Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Missed 8 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 8 injury absences (groin, injury). He still appeared 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2608 | 7.26 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 6.9 |
Vestergaard's current-season form is up 91% on last season (Season 11→21), while his Rating eased 34→25. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 45).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leicester · 23rd | 31 | 3 | 0 | 7.26 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | Leicester · 18th | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 34 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | Leicester · 1st | 42 | 2 | 0 | 7.21 | 45 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | Leicester · 8th | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 49 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | Southampton · 15th | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6.91 | 68 | 38 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 2 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
J. Vestergaard is a 33-year-old central defender at Leicester, rated 24.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 456th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (76.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.07 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vestergaard.
Judged on this season alone, Vestergaard graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 53rd of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 4 clean sheets and 3.071 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 21). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 75th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 33 Vestergaard is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 11.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Vestergaard missed 8 games through injury (groin, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 31 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.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24) 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 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 24.9, Vestergaard carries the 75th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Leicester finished 23rd of 24) — 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 (3.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~32), then tapers with age. At 33, Vestergaard sits on 11.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Vestergaard's projected Rating — 24.9 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.
€31M total transfer fees · 4 moves
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