Domestic-league season · Erzgebirge Aue.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 3. Liga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1176 | 6.49 |
Following his move to Erzgebirge Aue, Collins's current-season form is up 1100% on last season (Season 1→12), while his Rating eased 29→17. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 47).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Erzgebirge Aue · 18th | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.49 | 17 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | Cardiff · 24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 29 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | Cardiff · 12th | 36 | 1 | 4 | 6.87 | 52 | 47 |
| 2022/23 | Cardiff · 21st | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 41 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | SC Paderborn 07 · 7th | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6.62 | 54 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | SC Paderborn 07 · 9th | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 58 | 23 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Collins is a 31-year-old full-back at Erzgebirge Aue, rated 16.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 278th of 311 in the 3. Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Collins.
Judged on this season alone, Collins graded 12 — a solid campaign that ranks top 36% of the 48 full-backs in the 3. Liga, on 3 clean sheets and 3.214 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 17, 45th of 48 of the 48 full-backs in the 3. Liga. At 31 Collins is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 16.9, Collins carries the 45th-highest potential of the full-backs in the 3. Liga of 48, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Erzgebirge Aue finished 18th of 20) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 31, Collins sits on 4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Collins's projected Rating — 16.9 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.
