Full-backs with the Best Potential in Super League

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

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At a glance

Chan Shinichi of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.1, and Xi Yang Alex has been the form player this season, grading 44.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Wilson Manafá has improved his Season rating most, up +29.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hu Hetao of Chengdu Better City is the most valuable name in this group at 5.6.

Beijing Guoan · 21/22→25/26

Most improved

Wilson Manafá+29.8SsN

Shanghai Shenhua · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	28	37
2	Hu Hetao Full-back	Chengdu Better City	22	38	35
3	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	44	33
4	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	Qingdao Youth Island	21	45	32
5	He Longhai Full-back	Qingdao Youth Island	24	25	31
6	He Yiran Full-back	Changchun Yatai	21	16	30
7	Zhang Aihui Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	20	10	30
8	Peng Xiao Full-back	Shandong Luneng	21	7	29
9	Jin Yonghao Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	23	13	28
10	Huang Ruifeng Full-back	Henan Jianye	26	28	28
11	Zhang Yujie Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	24	6	28
12	Wang Xianjun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	26	19	28
13	Wei Suowei Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	21	8	27
14	Y. Gurfinkel Full-back	Chengdu Better City	28	441733.3%	274.2%
15	Liu Yixin Full-back	Henan Jianye	25	12	27
16	Jia Feifan Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	25	11	26
17	Yeljan Shinar Full-back	Henan Jianye	27	14	24
18	Wen Jiabao Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	27	19	23
19	Dilmurat Mawlanyaz Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	34	23
20	Yue Tze Nam Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	28	10	23
21	Xie Weijun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	28	18	22
22	Zhang Chenliang Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	25	22
23	Yang Yilin Full-back	Henan Jianye	27	6	21
24	Abduhamit Abdugheni Full-back	Changchun Yatai	28	18	21
25	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	29	20
26	Huang Zhengyu Full-back	Shandong Luneng	29	11	20
27	Liu Bin Full-back	Henan Jianye	28	8	19
28	Ba Dun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	29	19
29	Denny Wang Yi Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	28	14	19
30	Li Shuai Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	12	18
31	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	312709.1%	1751.8%
32	Yang Fan Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	21	17
33	Sun Guowen Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	23	17
34	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	18	16
35	Chen Zhechao Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	16	16
36	Ming Tian Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	9	13
37	Gan Chao Full-back	Chengdu Better City	31	18	13
38	Leung Nok Hang Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	31	9	13
39	Wang Jianan Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	33	14	12
40	Cao Haiqing Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	32	15	11
41	U. Spajić Full-back	Beijing Guoan	33	16192.6%	1064.4%
42	Zhang Wei Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	13	10
43	Song Long Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	36	11	10
44	Shi Ke Full-back	Shandong Luneng	33	6	9
45	Li Zhi Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	9	8
46	Wu Xinghan Full-back	Shandong Luneng	33	5	8
47	Zhao Honglüe Full-back	Qingdao Youth Island	36	13	8
48	Wang Gang Full-back	Beijing Guoan	37	24	8
49	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	20	7
50	Jiang Zhipeng Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	37	15	7