Domestic-league season · 1. FC Heidenheim.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1912 | 6.77 |
 DFB Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.5 |
Busch's current-season form is level with last season (Season 20→18), while his Rating eased 44→38. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 58).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 17th | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6.77 | 38 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 16th | 33 | 0 | 1 | 6.81 | 44 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 8th | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 45 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 1st | 29 | 2 | 3 | 7.05 | 55 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 6th | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6.93 | 57 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 8th | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6.88 | 62 | 28 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Busch is a 31-year-old full-back at 1. FC Heidenheim, rated 37.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 287th of 336 in the Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (66.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.72 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Busch.
Judged on this season alone, Busch graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 40th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Bundesliga, on 1 clean sheet and 3.719 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 20 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 48th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Bundesliga. At 31 Busch is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 28.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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 1 goal and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 37.7, Busch carries the 48th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Bundesliga of 55, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (1. FC Heidenheim finished 17th 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 (3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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 (~63), then tapers with age. At 31, Busch sits on 28.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Busch's projected Rating — 37.7 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.
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