K. De Bruyne

Bruyne's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, K. De Bruyne saw limited action for Napoli in the Serie A: 5 appearances and 268 minutes, averaging 54 minutes per outing. He grades out best for key passes — 12, 114th of 978 midfielders and inside the top 12%.

Per 90 minutes that is 4.0 key passes per 90, 0.3 assists per 90 and 1.3 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Bruyne's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Bruyne sits in the top 11% for goalscoring but only the top 63% for tackling volume.

Set against Bruyne's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he has managed 15 in a season before, so 5 is well short of his own mark; he is playing far less than he once did — 1237 minutes against 3085 at his peak; his average match rating has risen from 7.04 to 7.24 since 2025/26. Our records cover 12 seasons of Bruyne's career, 2015/16 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Manchester City, VfL Wolfsburg, Belgium, Napoli. In that time he has played 471 matches across 10 competitions, 33,892 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 26 assists in 2022/23, from 48 appearances. He is 6 appearances into the current one. Bruyne has 77 appearances in UEFA Champions League on our records, and he is modestly more productive domestically - 0.31 per 90 domestically against 0.25 in Europe.

Bruyne has reached 8 assists in a season 9 times, between 2015/16 and 2023/24 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Bruyne has 60 appearances for Belgium on our records, scoring 17 — across Euro Championship, World Cup and World Cup - Qualification Europe.

On our positional score Bruyne rates 35 out of 100, 44th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 14%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is goalscoring rate.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.