Domestic-league season · Heracles.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1218 | 6.5 |
 KNVB Beker | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7.2 |
Kust's current-season form is down 41% on last season (Season 22→13), while his Rating eased 64→57. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Heracles · 18th | 21 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 57 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Heracles · 14th | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 64 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Sparta Rotterdam · 8th | 31 | 1 | 6 | 7.03 | 76 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | Utrecht · 7th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.54 | 61 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | Jong Utrecht · 18th | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6.81 | 49 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | Jong Utrecht · 18th | 26 | 1 | 1 | 6.69 | 50 | 22 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Gold Cup - Qualification | 2 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
D. van der Kust is a 25-year-old full-back at Heracles, rated 56.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 193rd of 299 in the Eredivisie. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (39.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.36 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kust.
Judged on this season alone, Kust graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 51 of the 51 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 1 clean sheet and 4.36 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, 36th of 51 of the 51 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 25 Kust is in his prime years, and a market index of 72.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 56.9, Kust carries the 36th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie of 51, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Heracles finished 18th of 18) — 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 (4.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~73), then tapers with age. At 25, Kust sits on 72.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Kust's projected Rating — 56.9 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.
