Full-backs with the Best Potential

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

Best goalkeepers Best defenders Best midfielders Best attackers Most in-form full-backs Top-scoring full-backs

At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alberto Baio has improved his Season rating most, up +54.3 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Alberto Baio+54.3SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	8299%	975.3%
2	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56390.4%	9717.9%
3	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	5716.7%	9619.2%
4	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	497.8%	963.2%
5	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6896%	9412.3%
6	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	34139.3%	93110.2%
7	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
8	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7177.4%	9123%
9	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	5314.3%	9128.5%
10	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	4398.6%	9118.7%
11	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	60311.6%	9112.4%
12	Carlos Romero Full-back	Espanyol	24	5053.4%	894.1%
13	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	2924.5%	8811.6%
14	N. Brown Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	23	4013.8%	88±0%
15	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	323.8%	881.6%
16	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21162%	889.2%
17	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
18	S. Mouriño Full-back	Villarreal	24	531.3%	8612.2%
19	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	3843.8%	865.8%
20	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	22	466.3%	862.3%
21	T. Bischof Full-back	Bayern München	21	2966.8%	86±0%
22	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	2351.2%	868.2%
23	J. O'Brien Full-back	Everton	25	4179.5%	867.4%
24	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	63125.6%	85±0%
25	G. Doué Full-back	Strasbourg	23	4544.1%	853%
26	T. Kristensen Full-back	Udinese	24	4172.4%	8513%
27	Javi Rodríguez Full-back	Celta Vigo	23	323.5%	854.7%
28	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	54429.4%	8516.7%
29	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	5011.4%	853.4%
30	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	45124.9%	853%
31	J. Quansah Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	32180.9%	859%
32	I. Ganiou Full-back	Lens	21	4350.3%	8437.9%
33	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	2112%	844.5%
34	Angel Pérez Full-back	Alaves	23	15	84
35	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	521133.3%	8425.4%
36	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	53964%	8418.5%
37	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	42456%	8430.1%
38	S. Pavlović Full-back	AC Milan	25	5464.4%	8410%
39	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	30141.5%	830.7%
40	Sergio Gómez Full-back	Real Sociedad	25	281.8%	831.3%
41	K. Koulierakis Full-back	VfL Wolfsburg	22	2027.7%	832%
42	Q. Merlin Full-back	Rennes	24	4471.1%	839.4%
43	Nuno Mendes Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	46122.2%	831.6%
44	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Sevilla	22	2411.7%	820.6%
45	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	351.4%	828.7%
46	J. Aramburu Full-back	Real Sociedad	24	3829.4%	821%
47	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	3212.3%	820.7%
48	P. Kalulu Full-back	Juventus	26	5817.7%	822.1%
49	F. Kadıoğlu Full-back	Brighton	26	38474.2%	8213.2%
50	N. Schlotterbeck Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	64142.3%	811.1%