Kang-Hyun's current-season form is level with last season (Season 6→7), while his Rating eased 38→34. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Gwangju FC · 3rd	33	0	0	6.86	34	7
2024/25	Gwangju FC · 3rd	13	1	0	7	38	6
2023/24	Gwangju FC · 3rd	14	0	0	6.84	39	4
2022/23	Incheon United · 4th	22	2	1	6.73	44	17
2021/22	Incheon United · 3rd	16	0	0	6.83	43	7

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

Lee Kang-Hyun is a 27-year-old central midfielder at Gwangju FC, rated 33.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 43rd of 148 in the K League 1. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (25.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.09 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kang-Hyun.

Judged on this season alone, Kang-Hyun graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 48 of the 48 central midfielders in the K League 1, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.089 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 7). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, top 32% of the 48 central midfielders in the K League 1. At 27 Kang-Hyun is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential15th of 48 central midfielders · K League 1 · 33 apps Current season42nd of 48 central midfielders · K League 1 · 33 apps42nd-best central midfielder in the K League 143rd in the K League 1 · potential15th-highest potential central midfielder in the K League 1

33.6

Ratingi

15th of 48 central midfielders

6.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

25.6%

Minutes

limited game time

3.09

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gwangju FC finished 3rd of 6 · a mid-table side

3.09

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.09 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 33 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 25.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 33.6, Kang-Hyun carries the 15th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the K League 1 of 48 — though on just 33 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.09 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %25.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.089

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %28.6

Dribble success %50

Cards / 900.515

Foul involvement / 901.236

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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 27, Kang-Hyun sits on 22.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Kang-Hyun's projected Rating — 33.6 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.