K. Kouyaté

Following his move to Antwerp, Kouyaté's current-season form is up 110% on last season (Season 10→21), while his Rating eased 48→31. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 57).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Antwerp · 3rd	24	1	0	6.94	31	21
2024/25	Montpellier · 18th	11	0	0	6.68	48	10
2023/24	Montpellier · 12th	23	0	2	6.93	65	39
2022/23	Montpellier · 12th	15	0	0	7.07	65	27
2022/23	Metz · 2nd	12	0	0	7.16	54	25
2021/22	Metz · 19th	30	1	0	7.15	73	57

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Mali · international

Side	Apps	G
Mali	30	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

K. Kouyaté is a 29-year-old central defender at Antwerp, rated 31.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 269th of 311 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kouyaté.

Judged on this season alone, Kouyaté graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League, on 3 clean sheets and 6.232 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 39th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. At 29 Kouyaté is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending down

Current potential39th of 48 centre-backs · Jupiler Pro League Current season26th of 48 centre-backs · Jupiler Pro League26th-best centre-back in the Jupiler Pro League269th in the Jupiler Pro League · potential39th-highest potential centre-back in the Jupiler Pro League

31.1

Ratingi

39th of 48 centre-backs

21.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.7%

Minutes

limited game time

6.23

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · Antwerp finished 3rd of 6 · a mid-table side

6.23

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

6.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 6.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.7% 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 31.1, Kouyaté carries the 39th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League of 48. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (6.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.7%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.074

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.074

Defensive actions / 906.232

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %33.3

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %81

Cards / 900.445

Foul involvement / 902.745

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 29, Kouyaté sits on 6.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kouyaté's projected Rating — 31.1 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.