Kuzmin's current-season form is down 52% on last season (Season 25→12), while his Rating eased 24→15. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 25).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Akron · 13th	23	0	1	6.57	15	12
2024/25	Akron · 9th	26	0	3	6.88	24	25
2023/24	Baltika · 15th	27	2	4	6.9	25	18
2022/23	Baltika · 2nd	25	2	0	—	24	8
2021/22	Baltika · 8th	29	0	0	—	25	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Russia · international

Side	Apps	G
Russia U17	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

M. Kuzmin is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Akron, rated 15.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 247th of 276 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kuzmin.

Judged on this season alone, Kuzmin graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 21 of the 21 defensive midfielders in the Premier League, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 3.514 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 19th of 21 of the 21 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. At 30 Kuzmin is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelStepped up 2023/24

Current potential19th of 21 defensive midfielders · Premier League Current season18th of 21 defensive midfielders · Premier League18th-best defensive midfielder in the Premier League247th in the Premier League · potential19th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Premier League

15.1

Ratingi

19th of 21 defensive midfielders

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

34.7%

Minutes

limited game time

3.51

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Akron finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

3.51

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 16) 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 34.7% 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 15.1, Kuzmin carries the 19th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Premier League of 21, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Akron finished 13th of 16) — 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 (3.51 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %34.7%

Available fixtures32 of 32

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.09

Goal contribution / 900.09

Defensive actions / 903.514

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %50

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %21.1

Cards / 900.18

Foul involvement / 902.072

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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 30, Kuzmin sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kuzmin's projected Rating — 15.1 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots on target2

Shots4

Passing

Assists1

Chances created15

Passes382

Pass accuracy77%

Possession

Successful dribbles4

Dribble success21.1%

Duels won49

Duels won %42.2%

Fouls won6

Defending

Tackles26

Interceptions10

Blocks3

Fouls committed17

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

FC Sochi2026/27 – nowFree

Akron2024/25 – 2026/27Free

Baltika2019/20 – 2024/25Free

Fakel(on loan)2017/18 – 2019/20

Dynamountil 2017/18

About M. Kuzmin

Maksim Kuzmin is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Akron, born on June 1, 1996 in Samara, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Russia. Akron currently sit 13th of 16 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, M. Kuzmin has made 23 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 999 minutes, averaging a 6.54 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Premier League and the Cup. Though primarily a defensive midfielder, he has also lined up in attack this season.

When M. Kuzmin plays, Akron's record this season is 5W-8D-10L — and his match ratings average 6.65 at home against 6.5 on the road.

Recent matches

May 3, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs FC Krasnodar (25 minutes, 6.7 rating)
April 27, 2026: 1-0 win away at Baltika (12 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 23, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Dinamo Makhachkala (45 minutes, 1 assist, 6.3 rating)
April 18, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Rubin (68 minutes, 6.6 rating)
April 13, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Dynamo (76 minutes, 6.6 rating)
April 4, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs CSKA Moscow (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
March 22, 2026: 1-5 loss away at Lokomotiv (45 minutes, 6.6 rating)
March 15, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Akhmat (31 minutes, 7.2 rating)
February 28, 2026: 0-2 loss away at FC Orenburg (15 minutes, 6.3 rating)
November 8, 2025: 2-1 win away at Dynamo (45 minutes, 6.2 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Kuzmin at 15.1 with a Season form score of 12, ranking 247th of 276 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the First League and the The Atlantic Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, M. Kuzmin has totalled 268 club appearances with 10 goals and 8 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 38 appearances for Baltika.

M. Kuzmin's career has also included time at FC Sochi, Baltika, Fakel and Dynamo.

On the international stage, M. Kuzmin has represented Russia U17 — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Akron finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points