Domestic-league season · QPR.
Missed 10 of QPR's ~46 games this season through 10 injury absences (shoulder, injury, inactive). He still appeared 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1976 | 6.64 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6.6 |
Saito's current-season form is up 25% on last season (Season 16→20), while his Rating held around 65. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 35).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | QPR · 15th | 34 | 3 | 2 | 6.64 | 65 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | QPR · 15th | 39 | 3 | 2 | 6.83 | 66 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | Sparta Rotterdam · 8th | 22 | 3 | 5 | 7.14 | 71 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | Sparta Rotterdam · 6th | 30 | 7 | 5 | 6.89 | 74 | 35 |
| 2021/22 | Lommel United · 6th | 20 | 5 | 0 | — | 46 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | Yokohama FC · 15th | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6.75 | 55 | 21 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
K. Saito is a 24-year-old centre-forward at QPR, rated 64.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 130th of 493 in the Championship. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (61% of available minutes). He brings 0.23 goal contributions per 90 (0.14 goals, 0.09 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Saito.
Judged on this season alone, Saito graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 66 of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship, on 3 goals and 2 assists in 34 appearances (0.228 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 65, top 25% of the 66 centre-forwards in the Championship. At 24 Saito is in his prime years, and a market index of 82.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Saito missed 10 games through injury (shoulder, injury, inactive) out of roughly 46 this season. The 34 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.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3 goals in 34 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 5 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 64.8, Saito carries the 16th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Championship (top 25%). In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.23 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.
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 (~83), then tapers with age. At 24, Saito sits on 82.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Saito's projected Rating — 64.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
