Domestic-league season · Hamburger SV.
Missed 5 of Hamburger SV's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, thigh, fitness). He still appeared 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1712 | 6.96 |
Following his move to Hamburger SV, Lokonga's current-season form is up 159% on last season (Season 17→44), while his Rating eased 73→68. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Hamburger SV · 13th | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6.96 | 68 | 44 |
| 2024/25 | Sevilla · 17th | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6.83 | 73 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | Luton · 18th | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7.07 | 76 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Crystal Palace · 11th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 73 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | Arsenal · 5th | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 80 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | Anderlecht · 3rd | 33 | 3 | 2 | 7.23 | 62 | 41 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Sambi Lokonga is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Hamburger SV, rated 68.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 141st of 325 in the Bundesliga. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (65.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lokonga.
Judged on this season alone, Lokonga graded 44 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 5 goals, 0 assists and 2.996 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 44). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 68, 24th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 26 Lokonga is in his prime years, and a market index of 44.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lokonga missed 5 games through injury (injury, thigh, fitness) out of roughly 34 this season. The 26 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.
A career still climbing — Lokonga is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 68.3, Lokonga carries the 24th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Hamburger SV finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~44), then tapers with age. At 26, Lokonga sits on 44.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lokonga's projected Rating — 68.3 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.
€17.5M total transfer fees · 9 moves
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