Johann Lepenant

Lepenant's current-season form is level with last season (Season 34→34), while his Rating held around 73. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 55).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Nantes · 18th	3	0	0	6.6	73	34
2025/26	Nantes · 17th	28	0	1	6.84	73	34
2024/25	NantesLoan · 13th	29	2	2	6.83	75	55
2023/24	Lyon · 6th	6	0	0	6.75	67	2
2022/23	Lyon · 7th	31	1	2	6.65	78	32

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

France · international

Side	Apps	G
France U23	4	1
France U21	11	1
France U20	5	0
France U17	12	0

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

Scout report

Top-tier performerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

J. Lepenant is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Nantes, rated 73.2 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (73.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.56 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lepenant.

On the season, Lepenant graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4.557 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 73. At 23 Lepenant is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 42.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26

73.2

Ratingi

elite — among the best in the position

33.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

73.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.56

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Nantes finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.56

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 73.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

Rated 73.2 overall — elite — among the best in the position. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %73.8%

Available fixtures33 of 33

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.041

Goal contribution / 900.041

Defensive actions / 904.557

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.164

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 age 23 (~43), then tapers with age. At 23, Lepenant sits on 42.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lepenant's projected Rating — 73.2 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 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles79

Interceptions28

Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

Lyon(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

NantesJul 2025 – Jul 2025

Nantes(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

LyonJun 2022 – Aug 2024

Caenuntil Jun 2022

About J. Lepenant

Johann Théo Tom Lepenant is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Nantes, born on October 22, 2002 in Granville, standing 176 cm tall. He is from France. Nantes currently sit 18th of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, J. Lepenant has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 170 minutes.

J. Lepenant's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Nantes face Guingamp away in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Lepenant at 73.2 with a Season form score of 33.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Tournoi Maurice Revello. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, J. Lepenant has totalled 171 club appearances with 3 goals and 6 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 35 appearances for Caen.

J. Lepenant's career has also included time at Lyon and Caen.

On the international stage, J. Lepenant has represented France U23, France U21, France U20, France U17 — 32 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.