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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nantes.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of Nantes's ~33 games this season through 6 injury absences (injury). He still appeared 28 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2192 | 6.84 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat France U21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 469 | — |
 UEFA U21 Championshipat France U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 244 | 7.13 |
 Coupe de France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 6.4 |
Scout report
J. Lepenant is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Nantes, rated 73.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 96th of 321 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. 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.
Judged on this season alone, Lepenant graded 34 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 14th of 26 of the 26 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4.557 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 55 → 34). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 73, top 31% of the 26 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 23 Lepenant is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 42.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lepenant missed 6 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 33 this season. The 28 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.
Output in context · Nantes finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
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
With a Rating of 73.2, Lepenant carries the 8th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1 (top 31%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nantes finished 17th 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 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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