Zorhan Bassong
ratings updated 7 Sept 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sporting Kansas City.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 6.68 |
Scout report
Z. Bassong is a 27-year-old full-back at Sporting Kansas City, rated 28.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 337th of 506 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (36.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.56 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 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 58 of the 58 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 0 clean sheets and 3.564 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 14 → 7). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 40th of 58 of the 58 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 27 Bassong is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side
3.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 16 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 36.1% 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 28.6, Bassong carries the 40th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 58, 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 (3.56 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 full-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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