Domestic-league season · Saint Etienne.
Missed 8 of Saint Etienne's ~34 games this season through 8 injury absences (inactive, groin). He still appeared 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1029 | 6.88 |
 Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 7.3 |
 Championshipat Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 6.5 |
 League Cupat Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.7 |
Following his move to Saint Etienne, Kanté's current-season form is down 50% on last season (Season 30→15), while his Rating eased 64→61. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 30).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Saint Etienne · 3rd | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 61 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | Estac Troyes · 10th | 32 | 0 | 1 | 6.89 | 64 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | Estac Troyes · 17th | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6.78 | 58 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Kanté is a 21-year-old defensive midfielder at Saint Etienne, rated 60.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 59th of 321 in the Ligue 2 and 683rd of 2861 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (44% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.85 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kanté.
Judged on this season alone, Kanté graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 28 of the 28 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.848 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 30 → 15). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 61, top 15% of the 28 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2. At 21 Kanté is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 56.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Kanté missed 8 games through injury (inactive, groin) out of roughly 34 this season. The 13 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 13 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
With a Rating of 60.6, Kanté carries the 4th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2 of 28 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.
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 (~63), then tapers with age. At 21, Kanté sits on 56.7, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Kanté's projected Rating — 60.6 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.
