Field Insider

Centre-backs with the Best Potential

The highest-potential centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

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PlayerTeam
1W. SalibaCentre-backArsenal256217.3%885.7%
2L. VuškovićCentre-backBrighton19304.2%873%
3Jacobo Ramón NaverosCentre-backComo2168±0%87±0%
4J. HillCentre-backBournemouth2437±0%87±0%
5M. ThiawCentre-backNewcastle2536±0%87±0%
6NatanCentre-backNapoli25351.4%863.6%
7Eric GarcíaCentre-backBarcelona2562±0%85±0%
8J. van HeckeCentre-backTottenham2645±0%82±0%
9Mario GilaCentre-backAC Milan2649±0%8112.9%
10Sergio GómezCentre-backReal Sociedad2622±0%807.5%
11Raúl AsencioCentre-backReal Madrid23273.6%803.9%
12A. ObertCentre-backCagliari2441±0%801.7%
13I. KonatéCentre-backReal Madrid2742±0%771.7%
14Kike SalasCentre-backSevilla2431±0%77±0%
15C. RichardsCentre-backCrystal Palace2651±0%76±0%
16K. De WinterCentre-backAC Milan2433±0%76±0%
17O. BraudeCentre-backHeerenveen2230±0%76±0%
18C. BasseyCentre-backFulham2638±0%76±0%
19Y. BaasCentre-backAjax2350±0%76±0%
20N. SavonaCentre-backNottingham Forest231266.1%756.9%
21Yoel LagoCentre-backCelta Vigo2215±0%74±0%
22S. WalukiewiczCentre-backSassuolo2635741.5%7421.1%
23O. ProvstgaardCentre-backLazio2328±0%74±0%
24I. OgbusCentre-backSC Freiburg20152416.7%7410.5%
25Sadibou SanéCentre-backMonaco2234±0%743.2%
26M. TroiloCentre-backParma23318.5%731.2%
27D. CoppolaCentre-backParis FC2213±0%73±0%
28L. ØstigårdCentre-backGenoa26331.2%732%
29C. HughesCentre-backHull City2343145.5%7211.9%
30M. VitíkCentre-backBologna232472
31E. Del PratoCentre-backParma2744±0%72±0%
32J. BranthwaiteCentre-backEverton2410±0%72±0%
33Andrés CastrínCentre-backSevilla2315±0%72±0%
34A. ZehnterCentre-backVfL Wolfsburg22874.3%723.8%
35J. StephensonCentre-backCrewe181872
36E. BitshiabuCentre-backGalatasaray211162.5%724.7%
37N. ČelikCentre-backLens201372
38Carlos DomínguezCentre-backOviedo2529204.2%716.4%
39C. WidellCentre-backExcelsior2328±0%71±0%
40B. ThomasCentre-backCoventry2539±0%71±0%
41M. DiazCentre-backEstac Troyes23288.5%71±0%
42Gabriel MagalhãesCentre-backArsenal2868±0%71±0%
43R. NijstadCentre-backTwente1816±0%71±0%
44A. GiayCentre-backPalmeiras22374.6%71±0%
45C. AkpaCentre-backAuxerre2428±0%71±0%
46S. BotmanCentre-backNewcastle2623±0%71±0%
47C. DoyleCentre-backWrexham231939.3%711.7%
48M. WillemsenCentre-backHeerenveen2322±0%71±0%
49Gonçalo OliveiraCentre-backRennes20117063.5%
50JonathanCentre-backCruzeiro2239125%706.1%