based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Laval.
Scout report
W. Benard is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Laval, rated 50.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 30th of 55 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.1 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Benard.
Judged on this season alone, Benard graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 4th of 4 of the 4 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.102 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 7). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, top 25% of the 4 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2. At 23 Benard is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 18.8 reflects that trajectory.
Benard is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Laval finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
4.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) 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. 4.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 22.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 50.3, Benard carries the 1st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2 of 4 — though on just 15 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
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Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.
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