Domestic-league season · Metz.
Missed 5 of Metz's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (muscle, injury). 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 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 843 | 6.49 |
 Coupe de France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.2 |
Following his move to Metz, Ballo-Touré's current-season form is up 100% on last season (Season 5→10), while his Rating eased 49→39. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 14).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Metz · 18th | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.49 | 39 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | Le Havre · 15th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 49 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Fulham · 13th | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 | 57 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | AC Milan · 4th | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6.76 | 67 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | AC Milan · 1st | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 68 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | Monaco · 3rd | 24 | 0 | 3 | 6.6 | 72 | 14 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
F. Ballo-Touré is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Metz, rated 39.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 275th of 324 in the Ligue 1. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ballo-Touré.
Judged on this season alone, Ballo-Touré graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 38 of the 38 central midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 2.776 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 10). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 32nd of 38 of the 38 central midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 29 Ballo-Touré is in his prime years, and a market index of 34.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Ballo-Touré missed 5 games through injury (muscle, injury) 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.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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.
With a Rating of 39.1, Ballo-Touré carries the 32nd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 38 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× 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 (~63), then tapers with age. At 29, Ballo-Touré sits on 34.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ballo-Touré's projected Rating — 39.1 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.
€11M total transfer fees · 7 moves
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