Domestic-league season · Dundee Utd.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1631 | 6.63 |
 UEFA Europa Conference League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 8 |
Following his move to Dundee Utd, Esselink's current-season form is up 23% on last season (Season 13→16), while his Rating climbed 34→39. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 22).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Dundee Utd · 7th | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6.63 | 39 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Stal Mielec · 16th | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 34 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Stal Mielec · 11th | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6.82 | 37 | 22 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
B. Esselink is a 26-year-old central defender at Dundee Utd, rated 38.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 115th of 219 in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (47.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.97 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esselink.
Judged on this season alone, Esselink graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 23rd of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 3.973 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 16). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 18th of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the Championship. At 26 Esselink is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.9 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 38.5, Esselink carries the 18th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 33. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.97 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.
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 (~24), then tapers with age. At 26, Esselink sits on 23.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Esselink's projected Rating — 38.5 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
