Daniel Karlsbakk

Karlsbakk's current-season form is down 43% on last season (Season 61→35), while his Rating held around 47. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 61).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Sarpsborg 08 FF · 9th	20	6	0	6.66	47	35
2025/26	Sarpsborg 08 FF · 9th	28	18	1	7.1	47	61
2024/25	Heerenveen · 9th	7	0	0	6.44	57	0
2023/24	Heerenveen · 11th	16	1	0	6.59	60	4
2022/23	Heerenveen · 8th	12	0	0	6.33	58	0
2022/23	Viking · 11th	21	2	0	6.58	40	10

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Norway · international

Side	Apps	G
Norway U21	4	1
Norway U19	3	1
Norway U17	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Solid contributorCentre-forward

D. Karlsbakk is a 23-year-old centre-forward at Sarpsborg 08 FF, rated 47 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 14th of 231 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (97.9% of available minutes). He brings 0.31 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Karlsbakk.

Judged on this season alone, Karlsbakk graded 35 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 9th of 22 of the 22 centre-forwards in the Eliteserien, on 6 goals and 0 assists in 20 appearances (0.306 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 61 → 35). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, top 14% of the 22 centre-forwards in the Eliteserien. At 23 Karlsbakk is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 10.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26StreakyStepped up 2022/234 clubs

Current potentialTop 14% centre-forwards · Eliteserien Current season9th of 22 centre-forwards · Eliteserien 9th-best centre-forward in the Eliteserien 14th in the Eliteserien · potential 3rd-highest potential centre-forward in the Eliteserien

Ratingi

3rd of 22 centre-forwards

34.8

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

97.9%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.31

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Sarpsborg 08 FF finished 9th of 16 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.3

Goals / app

6 goals in 20 appearances (0.3 per game) for a mid-table side.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 97.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 47, Karlsbakk carries the 3rd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Eliteserien (top 14%). In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.31 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %97.9%

Available fixtures20 of 20

Goals / 900.306

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.306

Defensive actions / 900.664

Player flow

Goal involvements6

Shot conversion %33.3

Shot accuracy %62.1

Pass accuracy %72

Dribble success %29.7

Cards / 900.102

Foul involvement / 903.269

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 23, Karlsbakk sits on 10.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Karlsbakk's projected Rating — 47 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals6

Shots on target18

Shots29

Penalties scored2—

Passing

Assists0

Chances created19

Passes310

Pass accuracy72%

Possession

Successful dribbles11

Dribble success29.7%

Duels won80

Duels won %37.2%

Fouls won27

Defending

Tackles13

Fouls committed37

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€2.5M total transfer fees · 3 moves

Sarpsborg 08 FFJan 2025 – now

HeerenveenJan 2023 – Jan 2025€ 2.5M

VikingJan 2022 – Jan 2023Free

Bryneuntil Jan 2022

About D. Karlsbakk

Daniel Seland Karlsbakk is a 23-year-old centre-forward who plays for Sarpsborg 08 FF, born on April 7, 2003 in Kristiansand, standing 186 cm tall. He is from Norway. Sarpsborg 08 FF currently sit 9th of 16 in the Eliteserien.

This season

In the current season, D. Karlsbakk has made 20 appearances with 6 goals and 0 assists across 1,762 minutes, averaging a 6.81 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards. Though primarily a centre-forward, he has also lined up in midfield this season.

When D. Karlsbakk plays, Sarpsborg 08 FF's record this season is 6W-7D-7L — and his match ratings average 6.81 at home against 6.56 on the road.

Recent matches

September 13, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Fredrikstad (90 minutes, 6.22 rating)
September 6, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Valerenga (90 minutes, 6.17 rating)
August 30, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Tromso (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 16, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Sandefjord (90 minutes, 1 goal, 7.5 rating)
August 8, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Viking (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 2, 2026: 3-3 draw away at Molde (90 minutes, 1 goal, 7 rating)
July 26, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Ham-Kam (84 minutes, 7.2 rating)
July 18, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Kristiansund BK (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
July 12, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Viking (83 minutes, 1 goal, 7.5 rating)
May 29, 2026: 2-1 win away at Brann (88 minutes, 6.3 rating)

D. Karlsbakk's next match is on September 18, 2026, when Sarpsborg 08 FF face KFUM Oslo at home in the Eliteserien.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Karlsbakk at 47 with a Season form score of 34.8, ranking 14th of 231 centre-forwards in the Eliteserien. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, D. Karlsbakk has totalled 135 club appearances with 32 goals and 1 assist for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 28 appearances for Sarpsborg 08 FF.

D. Karlsbakk's career has also included time at Heerenveen, Viking and Bryne.

On the international stage, D. Karlsbakk has represented Norway U21, Norway U19, Norway U17 — 10 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Sarpsborg 08 FF finished 9th of 16 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points