Full-backs with the Best Potential in Ligue 1

The highest-potential full-backs in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Zaïre-Emery of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 93, and M. Niakhaté has been the form player this season, grading 65.4, and Nuno Mendes leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Hernández has improved his Season rating most, up +34.3 on last season, while N. Ngoy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +29.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Zaïre-Emery of Paris Saint Germain is the most valuable name in this group at 52.9.

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W. Zaïre-Emery52.9val

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	Player	Team
1	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6484.4%	9310.7%
2	Q. Merlin Full-back	Rennes	24	4471.1%	839.4%
3	N. Ngoy Full-back	Lille	23	4892.8%	8155.9%
4	G. Doué Full-back	Strasbourg	23	3457.3%	808.5%
5	C. Cresswell Full-back	Toulouse	23	400.5%	792.7%
6	Nuno Mendes Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	3463.3%	793%
7	A. Ait Boudlal Full-back	Rennes	20	27162.7%	7834%
8	S. Amo-Ameyaw Full-back	Strasbourg	20	1261.8%	786.2%
9	B. Meité Full-back	Lorient	24	23	7726.7%
10	J. Ekomié Full-back	Angers	22	41248.3%	7713.7%
11	I. Doukouré Full-back	Strasbourg	23	2636.4%	768.4%
12	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
13	K. Ouattara Full-back	Monaco	21	14154.7%	740.7%
14	G. Tsitaishvili Full-back	Metz	25	2137.6%	735.2%
15	C. Mawissa Elebi Full-back	Monaco	21	1963.9%	737.1%
16	D. Coppola Full-back	Paris FC	22	1374.3%	7313%
17	Abner Full-back	Lyon	26	46144.2%	735.2%
18	J. Teze Full-back	Monaco	26	35218%	714.4%
19	R. Kluivert Full-back	Lyon	25	2032.7%	7125.6%
20	M. Nagida Full-back	Rennes	21	1882%	712.2%
21	B. Locko Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	24	252181.8%	7114.1%
22	S. Diomandé Full-back	Auxerre	25	3250.6%	7011.2%
23	L. Sy Full-back	Auxerre	23	30368.8%	7033.7%
24	P. Katseris Full-back	Lorient	25	1053.1%	6813.3%
25	Tiago Santos Full-back	Lille	24	13155.8%	670.7%
26	D. Yongwa Full-back	Lorient	25	1672.5%	675.9%
27	F. Doucouré Full-back	Le Havre	25	1733.6%	6719.1%
28	F. Oppegård Full-back	Auxerre	24	20503%	668.2%
29	Vanderson Full-back	Monaco	25	1470.5%	6520.1%
30	M. McKenzie Full-back	Toulouse	27	3612.7%	6414.4%
31	A. Hakimi Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	27	3521.5%	6422.2%
32	W. Kamanzi Full-back	Toulouse	25	158.6%	646.5%
33	Saud Abdulhamid Full-back	Lens	27	24525.6%	644.6%
34	R. Perraud Full-back	Lille	28	47147.9%	6310.1%
35	U. Mboula Full-back	Metz	23	124.1%	637.9%
36	A. Seidu Full-back	Rennes	26	2325.4%	623.4%
37	F. Medina Full-back	Marseille	27	2258.4%	5824%
38	Y. Zouaoui Full-back	Le Havre	28	33359.2%	564.6%
39	G. Mensah Full-back	Auxerre	28	3623.9%	5518.7%
40	M. Udol Full-back	Lens	30	556.8%	551.3%
41	K. Kouao Full-back	Metz	28	3716.2%	5410.2%
42	M. Niakhaté Full-back	Lyon	30	6551.7%	5017.7%
43	T. De Smet Full-back	Paris FC	28	1452.7%	4811.2%
44	Caio Henrique Full-back	Monaco	29	1848.8%	4826.6%
45	L. Hernández Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	30	47281.1%	466.9%
46	C. Arcus Full-back	Angers	30	3417%	4417.4%
47	C. Verdonk Full-back	Lille	29	1964.8%	4328.7%
48	B. Chardonnet Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	31	417.4%	4120.8%
49	Emerson Full-back	Marseille	32	3537.5%	3729.9%
50	P. Frankowski Full-back	Rennes	31	2228.7%	3429.1%