Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Serie B

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

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At a glance

G. Calvani of Frosinone is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.6, and M. Svoboda has been the form player this season, grading 63.6, and A. Tiritiello leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Svoboda has improved his Season rating most, up +48.6 on last season, while G. Calvani's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +13.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Svoboda of Venezia is the most valuable name in this group at 39.

Frosinone · 24/25→25/26

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M. Svoboda+48.6SsN

Venezia · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	50277.4%	7024.3%
2	A. Giorgini Centre-back	Juve Stabia	24	3750.8%	676%
3	G. Guarino Centre-back	Empoli	22	26110.4%	646.8%
4	I. Monterisi Centre-back	Frosinone	24	3748%	641.5%
5	R. Kofler Centre-back	Sudtirol	21	3159.2%	644%
6	S. Cella Centre-back	Mantova	25	2769.6%	6411.8%
7	M. Viti Centre-back	Sampdoria	24	346.6%	6318.9%
8	P. Peda Centre-back	Palermo	24	3946.8%	622%
9	N. Obaretin Centre-back	Empoli	23	2223.2%	611.3%
10	P. Enrici Centre-back	Avellino	25	25	59
11	M. Svoboda Centre-back	Venezia	27	64324%	598.1%
12	G. Bonfanti Centre-back	Spezia	23	174.9%	596.1%
13	Alessandro Dellavalle Centre-back	Modena	22	2751.7%	591.8%
14	G. Cittadini Centre-back	Frosinone	24	342981.8%	5817.1%
15	L. Villa Centre-back	Padova	23	19	57
16	M. Lovato Centre-back	Empoli	26	2931.4%	574.9%
17	A. Milani Centre-back	Avellino	21	4	56
18	Mateus Lusuardi Centre-back	Reggiana	22	17175.4%	562%
19	S. Nador Centre-back	Modena	24	20	568.2%
20	D. Bettella Centre-back	Pescara	26	2916%	554.7%
21	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	20	55
22	M. Ruggero Centre-back	Juve Stabia	26	2233.1%	5412.8%
23	R. Capellini Centre-back	Pescara	26	2318.9%	545.4%
24	A. Riccio Centre-back	Sampdoria	24	1253.7%	547.1%
25	C. Odenthal Centre-back	Bari	25	1834.7%	5314%
26	F. Delli Carri Centre-back	Monza	27	391860%	5315.8%
27	Matias Antonini Centre-back	Catanzaro	28	4098%	511.4%
28	N. Pietrangeli Centre-back	Sudtirol	26	1535.7%	4821.4%
29	M. Imperiale Centre-back	Carrarese	27	2737%	4825.1%
30	D. Nikolaou Centre-back	Bari	27	1738.9%	4721.5%
31	G. Corbo Centre-back	Pescara	26	941.7%	4614.4%
32	P. Hristov Centre-back	Spezia	27	1867.3%	4630.8%
33	M. Mangraviti Centre-back	Cesena	28	2125.5%	4621.1%
34	C. Bani Centre-back	Mantova	27	1420%	4618.3%
35	D. Hadžikadunić Centre-back	Sampdoria	28	2115.1%	4521.1%
36	M. Piacentini Centre-back	Cesena	27	9168.6%	4315%
37	J. Illanes Centre-back	Carrarese	29	364.7%	4218.8%
38	A. Tripaldelli Centre-back	Reggiana	27	91383.3%	4016.2%
39	L. Šimić Centre-back	Avellino	30	39110.2%	392%
40	A. Meroni Centre-back	Bari	29	1835.7%	3732%
41	G. Zaro Centre-back	Cesena	32	4962.1%	3215%
42	A. Tiritiello Centre-back	Virtus Entella	31	2442.1%	3233.6%
43	G. Magnani Centre-back	Reggiana	30	2372.7%	3024.3%
44	M. Bani Centre-back	Palermo	32	58166.2%	3024.3%
45	M. Perrotta Centre-back	Padova	32	37	29
46	L. Venuti Centre-back	Sampdoria	31	1049.2%	2533.2%
47	F. Vicari Centre-back	Bari	32	1339.8%	2435.9%
48	A. Ferrari Centre-back	Sampdoria	32	107.1%	1929.3%
49	A. Izzo Centre-back	Monza	34	2711.2%	1942.3%
50	R. Brosco Centre-back	Pescara	35	1436.7%	1751.6%