Wouter Burger

Midfielder · TSG Hoffenheim · 25 · Netherlands

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Season score: 55.5; Bundesliga 26/27, 6 matches
Last 5 weeks: 57.3; average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value: €20.0M; +€11.0M (+122%) since 19 Dec 2025; Transfermarkt, 27 May 2026

Born: 16 Feb 2001
Height: 190 cm
Foot: L
Contract until: 30 Jun 2030
Wikipedia views: 1,004 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

36 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 51.2 (minutes-weighted); 1 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table

Week	Matches	Minutes	Score	Expected	Underlying
20–26 Oct 2026	2	101	51.4	51.3	52.8
13–19 Oct 2026	1	72	38.3	52.1	39.0
6–12 Oct 2026	1	90	42.7	52.7	43.1
15–21 Sep 2026	2	180	82.7	50.2	86.1
8–14 Sep 2026	1	90	43.1	49.3	43.6
1–7 Sep 2026	1	79	59.0	48.8	59.9
25–31 Aug 2026	1	90	57.1	48.2	57.4
18–24 Aug 2026	1	90	33.2	49.1	34.4
12–18 May 2026	1	90	56.4	48.6	57.0
5–11 May 2026	1	90	43.9	48.9	45.3
28 Apr – 4 May 2026	1	89	43.6	49.2	45.6
21–27 Apr 2026	1	90	42.2	49.6	42.5
14–20 Apr 2026	1	60	62.8	49.0	63.3
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026	1	90	47.5	49.1	47.6
17–23 Mar 2026	1	90	46.1	49.2	46.0
10–16 Mar 2026	1	90	29.5	50.5	33.6
3–9 Mar 2026	1	65	46.1	50.8	46.0
24 Feb – 2 Mar 2026	1	62	40.2	51.2	39.9
17–23 Feb 2026	1	73	55.5	51.1	55.7
10–16 Feb 2026	1	90	54.6	50.9	58.1
27 Jan – 2 Feb 2026	1	52	63.5	50.4	65.6
20–26 Jan 2026	1	90	56.3	50.1	59.4
13–19 Jan 2026	2	154	63.9	48.8	59.9
16–22 Dec 2025	1	90	40.8	48.9	40.4
9–15 Dec 2025	1	90	45.6	49.1	45.4
2–8 Dec 2025	1	80	54.7	48.8	57.1
25 Nov – 1 Dec 2025	1	90	66.2	47.6	63.7
18–24 Nov 2025	1	90	50.4	47.3	50.9
4–10 Nov 2025	1	90	45.0	47.4	45.6
28 Oct – 3 Nov 2025	2	139	56.7	46.4	53.8
21–27 Oct 2025	1	67	43.9	46.2	46.5
14–20 Oct 2025	1	90	46.0	46.1	46.0
30 Sep – 6 Oct 2025	1	90	41.0	46.3	40.6
23–29 Sep 2025	1	85	58.2	45.4	59.2
16–22 Sep 2025	1	78	53.2	44.9	53.8
9–15 Sep 2025	1	90	46.3	44.6	46.2
19–25 Aug 2025	1	45	53.7	44.1	53.9
12–18 Aug 2025	1	90	51.0	43.5	43.8

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: +4.0 a week above expectation.

110

On the breakout watchlist

A 33% chance of breaking out within a year, on how players like them went before. Underlying 52.5 over 2,736 minutes in the last year, up 3.6 over the last 10 weeks. Wikipedia views 2.4× below similar performers. Valued €20.0M against €13.6M expected. See the list

Market value

Where these come from

Transfermarkt €20.0M +€11.0M (+122%) since 19 Dec 2025 27 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year

Current estimate €21.0M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh

Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €13.0M–€24.0M +0% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Samuel Chukwueze at 25 (€18.0M, scoring 53.2) −44%; Marcus Tavernier at 25 (€20.0M, scoring 53.1) +15%; Sam Beukema at 25 (€18.0M, scoring 52.4) +56%.

Every value as a table

Date	Source	Value
22 Oct 2026	Current estimate (BSD)	€21.0M
27 May 2026	Transfermarkt	€20.0M
20 Mar 2026	Transfermarkt	€20.0M
19 Dec 2025	Transfermarkt	€9.0M
27 May 2025	Transfermarkt	€4.5M
30 Dec 2024	Transfermarkt	€4.5M
24 May 2024	Transfermarkt	€4.5M
21 Dec 2023	Transfermarkt	€5.0M
27 Oct 2023	Transfermarkt	€5.0M
7 Jun 2023	Transfermarkt	€4.5M
28 Mar 2023	Transfermarkt	€4.0M
10 Nov 2022	Transfermarkt	€3.0M
8 Jun 2022	Transfermarkt	€1.3M
3 Jan 2022	Transfermarkt	€700k
19 May 2021	Transfermarkt	€700k
9 Mar 2021	Transfermarkt	€700k
6 Jan 2021	Transfermarkt	€1.0M
14 Oct 2020	Transfermarkt	€1.3M
8 Apr 2020	Transfermarkt	€1.3M
18 Dec 2019	Transfermarkt	€1.5M
19 Sep 2019	Transfermarkt	€1.5M
12 Jun 2019	Transfermarkt	€1.0M
28 Dec 2018	Transfermarkt	€750k
4 Oct 2018	Transfermarkt	€500k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers

Date	Move	Fee
22 Jul 2025	Stoke City Hoffenheim	€4.0M
10 Aug 2024	Basel Stoke City	First match
25 Aug 2023	Basel Stoke City	€5.8M
31 Aug 2021	Feyenoord Basel	€700k

What the score is made of

Bundesliga 26/27, 511 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 640 top-five-league midfielder seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

As a table

Part	Percentile	Per 90 vs average
Shooting	56	−0.06
Creating	74	+0.24
Progressing	63	+0.09
Keeping the ball	47	−0.10
Defending	100	+0.74
Aerial	97	+1.45
Finishing	5	−0.32

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level

Player	Recent score	Value now	Likeness
Laurin Curda SC Paderborn 07 · 24 · cheaper	53.1	€5.0M	93%Compare
Diego Gómez Brighton & Hove Albion · 23	52.5	€30.0M	90%Compare
Patrick Dorgu Manchester United · 22	57.4	€35.0M	89%Compare
Patrick Wimmer TSG Hoffenheim · 25	57.4	€12.0M	88%Compare
Gustavo Sá Olympiacos FC · 21	–	–	86%Compare
Matthieu Udol RC Lens · 30 · cheaper	49.1	€8.0M	82%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Wouter Burger.

Seasons

Season	Competition	Team	Matches	Minutes	Score	Underlying
Bundesliga 26/27	Bundesliga	TSG Hoffenheim	6	511	55.5	56.5
UEFA Europa League 26/27	Europa League	TSG Hoffenheim	3	191	62.9	65.2
DFB Pokal 26/27	DFB-Pokal	TSG Hoffenheim	1	90	33.2	34.4
Bundesliga 25/26	Bundesliga	TSG Hoffenheim	30	2,440	50.3	50.3
DFB Pokal 25/26	DFB-Pokal	TSG Hoffenheim	2	139	51.1	52.5
Championship 24/25	Championship	Stoke City	39	3,014	41.1	41.0
FA Cup 24/25	FA Cup	Stoke City	2	215	39.4	40.1
EFL Cup 24/25	EFL Cup	Stoke City	4	198	50.3	50.3
UEFA Europa Conference League 23/24	Conference League	Basel	2	110	49.4	49.4
UEFA Europa Conference League 22/23	Conference League	Basel	18	1,363	51.0	50.4

Latest matches

42 since July 2025

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	Goals	xG	xA	Score
25 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	W 3–0	72	0	0.17	0.10	54.4
22 Oct 2026	Europa League	Olympique Lyonnais	W 3–0	29	0	–	0.01	44.1
15 Oct 2026	Europa League	Beşiktaş JK	L 2–3	72	0	0.10	0.01	38.3
10 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	L 2–3	90	0	0.08	0.19	42.7
20 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at SC Paderborn 07	L 1–3	90	0	0.18	0.33	76.7
17 Sep 2026	Europa League	at OFI Crete	L 0–2	90	0	0.33	0.70	88.7
12 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	W 2–1	90	0	0.08	0.07	43.1
5 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	L 2–3	79	0	0.06	0.06	59.0
29 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Köln	L 2–3	90	0	–	0.10	57.1
22 Aug 2026	DFB-Pokal	at Erzgebirge Aue	W 4–0	90	1	–	–	33.2

All 42 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	Goals	Assists	xG	xA	Score
25 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	W 3–0	72	0	0	0.17	0.10	54.4
22 Oct 2026	Europa League	Olympique Lyonnais	W 3–0	29	0	0	–	0.01	44.1
15 Oct 2026	Europa League	Beşiktaş JK	L 2–3	72	0	0	0.10	0.01	38.3
10 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	L 2–3	90	0	0	0.08	0.19	42.7
20 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at SC Paderborn 07	L 1–3	90	0	0	0.18	0.33	76.7
17 Sep 2026	Europa League	at OFI Crete	L 0–2	90	0	0	0.33	0.70	88.7
12 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.08	0.07	43.1
5 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	L 2–3	79	0	0	0.06	0.06	59.0
29 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Köln	L 2–3	90	0	0	–	0.10	57.1
22 Aug 2026	DFB-Pokal	at Erzgebirge Aue	W 4–0	90	1	0	–	–	33.2
16 May 2026	Bundesliga	at Borussia M'gladbach	L 0–4	90	0	0	0.04	0.31	56.4
9 May 2026	Bundesliga	SV Werder Bremen	W 1–0	90	0	0	0.18	0.21	43.9
2 May 2026	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	D 3–3	89	0	0	0.26	0.11	43.6
25 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	at Hamburger SV	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.07	0.31	42.2
18 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	W 2–1	60	0	0	–	0.15	62.8
4 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	1. FSV Mainz 05	L 1–2	90	0	0	0.02	0.11	47.5
20 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	at RB Leipzig	L 0–5	90	0	0	–	0.08	46.1
14 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.55	0.09	29.5
7 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Heidenheim	W 4–2	65	0	0	–	0.19	46.1
28 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	L 0–1	62	0	0	–	0.20	40.2
21 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Köln	D 2–2	73	0	0	–	0.09	55.5
14 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	W 3–0	90	0	0	0.38	0.20	54.6
27 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	at SV Werder Bremen	W 2–0	52	0	0	0.06	0.28	63.5
24 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	at Eintracht Frankfurt	W 3–1	90	0	1	0.33	0.48	56.3
17 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	W 1–0	90	1	0	0.12	0.57	66.0
14 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia M'gladbach	W 5–1	64	0	0	–	0.23	60.8
20 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	at VfB Stuttgart	D 0–0	90	0	0	–	0.03	40.8
13 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	W 4–1	90	0	1	–	0.30	45.6
7 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	at Borussia Dortmund	L 0–2	80	0	0	0.22	0.02	54.7
29 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	FC Augsburg	W 3–0	90	1	1	0.65	0.32	66.2
21 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	at 1. FSV Mainz 05	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.05	0.17	50.4
8 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	RB Leipzig	W 3–1	90	0	1	0.08	0.05	45.0
2 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	at VfL Wolfsburg	W 3–2	90	2	0	0.38	0.04	59.7
28 Oct 2025	DFB-Pokal	at FC St. Pauli	D 1–1	49	0	0	1.06	–	51.2
25 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	1. FC Heidenheim	W 3–1	67	0	0	0.24	0.08	43.9
19 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	at FC St. Pauli	W 3–0	90	0	1	0.02	0.17	46.0
3 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	1. FC Köln	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.05	41.0
28 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	at SC Freiburg	D 1–1	85	0	0	0.07	0.05	58.2
20 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	L 1–4	78	0	0	0.05	0.12	53.2
13 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Union Berlin	W 4–2	90	0	0	–	0.15	46.3
23 Aug 2025	Bundesliga	at Bayer 04 Leverkusen	W 2–1	45	0	0	–	0.03	53.7
16 Aug 2025	DFB-Pokal	at FC Hansa Rostock	W 4–0	90	1	1	0.18	–	51.0