cup	Shelbourne	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016	First Division	Shelbourne	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	200

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			225	194	5	13^*	37	0^*	1	17,458

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premiership	73	1	2
Premier Division	61	2	9
First Division	34	2	2
League Two	33	0	–
Premier League 2	7	0	–
FAI Cup	4	0	–
League Cup	3	0	–
Carabao Cup	2	0	–
EFL Vertu Trophy	2	0	–
FA Cup	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Transfer Kilmarnock St. Patrick's Ath. Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer Ross County Kilmarnock Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Blackburn Rovers Ross County Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2023 May 2023 · Back from Loan Doncaster Rovers Blackburn Rovers Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Loan Blackburn Rovers Doncaster Rovers Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Back from Loan Stockport County Blackburn Rovers Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Loan Blackburn Rovers Stockport County Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Transfer Drogheda United Blackburn Rovers Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Transfer Shelbourne Drogheda United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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