Centre-backs with the Best Potential in First League

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

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At a glance

Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Z. Atanasov has been the form player this season, grading 32, and R. Bidounga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Eboa Eboa has improved his Season rating most, up +19 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Botev Plovdiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

F. Eboa Eboa+19SsN

Arda Kardzhali · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	28	33
2	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	15	33
3	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14	32
4	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	7	32
5	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	20	32
6	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	10	30
7	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	2157.4%	3042.7%
8	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	16	30
9	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	23	4	29
10	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	16	29
11	K. Iliev Centre-back	Montana	24	5	29
12	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	7	29
13	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	101920%	2947%
14	J. Cuero Centre-back	Dobrudzha	25	12	29
15	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	30	28
16	Augusto Dabo Centre-back	Beroe	22	785%	2848.1%
17	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	11115.1%	2827.1%
18	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	9	28
19	G. Varbanov Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	25	6	27
20	David Akintola Idowu Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	13	27
21	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	25	27
22	S. Petrov Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	26	1165.7%	2621.6%
23	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Dobrudzha	26	8228%	2539.1%
24	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Beroe	28	31	23
25	V. Ozornwafor Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	27	10167.6%	2354.8%
26	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	26	22
27	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	27253.3%	2158.8%
28	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	15	20
29	A. Georgiev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	28	5	19
30	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	19	19
31	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	28	19
32	A. Kabashi Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	29	14	18
33	D. Ivkič Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	29	7	17
34	I. Markov Centre-back	Montana	29	2	17
35	David Malembana Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	30	10	15
36	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	18	15
37	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	14	13
38	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	28	11
39	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	17	11
40	V. Drobarov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	33	30	11
41	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	32	9
42	A. Hoffmann Centre-back	CSKA 1948	33	1061.5%	874.1%
43	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	1747.9%	860.7%
44	Matheus Leoni Centre-back	Dobrudzha	34	4	8
45	E. Viyachki Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	36	12	7
46	T. Panov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	37	13	4