Full-backs with the Best Potential in Super League 25/26

The highest-potential full-backs in Super League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Schmidt of BSC Young Boys is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.8, and N. Lavanchy has been the form player this season, grading 58.3, and A. Papadopoulos leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Papadopoulos has improved his Season rating most, up +33.3 on last season, while T. Strannegård's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Hefti of FC Sion is the most valuable name in this group at 13.4.

T. Strannegård+11.3RTG

FC Thun · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Papadopoulos+33.3SsN

FC Lugano · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

A. Papadopoulos4goals

44 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	I. Schmidt Full-back	BSC Young Boys	26	6281.3%	573.5%
2	J. Hilton Full-back	Grasshoppers	25	1765.8%	4717.3%
3	L. Njoh Full-back	Servette FC	24	2318.4%	4621.3%
4	Martim Marques Full-back	FC Lugano	22	22	45
5	N. Hefti Full-back	FC Sion	27	51	45
6	T. Gaal Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	25	266.3%	4523.4%
7	T. Strannegård Full-back	FC Thun	24	1419.1%	4536.6%
8	C. May Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	19	11	44
9	A. Papadopoulos Full-back	FC Lugano	27	41456.2%	448.1%
10	B. Soppy Full-back	Lausanne	24	26390.6%	4417.9%
11	S. Stroscio Full-back	Grasshoppers	23	27	43
12	R. Fernandes Full-back	FC Luzern	23	16	42
13	F. Fehr Full-back	FC Thun	26	18	42
14	L. Dähler Full-back	FC Thun	25	9	41
15	S. Marques Full-back	Grasshoppers	21	7	41
16	R. Andrews Full-back	BSC Young Boys	22	861%	4042.5%
17	L. Mikulic Full-back	Grasshoppers	20	14	39
18	S. Ottiger Full-back	FC Winterthur	23	15	39
19	Tibault Citherlet Full-back	FC Winterthur	20	6	39
20	I. Sauter Full-back	FC Zurich	25	11	38
21	T. Bergvall Full-back	Lausanne	22	714.5%	3816.7%
22	S. Walker Full-back	FC Zurich	20	6	38
23	L. Lüthi Full-back	FC Luzern	22	6	37
24	A. Diaby Full-back	Grasshoppers	26	11	33
25	S. Diaby Full-back	FC Winterthur	26	11	33
26	C. Michelin Full-back	FC Basel 1893	29	871.2%	3335.7%
27	C. Okoroji Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	29	27172%	3340.2%
28	K. Tsunemoto Full-back	FC Basel 1893	27	1926.3%	3331.1%
29	H. Delcroix Full-back	FC Lugano	27	16152.3%	3242.1%
30	D. Rrudhani Full-back	FC Sion	27	13	32
31	P. Dorn Full-back	FC Luzern	30	19	32
32	S. Sidler Full-back	FC Winterthur	28	11435%	3036.4%
33	K. Rüegg Full-back	FC Basel 1893	28	193600%	2956%
34	D. Abels Full-back	Grasshoppers	29	256.4%	2855.9%
35	F. Rohner Full-back	FC Winterthur	28	9	27
36	M. Poaty Full-back	Lausanne	29	1911.9%	2635.8%
37	B. Mazikou Full-back	Servette FC	30	2939.7%	2616%
38	A. Cigaņiks Full-back	FC Luzern	29	1027.8%	2523.4%
39	N. Lavanchy Full-back	FC Sion	33	58	24
40	S. Janko Full-back	BSC Young Boys	30	1515.3%	2360.9%
41	S. Köhler Full-back	Grasshoppers	29	1074.1%	2355.7%
42	Q. Maceiras Full-back	Servette FC	30	23	20
43	M. Ullmann Full-back	Grasshoppers	30	71625%	2050.6%
44	D. Bronn Full-back	Servette FC	31	1332.1%	1851.9%