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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sporting Kansas City.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Sporting Kansas City's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (international duty). He still appeared 25 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1667 | 6.86 |
 CONCACAF Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.3 |
Scout report
Z. Bassong is a 27-year-old central defender at Sporting Kansas City, rated 31 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 289th of 520 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (54.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.67 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bassong.
Judged on this season alone, Bassong graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 76th of 105 of the 105 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 2 clean sheets and 3.671 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 14). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 53rd of 105 of the 105 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 27 Bassong is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Bassong missed 5 games through injury (international duty) out of roughly 34 this season. The 25 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
A career still climbing — Bassong is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side
3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 15) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 54.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 31, Bassong carries the 53rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer of 105, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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