Domestic-league season · Lillestrom.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1. Division | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1194 | 7.43 |
 NM Cupen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 259 | 7.51 |
Karlsbakk's current-season form is up 140% on last season (Season 10→24), while his Rating eased 36→32. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 33).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Lillestrom · 1st | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7.43 | 32 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | Lillestrom · 15th | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 36 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | Aalesund · 16th | 29 | 5 | 5 | 6.79 | 44 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | Raufoss · 12th | 27 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | Raufoss · 11th | 30 | 5 | 0 | — | 37 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | Aalesund · 16th | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.56 | 37 | 11 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Karlsbakk is a 26-year-old attacking midfielder at Lillestrom, rated 31.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 21st of 161 in the 1. Division. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (44.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.68 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.38 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Karlsbakk.
Judged on this season alone, Karlsbakk graded 24 — a standout campaign that ranks top 5% of the 23 attacking midfielders in the 1. Division, on 4 goals and 5 assists in 14 appearances (0.678 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, top 22% of the 23 attacking midfielders in the 1. Division. At 26 Karlsbakk is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 goals in 14 appearances (0.29 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 9 goal contributions (0.64 per appearance).
With a Rating of 31.8, Karlsbakk carries the 5th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the 1. Division of 23 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.68 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
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 26, Karlsbakk sits on 10.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Karlsbakk's projected Rating — 31.8 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.
