Domestic-league season · Oviedo.
Missed 13 of Oviedo's ~38 games this season through 13 injury absences (injury). He still appeared 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1339 | 6.77 |
Following his move to Oviedo, Dendoncker's current-season form is down 14% on last season (Season 35→30), while his Rating held around 37. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 35).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oviedo · 20th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.77 | 37 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | Anderlecht · 4th | 30 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | Aston Villa · 4th | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6.55 | 51 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | Aston Villa · 7th | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 59 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | Wolves · 10th | 30 | 2 | 2 | 6.78 | 71 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | Wolves · 13th | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6.85 | 80 | 33 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Dendoncker is a 31-year-old defensive midfielder at Oviedo, rated 36.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 321st of 389 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (59.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dendoncker.
Judged on this season alone, Dendoncker graded 30 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 34 of the 34 defensive midfielders in the La Liga, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 3.697 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 35 → 30). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 31st of 34 of the 34 defensive midfielders in the La Liga. At 31 Dendoncker is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 30.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dendoncker missed 13 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 19 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.
3.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 36.8, Dendoncker carries the 31st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the La Liga of 34, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oviedo finished 20th of 20) — 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 (3.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
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 (~68), then tapers with age. At 31, Dendoncker sits on 30.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Dendoncker's projected Rating — 36.8 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.
€28.5M total transfer fees · 11 moves
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