Centre-backs with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and K. Wootton leads the scoring with 19 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 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 126.8.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Strasbourg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
2	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	4621.8%	903.2%
3	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	761369.2%	8914.7%
4	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	24	3626.5%	8915.3%
5	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6320.5%	885.2%
6	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	2442.6%	8710.8%
7	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	3368.9%	8740.6%
8	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Rennes	21	43235.9%	8647.9%
9	S. van den Berg Centre-back	Brentford	24	3345.6%	861.3%
10	Renato Veiga Centre-back	Villarreal	23	2878.1%	8613.8%
11	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Girona	20	3417.9%	8621.4%
12	N. Collins Centre-back	Brentford	25	4311.6%	867.2%
13	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	34277.8%	8514.9%
14	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	35236.9%	859.9%
15	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	4273.4%	8518.7%
16	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	5424.2%	851.5%
17	J. Hill Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	37411%	8510.6%
18	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	55	84
19	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6871.3%	849.8%
20	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	44205.6%	8450.8%
21	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	2166.9%	8410.8%
22	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	5039.2%	848.6%
23	Natan Centre-back	Real Betis	25	3770.4%	833%
24	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	42126.1%	832.2%
25	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	53111.6%	8358.7%
26	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Sassuolo	23	4213.9%	8323.4%
27	César Tárrega Centre-back	Valencia	24	3510.8%	833.8%
28	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	334542.9%	8217%
29	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3963.8%	828%
30	J. van Hecke Centre-back	Brighton	26	4539.8%	827.2%
31	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	37257.8%	8240.1%
32	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	11	8215.7%
33	C. Cresswell Centre-back	Toulouse	23	425%	82±0%
34	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	307.5%	812.2%
35	M. Moreno Centre-back	Levante	22	368.5%	8154.6%
36	Murillo Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	24	4032%	8112.8%
37	M. Estève Centre-back	Burnley	24	2671.9%	813.2%
38	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
39	Mario Gila Centre-back	Lazio	25	6079.3%	812.2%
40	S. Britschgi Centre-back	Parma	19	31	80
41	D. Affengruber Centre-back	Elche	25	4929.6%	8013.6%
42	Rafa Marín Centre-back	Villarreal	24	25519.5%	8015.9%
43	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	3260.7%	8030.4%
44	F. Boyomo Centre-back	Osasuna	24	3060.3%	8010%
45	M. Guéhi Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	5616.2%	808.5%
46	Z. Athekame Centre-back	AC Milan	21	16	80
47	D. Coppola Centre-back	Paris FC	22	2548.7%	795%
48	I. Doukouré Centre-back	Strasbourg	23	3222.6%	794.9%
49	W. Pacho Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6156.7%	792.3%
50	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	24	79