J. Bakayoko

Bakayoko's current-season form is level with last season (Season 10→10), while his Rating held around 72. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 64).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	RB Leipzig · 5th	2	0	0	6.05	72	10
2025/26	RB Leipzig · 3rd	20	2	0	6.68	72	10
2024/25	PSV Eindhoven · 1st	33	9	1	7.04	74	36
2023/24	PSV Eindhoven · 1st	33	12	9	7.68	82	64
2022/23	PSV Eindhoven · 2nd	23	5	5	7.04	74	31

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Belgium · international

Side	Apps	G
Belgium	18	1
Belgium U21	1	0
Belgium U19	5	2
Belgium U17	2	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

J. Bakayoko is a 23-year-old winger at RB Leipzig, rated 72.1 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (25.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.23 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bakayoko.

On the season, Bakayoko graded 10 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 20 appearances (0.231 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 10 → 10). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 72. At 23 Bakayoko is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 43.1 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 downBreakout: 2021/22StreakyStepped up 2022/23

72.1

Ratingi

elite — among the best in the position

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

25.5%

Minutes

limited game time

0.23

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · RB Leipzig finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.1

Goals / app

2 goals in 20 appearances (0.1 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 89.9/100).

Watch points

Game time. Only 25.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.23 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 72.1 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.23 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 %25.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.231

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.231

Defensive actions / 900.809

Player flow

Goal involvements2

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 (~43), then tapers with age. At 23, Bakayoko sits on 43.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Bakayoko's projected Rating — 72.1 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 Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2—

Passing

Assists0—

Defending

Tackles5—

Interceptions2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

RB LeipzigJul 2025 – now

PSV Eindhovenuntil Jul 2025

About J. Bakayoko

Saint-Cyr Johan Bakayoko is a 23-year-old winger who plays for RB Leipzig, born on April 20, 2003 in Overijse, standing 179 cm tall. He is from Belgium. RB Leipzig currently sit 5th of 18 in the Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, J. Bakayoko has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 80 minutes, averaging a 6.17 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

September 5, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Werder Bremen (63 minutes, 6.14 rating)
August 29, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (17 minutes, 6.2 rating)

J. Bakayoko's next match is on September 20, 2026, when RB Leipzig face Bayer Leverkusen away in the Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Bakayoko at 72.1 with a Season form score of 10. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 9 career titles — among them the Eredivisie and the Super Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, J. Bakayoko has totalled 174 club appearances with 48 goals and 28 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 33 appearances for PSV Eindhoven.

J. Bakayoko's career has also included time at PSV Eindhoven.

On the international stage, J. Bakayoko has represented Belgium, Belgium U21, Belgium U19, Belgium U17 — 26 caps and 3 goals in our records.

Transfer news

→ Al IttihadRumoured

J. Bakayoko–Al Ittihad links dismissed

17%

will it happen

Talk of a J. Bakayoko move to Al Ittihad has been played down — 1 report pushes back on it. What reporting there is rates moderately sourced (59% credibility), led by Bild, leaving the move at roughly 17%.

59% credibility·1 reports·led by Bild

The reports (1)

Mixed reliability · 63%BildDenial
RB Leipzig reportedly rejected a late Saudi/Al-Ittihad inquiry for Johan Bakayoko.
RB Leipzig reportedly rejected a late Saudi/Al-Ittihad inquiry for Johan Bakayoko.