Domestic-league season · Nice.
Missed 5 of Nice's ~36 games this season through 5 injury absences (groin, yellow cards). He still appeared 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2531 | 6.72 |
 UEFA Europa League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 530 | 6.25 |
 Coupe de France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 7.06 |
 UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 6.4 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6.7 |
Bard's current-season form is up 12% on last season (Season 34→38), while his Rating eased 77→74. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 82).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Nice · 16th | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6.72 | 74 | 38 |
| 2024/25 | Nice · 4th | 25 | 2 | 1 | 7.03 | 77 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | Nice · 5th | 32 | 1 | 2 | 7.06 | 84 | 82 |
| 2022/23 | Nice · 9th | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 80 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | Nice · 5th | 33 | 2 | 2 | 7.02 | 83 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | Lyon · 4th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 70 | 6 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Bard is a 25-year-old full-back at Nice, rated 73.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 113th of 324 in the Ligue 1. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (90.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bard.
Judged on this season alone, Bard graded 38 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 5 clean sheets and 3.947 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 34 → 38). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 74, top 33% of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 25 Bard is in his prime years, and a market index of 119.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Bard missed 5 games through injury (groin, yellow cards) out of roughly 36 this season. The 31 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.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 31 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 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 73.5, Bard carries the 20th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 (top 33%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nice 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 solid defensive volume (3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~119), then tapers with age. At 25, Bard sits on 119.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Bard's projected Rating — 73.5 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.
€3M total transfer fees · 1 moves
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