Domestic-league season · VfL Wolfsburg.
Missed 7 of VfL Wolfsburg's ~36 games this season through 7 injury absences (groin, yellow cards). He still appeared 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1860 | 7.09 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 7.8 |
 DFB Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.7 |
Arnold's current-season form is down 13% on last season (Season 46→40), while his Rating eased 49→34. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 57).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | VfL Wolfsburg · 16th | 25 | 1 | 4 | 7.09 | 34 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | VfL Wolfsburg · 11th | 28 | 3 | 5 | 7.1 | 49 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | VfL Wolfsburg · 12th | 30 | 2 | 1 | 7.12 | 52 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | VfL Wolfsburg · 8th | 32 | 5 | 3 | 7.25 | 63 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | VfL Wolfsburg · 12th | 34 | 4 | 2 | 7.29 | 70 | 47 |
| 2020/21 | VfL Wolfsburg · 4th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 7.4 | 77 | 56 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Arnold is a 32-year-old central midfielder at VfL Wolfsburg, rated 34.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 292nd of 325 in the Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (71.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.81 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Arnold.
Judged on this season alone, Arnold graded 40 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 35 central midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 1 goal, 4 assists and 2.806 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 46 → 40). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 31st of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 32 Arnold is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 22.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Arnold missed 7 games through injury (groin, yellow cards) out of roughly 36 this season. The 25 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 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 34.1, Arnold carries the 31st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Bundesliga of 35, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× 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 (~57), then tapers with age. At 32, Arnold sits on 22.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Arnold's projected Rating — 34.1 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.
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