Domestic-league season · Crystal Palace.
Missed 7 of Crystal Palace's ~38 games this season through 7 injury absences (knee, shoulder). He still appeared 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2403 | 6.91 |
 UEFA Europa Conference League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1223 | 6.96 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 7 |
 Community Shield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 6.9 |
Muñoz's current-season form is level with last season (Season 60→60), while his Rating eased 72→56. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Crystal Palace · 15th | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6.91 | 56 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace · 12th | 37 | 4 | 5 | 7.09 | 72 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | Genk · 2nd | 17 | 5 | 0 | — | 43 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | Genk · 2nd | 36 | 8 | 5 | 7.26 | 57 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | Genk · 2nd | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7.15 | 57 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Genk · 4th | 40 | 0 | 5 | 7.15 | 63 | 54 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
D. Muñoz is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Crystal Palace, rated 55.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 312th of 418 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (86.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Muñoz.
Judged on this season alone, Muñoz graded 60 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League, on 4 goals, 3 assists and 3.783 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 60 → 60). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 56, 38th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. At 30 Muñoz is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 55.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Muñoz missed 7 games through injury (knee, shoulder) out of roughly 38 this season. The 29 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 20) 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 4 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 55.6, Muñoz carries the 38th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Premier League of 55, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Crystal Palace finished 15th of 20) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× 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 (~111), then tapers with age. At 30, Muñoz sits on 55.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Muñoz's projected Rating — 55.6 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.
€15M total transfer fees · 2 moves
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