Nicolas Pays

Pays's current-season form is level with last season (Season 23→23), while his Rating held around 63. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 23).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Montpellier · 2nd	3	1	0	7.3	63	23
2025/26	Montpellier · 8th	30	4	1	6.85	63	23
2024/25	Montpellier · 18th	11	0	0	6.6	62	0
2023/24	Le Puy Foot	21	5	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Key starterWinger

N. Pays is a 23-year-old winger at Montpellier, rated 63.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (76.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pays.

On the season, Pays graded 23 for current form (age-blind), on 4 goals and 1 assist in 30 appearances (0.193 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 23 → 23). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 63. At 23 Pays is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 23.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Pays is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

63.4

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

23.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

76.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.19

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Montpellier finished 8th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.13

Goals / app

4 goals in 30 appearances (0.13 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 76.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Output. 0.19 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 63.4 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.19 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 %76.2%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.154

Assists / 900.039

Goal contribution / 900.193

Defensive actions / 901.813

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.116

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 (~24), then tapers with age. At 23, Pays sits on 23.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Pays's projected Rating — 63.4 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles34—

Interceptions12—

Blocks1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

MontpellierJan 2025 – nowFree Transfer

LLe Puy Footuntil Jan 2025

About N. Pays

Nicolas Pays is a 23-year-old winger who plays for Montpellier, born on July 7, 2003, standing 180 cm tall. He is from France. Montpellier currently sit 2nd of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, N. Pays has made 3 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 270 minutes.

N. Pays's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Montpellier face Boulogne at home in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates N. Pays at 63.4 with a Season form score of 23.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 5 recorded seasons, N. Pays has totalled 73 club appearances with 11 goals and 1 assist for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 30 appearances for Montpellier.

N. Pays's career has also included time at LLe Puy Foot.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.