Domestic-league season · Chicago Fire.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2739 | 7.01 |
Following his move to Chicago Fire, Bamba's current-season form is up 540% on last season (Season 5→32), while his Rating eased 50→28. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 48).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Chicago Fire · 8th | 36 | 6 | 5 | 7.01 | 28 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | Celta Vigo · 7th | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6.78 | 50 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Celta Vigo · 13th | 30 | 3 | 2 | 6.97 | 63 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Lille · 5th | 34 | 6 | 7 | 6.79 | 77 | 43 |
| 2021/22 | Lille · 10th | 31 | 1 | 3 | 6.78 | 74 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | Lille · 1st | 38 | 6 | 9 | 6.9 | 86 | 48 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Bamba is a 30-year-old winger at Chicago Fire, rated 28 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 339th of 513 in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (82.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.2 goals, 0.16 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bamba.
Judged on this season alone, Bamba graded 32 — a solid campaign that ranks top 32% of the 35 wingers in the Major League Soccer, on 6 goals and 5 assists in 36 appearances (0.361 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 32). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 28th of 35 of the 35 wingers in the Major League Soccer. At 30 Bamba is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
6 goals in 36 appearances (0.17 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 11 goal contributions (0.31 per appearance).
With a Rating of 28, Bamba carries the 28th-highest potential of the wingers in the Major League Soccer of 35. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 30, Bamba sits on 4.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bamba's projected Rating — 28 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.
