Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Injury-affected season
Missed 7 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (injury). He still appeared 24 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1917 | 6.67 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 7.1 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.5 |
Scout report
B. Nelson is a 22-year-old central defender at Leicester, rated 62.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 172nd of 493 on scout potential in the Championship and 569th of 2874 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (54.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.13 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nelson.
Judged on this season alone, Nelson graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 55th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 4.131 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 20). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 32% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 22 Nelson is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 27.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Nelson missed 7 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 24 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.
Nelson is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Leicester finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 54.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 62.1, Nelson carries the 26th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 32%), 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 solid defensive volume (4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
