Mohamadou Kanté

Kanté's current-season form is level with last season (Season 2→2), while his Rating held around 68. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 2).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	West Ham · 17th	2	6.6	68	2
2025/26	West Ham · 18th	11	6.61	68	2
2024/25	Paris FCLoan · 2nd	6	6.4	54	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central midfielder

M. Kanté is a 20-year-old central midfielder at West Ham, rated 67.7 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (3.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kanté.

On the season, Kanté graded 2 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.431 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 2 → 2). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 68. At 20 Kanté is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 69.1 reflects that trajectory.

67.7

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

1.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

3.4%

Minutes

limited game time

5.43

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · West Ham finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

5.43

Def. / 90

Tackles

—

Interceptions

Clean sheets

5.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume across 11 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) 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.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 5.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 91.1/100).
Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 3.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 67.7 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %3.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 905.431

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 901.552

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 age 20 (~69), then tapers with age. At 20, Kanté sits on 69.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Kanté's projected Rating — 67.7 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.

Transfer history

West Ham(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

Paris FC(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

West Hamuntil Aug 2024

About M. Kanté

Mohamadou Kanté is a 20-year-old central midfielder who plays for West Ham, born on September 20, 2005 in Paris, standing 178 cm tall. He is from France. West Ham currently sit 17th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, M. Kanté has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 135 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

M. Kanté's next match is on August 29, 2026, when West Ham face Watford away in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Kanté at 67.7 with a Season form score of 1.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 4 recorded seasons, M. Kanté has totalled 32 club appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 11 appearances for West Ham.

M. Kanté's career has also included time at Paris FC.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.