Domestic-league season · VfB Stuttgart.
Missed 5 of VfB Stuttgart's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (muscle). He still appeared 23 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1512 | 6.75 |
 UEFA Europa League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 738 | 6.74 |
 UEFA U19 Championship - Qualificationat Germany U19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 373 | — |
 DFB Pokal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 7.07 |
Following his move to VfB Stuttgart, Jeltsch's current-season form is up 29% on last season (Season 24→31), while his Rating climbed 62→80. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | VfB Stuttgart · 4th | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 80 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Nürnberg · 10th | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6.87 | 62 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 1. FC Nürnberg · 12th | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 58 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Finn Jeltsch is a 20-year-old central defender at VfB Stuttgart, rated 80 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 48th of 325 in the Germany tier 1 and 80th of 1087 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (57.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jeltsch.
Judged on this season alone, Jeltsch graded 31 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 21st of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Germany tier 1, on 5 clean sheets and 3.393 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 24 → 31). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 80, top 10% of the 52 centre-backs in the Germany tier 1. At 20 Jeltsch is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 112.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Jeltsch missed 5 games through injury (muscle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 23 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
A career still climbing — Jeltsch is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 80, Jeltsch carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Germany tier 1 (top 10%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~133), then tapers with age. At 20, Jeltsch sits on 112.9, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Jeltsch's projected Rating — 80 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.
