Following his move to Liège, Wilmots's current-season form is down 19% on last season (Season 31→25), while his Rating eased 40→29. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 37).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Liège · 4th	26	0	1	6.88	29	25
2024/25	Patro Eisden · 5th	29	1	3	6.8	40	31
2023/24	Liège · 7th	27	3	2	7.3	44	37
2022/23	URSL Visé	32	3	0	—	—	—
2021/22	URSL Visé	22	3	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons in the full career.

Belgium · international

Side	Apps	G
Belgium U19	2	0

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

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

R. Wilmots is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at Liège, rated 29.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 188th of 238 on scout potential in the Challenger Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (63.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wilmots.

Judged on this season alone, Wilmots graded 25 — a strong campaign that ranks top 24% of the 17 defensive midfielders in the Challenger Pro League, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4.701 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 25). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 16th of 17 of the 17 defensive midfielders in the Challenger Pro League. At 29 Wilmots is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downRemarkably consistent

Current potential16th of 17 defensive midfielders · Challenger Pro League Current seasonTop 24% defensive midfielders · Challenger Pro League4th-best defensive midfielder in the Challenger Pro League188th in the Challenger Pro League · potential16th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Challenger Pro League

29.4

Ratingi

16th of 17 defensive midfielders

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

63.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.7

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Liège finished 4th of 17 · an upper-table side

4.7

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 17) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 63.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 29.4, Wilmots carries the 16th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Challenger Pro League of 17. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %63.8%

Available fixtures32 of 32

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.049

Goal contribution / 900.049

Defensive actions / 904.701

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %15.4

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %55.6

Cards / 900.343

Foul involvement / 902.057

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 (~8), then tapers with age. At 29, Wilmots sits on 4.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Wilmots's projected Rating — 29.4 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.