Centre-backs with the Best Potential in A-League

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

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At a glance

P. Kikianis of Adelaide United is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 21.8, and G. Ferreyra has been the form player this season, grading 43.3, and A. Popovic leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Ferreyra has improved his Season rating most, up +35 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Girdwood-Reich of Auckland is the most valuable name in this group at 1.2.

Melbourne Victory · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Ferreyra+35SsN

Melbourne City · 23/24→25/26

J. Girdwood-Reich1.2val

Auckland

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	Player	Team
1	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	23	22
2	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Auckland	22	332113.3%	2140.9%
3	M. Natta Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	23	19	21
4	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	32	21
5	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	25	20
6	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	15	20
7	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	24	20
8	B. Tapp Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	25	35	20
9	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	24458.1%	1956.7%
10	K. Grozos Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	25	17	19
11	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19
12	J. King Centre-back	Sydney	25	29595.2%	1949.6%
13	N. Paull Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	22	21	19
14	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	15	18
15	L. Herrington Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	18	12	18
16	D. Hall Centre-back	Auckland	27	32	18
17	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	15	1848.5%
18	A. Bonetig Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	9	17
19	N. Pijnaker Centre-back	Auckland	27	13	15
20	L. Rose Centre-back	Macarthur	29	22	13
21	G. Ferreyra Centre-back	Melbourne City	30	43421.7%	1337.6%
22	Austin Ludwik Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	28	11	12
23	B. Kaltak Centre-back	Perth Glory	32	23	10
24	R. Tongyik Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	5	10
25	A. Grant Centre-back	Sydney	32	34101.2%	966.1%
26	M. James Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	33	19147.4%	965.9%
27	B. Tuiloma Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	31	10220%	859.8%
28	L. Jackson Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	31	820.6%	870.5%
29	S. Wootton Centre-back	Perth Glory	34	16355.6%	867.6%
30	J. Davidson Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	2230.2%	849.3%
31	J. Donachie Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	24	7
32	B. Vriends Centre-back	Adelaide United	35	1739.4%	776.6%
33	Roderick Miranda Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	1934%	773%
34	M. Tisserand Centre-back	Sydney	33	2244.2%	773.3%
35	J. Shaughnessy Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	34	14202.2%	753.8%
36	T. Uskok Centre-back	Macarthur	35	14	7
37	J. Brillante Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	33	17	6
38	D. Da Silva Centre-back	Macarthur	38	172.4%	571.7%
39	M. Lode Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	33	857.4%	574.6%
40	S. Souprayen Centre-back	Melbourne City	37	25	4
41	M. Jurman Centre-back	Macarthur	36	8	4