West Ham end of season ratings for 2025/26

This was a campaign not entirely lacking in stand out performers though. Mateus Fernandes’ West Ham United career was short but very sweet, Dinos Mavropanos earned himself the Hammer of the Year award, and Crysencio Summerville finally found his scoring boots.

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But, as you will see in our end-of-season ratings, the flops far outweigh the Fernandes’ in East London.

Every West Ham United player rated

Alphonse Areola – 3/10

Former France international Areola looks certain to leave West Ham after losing his place to Mads Hermansen in February, much to the fury of his wife.

“Being dropped at the beginning of the season for no reason,” Marrion wrote in a bitter social media post following Sunday’s relegation. “Then (he) made 20 games and all of a sudden (Nuno said); ‘I’m really sorry you won’t start. ‘Why?’ ‘For no particular reason but I’m sorry’.”

Nuno’s decision was not without justification, though. All seven of West Ham’s clean sheets came with Hermansen between the sticks, while the late penalty he gave away against Nottingham Forest in January proved just as damaging in hindsight as it was feared at the time.

Mads Hermansen – 5/10

A funny season for the Dane. Hermansen started the first five matches and then spent half the campaign stuck on the bench before returning with a flurry of clean sheets. Hermansen remains a divisive figure among Hammers fans, flitting from commanding and confident to flappy and error-prone.

Still, with seven shut-outs in 18 games, only David Raya and Gigi Donnarumma could boast a better clean sheet percentage.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka – 3/10

Hammer of the Year in 2025, he watched West Ham’s final day clash with Leeds from the bench 12 months on. Talk about a decline.

Wan-Bissaka endured a disastrous start to the campaign – arguably at fault for three Chelsea goals in August’s 5-1 battering – and only fleetingly showed flashes of his very best.

Kyle Walker-Peters – 5/10

Brought in on a free from Southampton, Walker-Peters proved to be exactly what many expected him to be; A solid if far-from spectacular squad player. Should have a big part to play in the Championship next term.

Konstantinos Mavropanos – 7/10

A season of two halves. Mavropanos was exceptional throughout much of the spring but the fact he spent the first few months behind Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo tells its own story.

The big Greek chipped in with some vital goals, while his performance in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City was one of the best by any Premier League centre-half in 2025/26.

Axel Disasi – 8/10

Inquiries are flooding in for Chelsea misfit Disasi already, and no wonder. The Frenchman completely transformed West Ham’s backline following his arrival on the final day of the winter window.

The form table shows that West Ham would be in a European spot if the season had begun on the day of Disasi’s debut, a 2-0 win at Burnley on matchday 25.

Jean-Clair Todibo – 3/10

Ironically, somewhat improved from his awful debut season. However, Todibo’s ‘disgraceful’ conduct in the defeat to Newcastle will be the abiding memory. Sent off for violent conduct against Chelsea in January and struggled to force his way back in after that.

Some fine displays – see Man City, Fulham and Bournemouth – but was also a major reason why the Hammers conceded so many goals from crosses.

Max Kilman – 1/10

The worst pound-for-pound signing in West Ham’s modern history? Kilman was booed by the London Stadium terraces in the FA Cup clash with Leeds. While Mavropanos, Todibo and Disasi may all depart, it is hard to see how he comes back from that.

Usually at the scene of the crime whenever a defensive blunder occurred.

El-Hadji Malick Diouf – 4/10

The comments of Jamie Carragher sum up Diouf’s season pretty neatly. The Liverpool legend was blown away by Diouf in the autumn but, on co-commentary duty for the final day, Carragher was left exasperated by countless aimless crosses ballooned well off course.

Three assists in his first five games, followed by two in the next 27. His defending and his decision-making need major work, yet may still be snapped up by a top-flight side this summer.

Ollie Scarles – 3/10

A brief and mixed spell in the team during Diouf’s African Cup of Nations absence either side of Christmas. Scarles did OK in some outings and struggled massively in others. Will hope to nail down a spot in the Championship.

Ezra Mayers – 4/10

Looks solid. Should be a good option next season as a left-back or left-sided centre-half. Made six league appearances after his debut in December.

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Tomas Soucek – 6/10

The old debates still rage on. Do the pros outweigh the cons? There is no doubt West Ham were a better team with Soucek in the midfield, yet his presence is also a reason why the Hammers frequently struggled to control possession or outrun the opposition.

Five goals from the centre of the park is respectable, but well down from last season’s tally of nine.

Mateus Fernandes – 8/10

In your correspondent’s humble opinion, Fernandes should have taken the Hammer of the Year award ahead of Mavropanos. A pillar of consistency, class and craft, it is just such a shame that the Portugal playmaker will not be around to drag West Ham out of the Championship next season.

A Champions League footballer in-waiting.

Soungoutou Magassa – 2/10

A big disappointment. The £14 million signing from Monaco joined on the same day as Fernandes last August but that is where the similarities end. Magassa struggled badly with the pace of the Premier League, while Nuno would select Freddie Potts and even Mohamadou Kante ahead of him at times.

Started only twice after being hauled off during the 3-0 hammering by Wolves in January.

Freddie Potts – 4/10

It feels lightyears ago that some were comparing Potts and a young Declan Rice. The Barking-born youngster exploded onto the scene during successive wins over Newcastle and Burnley in October but would never live up those excellent early standards.

Young Player of the Year at Portsmouth in 2024/25, do not be surprised if Potts is one of the first names on the team sheet in the Championship.

James Ward-Prowse – 1/10

If only Fernandes had arrived a few weeks sooner. Ward-Prowse would come to epitomise the struggles of Graham Potter and Nuno wasted no time removing him from contention following his appointment.

Ward-Prowse represented two clubs in 2025/26 – West Ham and Burnley – and both would end up in the bottom three.

Mohamadou Kante – 5/10

Played only 67 minutes across 11 substitute appearances but the potential is easy to see. Another, like Potts, who should actually benefit from relegation.

Andy Irving – 2/10

Had no business being a starting Premier League midfielder. Nuno’s decision to include Irving over Fernandes during back-to-back defeats against Brentford and Leeds in October was one of the more baffling of his tenure.

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Guido Rodriguez – 2/10

Guido Rodriguez was a man reborn at Valencia following his winter departure. The slower pace of Spanish football would have been a welcome change after he spent much of his Premier League career chasing shadows.

Lucas Paqueta – 3/10

West Ham’s most naturally gifted footballer but also one of the most frustrating players ever to pull on the shirt. Paqueta was sent off in disgrace against Liverpool and left for Flamengo soon after.

Yet, he still equalled his best-ever Premier League tally of four despite leaving mid-season.

Jarrod Bowen – 6/10

Nine goals and eleven assists means Bowen racked up 20 goal contributions from the right-hand side. Yet, the captain would become a ‘moments player’ rather than one capable of carrying a threat from the first minute to the last; the odd strike of inspiration papering over the cracks.

Major question marks regarding his ability to lead the team as captain.

Crysencio Summerville – 7/10

Like Mavropanos, a season of two halves. Summerville became the first since Jesse Lingard to score in five successive matches in the winter, yet failed to find the net in any of the club’s final seven matches.

Looking back now, that purple patch following the turn of the year introduced the Hammers to a vibe Summerville couldn’t quite maintain, even if he still emerges from the wreckage unscathed.

Adama Traore – 2/10

Just, why? Adama did not start a single league match and looks certain to follow his old Wolves boss Nuno out the door. Destined to be one of the most forgettable signings in modern history.

Callum Wilson – 7/10

If only they’d had him a few years earlier. Wilson racked up seven goals in just eleven Premier League starts, including last-gasp winners against Everton and bitter rivals Spurs. One of a few who did not deserve to go down.

Unfortunately, at the age of 34, Wilson could not contribute as much as Nuno would have liked him to. Should be retained if possible.

Taty Castellanos – 6/10

Ends his season – and possibly his West Ham career – with six goals in 17 league games. A near one-in-three record rather sums up a striker who occasionally makes the difficult look easy but the easy look difficult.

Reports claim that Castellanos will look to leave after relegation. In our view, the £27 million Argentine has a move to Nottingham Forest written all over him.

Pablo Felipe – 2/10

Oh, Pablo. In the end, it was hard not to feel sorry for him. Despite what a prolific track record in Portugal might have suggested, he is just not a Premier League player. Pablo failed to score a single goal, barely even threatened one, and will unfortunately be remembered for his role in that Wilson equaliser ruled out against Arsenal.

Can Pablo bounce back in the Championship? Or is it best for all parties to move on and forget this dalliance ever happened?

Niclas Fullkrug – 1/10

The less said about Fullkrug, the better. Arguably the least effective starting centre-forward in the whole of the Premier League before his similarly-disastrous stint at AC Milan. Signed for £27 million on big wages and now 33 years of age, Fullkrug will go down as one of West Ham’s poorest striker signings.

And that is saying something…