Domestic-league season · Bolton.
Missed 7 of Bolton's ~49 games this season through 7 injury absences (jumpers knee). He still appeared 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1388 | 6.86 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 6.35 |
Dempsey's current-season form is up 100% on last season (Season 10→20), while his Rating eased 30→26. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 48).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Bolton · 5th | 29 | 3 | 2 | 6.86 | 26 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Bolton · 8th | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6.94 | 30 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | Bolton · 3rd | 44 | 3 | 6 | 6.89 | 41 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Bolton · 5th | 40 | 5 | 2 | 6.89 | 45 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Gillingham · 21st | 32 | 1 | 2 | 6.71 | 42 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | Gillingham · 10th | 40 | 8 | 4 | 6.98 | 51 | 48 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
K. Dempsey is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Bolton, rated 25.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 374th of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dempsey.
Judged on this season alone, Dempsey graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One, on 3 goals, 2 assists and 3.048 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 50th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the League One. At 30 Dempsey is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dempsey missed 7 games through injury (jumpers knee) out of roughly 49 this season. The 29 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 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 25.6, Dempsey carries the 50th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One of 66. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× 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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 30, Dempsey sits on 7.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Dempsey's projected Rating — 25.6 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
