Domestic-league season · SK Beveren.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Challenger Pro League | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1875 | 6.96 |
Mertens's current-season form is up 188% on last season (Season 16→46), while his Rating eased 21→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 46).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | SK Beveren · 1st | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6.96 | 18 | 46 |
| 2024/25 | SK Beveren · 4th | 20 | 4 | 0 | 7.02 | 21 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | Deinze · 3rd | 31 | 11 | 1 | 7.21 | 28 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | Club Brugge II · 4th | 17 | 5 | 0 | — | 26 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | Deinze · 4th | 27 | 12 | 0 | — | 37 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | Deinze · 5th | 25 | 11 | 0 | — | 39 | 43 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Mertens is a 33-year-old centre-forward at SK Beveren, rated 18.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 188th of 214 in the Challenger Pro League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (65.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.77 goal contributions per 90 (0.62 goals, 0.14 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mertens.
Judged on this season alone, Mertens graded 46 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 21 centre-forwards in the Challenger Pro League, on 13 goals and 3 assists in 29 appearances (0.768 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 46). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 19th of 21 of the 21 centre-forwards in the Challenger Pro League. At 33 Mertens is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.6 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Mertens is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
13 goals in 29 appearances (0.45 per game) — double figures playing for a title-challenging side (1st of 17). He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 16 goal contributions (0.55 per appearance).
With a Rating of 18.4, Mertens carries the 19th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Challenger Pro League of 21. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.77 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 33, Mertens sits on 3.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mertens's projected Rating — 18.4 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.
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