Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Premier League

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

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At a glance

Hossam Abdelmaguid of Zamalek SC is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.1, and Ahmed Shousha has been the form player this season, grading 58.6.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Zamalek SC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.9.

Best talent

Hossam Abdelmaguid41.1RTG

Hossam Abdelmaguid8.9val

Zamalek SC

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	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Zamalek SC	25	56	41
2	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24	38
3	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	29	38
4	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	29	38
5	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	14	36
6	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	36
7	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Pharco	23	24	36
8	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26	36
9	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	10	35
10	Daw Serial Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	20	9	35
11	Alfa Boubakr Keita Centre-back	El Geish	0	3	35
12	Alpha Turay Centre-back	El Gouna FC	21	17	35
13	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	26	46	34
14	Abdallah Mohamed Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	11	34
15	A. Gouda Centre-back	Al Ittihad	22	20	33
16	Tsvetan Tsvetanov Centre-back	Pharco	20	9	33
17	Abdel Fattah Sheta Centre-back	Kahraba Ismailia	24	15	33
18	Mohamed Hamdy Centre-back	Enppi	23	4	32
19	Mohamed Samir Centre-back	Enppi	25	21	32
20	Islam Abdallah Centre-back	El Mokawloon	25	17	32
21	Abdel Rahman Rashdan Centre-back	Future FC	23	4	32
22	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	25	32
23	Ahmed Eid Centre-back	AL Masry	25	15	31
24	Abdel Ghani Mohamed Centre-back	Al Ittihad	25	17	31
25	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	30	31
26	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	Ismaily SC	26	23	31
27	A. Ayman Centre-back	Ismaily SC	22	10	30
28	L. Namgbema Centre-back	Kahraba Ismailia	23	3	30
29	Mohamed Ammar Centre-back	Ismaily SC	26	18	29
30	J. Arthur Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	27	28	29
31	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	28	58	29
32	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	37	29
33	Mohamed Ragab Centre-back	Smouha SC	27	6	29
34	Amr El Gazar Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	26	12	28
35	Tarek Mohamed Centre-back	Future FC	26	10	27
36	Ahmed Fathy Centre-back	Masr	27	3	27
37	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	26	27
38	Mostafa El Zenary Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	27	18	27
39	Mohamed Ragab El Safi Centre-back	Wadi Degla	27	10	27
40	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Smouha SC	27	5	27
41	Khaled Abdel Fattah Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	27	6	26
42	Mohamed Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	27	3	26
43	H. H. Shakoush Centre-back	El Mokawloon	27	15	26
44	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	23	26
45	Fawzi El Henawi Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	27	4	25
46	Mahmoud El Gazzar Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	8	25
47	Osama Galal Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	18	24
48	Mohamed Desouki Centre-back	Future FC	28	21	24
49	B. El Mohamady Centre-back	AL Masry	28	14	23
50	Omar Adly Centre-back	Wadi Degla	29	21	23