| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | Premiership | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008/2009 | Premiership | 29 | 1768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009/2010 | Premiership | 34 | 2682 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Championship (England) | 33 | 2039 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Championship (England) | 31 | 2093 | 2 | 5 | 0.3 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Championship (England) | 30 | 1760 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Championship (England) | 29 | 1957 | 2 | 0 | 0.09 | — |
| 2014/2015 | League One (England) | 44 | 3813 | 6 | 7 | 0.31 | — |
| 2015/2016 | League One (England) | 26 | 1813 | 2 | 6 | 0.4 | — |
| 2016/2017 | League One (England) | 18 | 1146 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premiership | 25 | 1842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017/2018 | League One (Scotland) | 11 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018/2019 | League One (England) | 11 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018/2019 | League Two (England) | 18 | 720 | 2 | 1 | 0.38 | — |
| 2019/2020 | Enterprise National League (England) | 19 | 1319 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | — |
| 2020/2021 | Enterprise National League (England) | 33 | 1977 | 3 | 0 | 0.14 | — |
| 2021/2022 | Enterprise National League (England) | 13 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022/2023 | Enterprise National League (England) | 26 | 979 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | — |
| 2023/2024 | League Two (England) | 44 | 1527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 |
Domestic league competitions only (SportMonks sub_type='domestic'); national-team, continental and cup competitions are excluded. Classification resolved by league id against the canonical leagues index. G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.
Cohort: 14 League Two (England) midfielders, 2023/2024, min. 450 minutes. Computed by ranking the full league corpus, not taken from any feed.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-07-22
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Millwall | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Scunthorpe United | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Burnley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Walsall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Peterborough United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Fleetwood Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Sheffield United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Derby County | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Leicester City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Nottingham Forest | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cardiff City | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Bradford City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Rochdale | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chesterfield | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Swindon Town | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim O'Brien went through 44 League Two (England) appearances in 2023/2024 (1,527 minutes) without a goal or an assist. Per-match rating over the season: 6.83. By match rating he ranks in the 50th percentile of the 14 League Two (England) midfielders who played 450+ minutes in 2023/2024 — better than half the group; on goals he ranks 9th of 14.
