J. Butler

Following his move to Energie Cottbus, Butler's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→7), while his Rating climbed 33→39. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 8).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Energie Cottbus · 2nd	29	1	1	6.84	39	7
2024/25	SV Sandhausen	3	0	0	6.5	—	—
2022/23	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 11th	29	2	0	—	41	8
2021/22	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 18th	5	0	0	6.6	49	0
2021/22	Waldhof MannheimLoan · 5th	10	0	0	—	37	0
2020/21	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 3rd	13	1	0	—	41	3

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

J. Butler is a 25-year-old winger at Energie Cottbus, rated 38.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 112th of 323 on scout potential in the 3. Liga. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.24 goal contributions per 90 (0.12 goals, 0.12 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Butler.

Judged on this season alone, Butler graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 31 of the 31 wingers in the 3. Liga, on 1 goal and 1 assist in 29 appearances (0.236 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 17th of 31 of the 31 wingers in the 3. Liga. At 25 Butler is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent4 clubs

Current potential17th of 31 wingers · 3. Liga · 29 apps Current season28th of 31 wingers · 3. Liga · 29 apps28th-best winger in the 3. Liga112th in the 3. Liga · potential17th-highest potential winger in the 3. Liga

38.5

Ratingi

17th of 31 wingers

6.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

22.3%

Minutes

limited game time

0.24

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Energie Cottbus finished 2nd of 20 · a title-challenging side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.03

Goals / app

1 goal in 29 appearances (0.03 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 22.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.24 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 38.5, Butler carries the 17th-highest potential of the wingers in the 3. Liga of 31 — though on just 29 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.24 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %22.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.118

Assists / 900.118

Goal contribution / 900.236

Defensive actions / 900.472

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %8.3

Shot accuracy %57.1

Pass accuracy %72

Dribble success %71.7

Cards / 900.827

Foul involvement / 904.488

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 25, Butler sits on 7.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Butler'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.