Fastest-Rising centre-backs by Potential Gain
The fastest-rising centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Peprah OppongCentre-back |  Fenerbahçe | 22 | +49.2 24/25→25/26 | 3476.8% | 78172% |
| 2 | G. ZohoréCentre-back |  Ferencvarosi TC | 25 | +24.7 24/25→25/26 | 26473.9% | 5873.7% |
| 3 | K. SchmidtCentre-back |  Dynamo Dresden | 24 | +23.4 24/25→25/26 | 12228.6% | 5866.9% |
| 4 | Miguel NóbregaCentre-back |  União de Leiria | 26 | +23 24/25→25/26 | 11152.4% | 5474.2% |
| 5 | Christian MarquesCentre-back |  Tondela | 23 | +20.7 22/23→25/26 | 30406.8% | 6150.9% |
| 6 | A. CaicedoCentre-back |  Vizela | 22 | +19.8 24/25→25/26 | 1178.7% | 5950.3% |
| 7 | A. GiayCentre-back |  Palmeiras | 22 | +19.6 24/25→25/26 | 374.6% | 71±0% |
| 8 | M. FreckletonCentre-back |  Lask Linz | 24 | +16.8 24/25→25/26 | 38107.7% | 5050.8% |
| 9 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +16.8 24/25→25/26 | 50275% | 4510.6% |
| 10 | S. LangåsCentre-back |  Derby | 25 | +16.2 24/25→25/26 | 23±0% | 63±0% |
| 11 | S. RamosCentre-back |  Bahia | 24 | +15.7 24/25→25/26 | 422.6% | 731.1% |
| 12 | Gustavo MarquesCentre-back |  RB Bragantino | 24 | +15 24/25→25/26 | 46285.6% | 7016.4% |
| 13 | K. RamsayCentre-back |  Charlton | 25 | +14.3 24/25→25/26 | 3625.3% | 6329.2% |
| 14 | L. HeyCentre-back |  Anderlecht | 23 | +13.6 24/25→25/26 | 26153.5% | 5632.4% |
| 15 | A. JullouxCentre-back |  Amiens | 29 | +13.6 24/25→25/26 | 1680.5% | 4150.6% |
| 16 | S. WalukiewiczCentre-back |  Sassuolo | 26 | +12.9 24/25→25/26 | 35741.5% | 7421.1% |
| 17 | C. KlarerCentre-back |  Birmingham | 26 | +12.8 24/25→25/26 | 31±0% | 65±0% |
| 18 | S. MilićCentre-back |  FK Partizan | 26 | +12.7 24/25→25/26 | 34392.8% | 3654% |
| 19 | F. HagmannCentre-back |  Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | +12.4 24/25→25/26 | 843.1% | 5429.7% |
| 20 | Diego MurilloCentre-back |  Malaga | 25 | +10.9 24/25→25/26 | 44290.3% | 6719.6% |
| 21 | A. KaplanCentre-back | NEC Nijmegen | 23 | +10.9 24/25→25/26 | 2364.1% | 7417.3% |
| 22 | P. BondeCentre-back |  Vasteras SK FK | 22 | +10.8 24/25→25/26 | 3175.7% | 3838.1% |
| 23 | J. QuarshieCentre-back |  Sturm Graz | 22 | +10.7 24/25→25/26 | 91720% | 6221% |
| 24 | J. ShepherdCentre-back |  Barnsley | 25 | +10.2 24/25→25/26 | 1261.2% | 4529.5% |
| 25 | JonathanCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 22 | +9.9 24/25→25/26 | 39125% | 706.1% |
| 26 | D. KoswalCentre-back |  Sandefjord | 23 | +9.8 24/25→25/26 | 2140.2% | 6617.5% |
| 27 | Marco MorenoCentre-back | Bahia | 25 | +9.6 24/25→25/26 | 58143.3% | 6816.5% |
| 28 | T. KristensenCentre-back | Atalanta | 24 | +9.5 24/25→25/26 | 3338.5% | 8512.6% |
| 29 | BebetoCentre-back | Tondela | 36 | +9.2 24/25→25/26 | 37232.1% | 18102.2% |
| 30 | Kaio PantaleãoCentre-back |  Botafogo | 31 | +9.1 24/25→25/26 | 3213.8% | 3240.6% |
| 31 | F. RoncagliaCentre-back | San Telmo | 39 | +8.9 24/25→25/26 | 3697.8% | 15145.9% |
| 32 | D. ElereweCentre-back |  Lincoln | 23 | +8.9 24/25→25/26 | 378% | 4223.4% |
| 33 | Gabriel PaulistaCentre-back |  Corinthians | 35 | +8.8 24/25→25/26 | 55423.8% | 25134.3% |
| 34 | S. HaramCentre-back |  Aalesund | 21 | +8.8 24/25→25/26 | 157.2% | 3920.3% |
| 35 | L. RiveroCentre-back |  River Plate | 22 | +8.5 24/25→25/26 | 5423% | 541.5% |
| 36 | F. HolméCentre-back |  Fredrikstad | 25 | +8.4 24/25→25/26 | 26182.8% | 4442.5% |
| 37 | A. Hammer KjelsenCentre-back | Aalesund | 20 | +8.2 24/25→25/26 | 158.2% | 4121.2% |
| 38 | N. ZečevićCentre-back | Radnicki NIS | 22 | +8 24/25→25/26 | 19178.3% | 3925.8% |
| 39 | C. StyffeCentre-back |  Orgryte IS | 24 | +8 24/25→25/26 | 31158.5% | 3638.1% |
| 40 | C. HughesCentre-back |  Hull City | 22 | +7.7 24/25→25/26 | 43145.5% | 7211.9% |
| 41 | Abdulay BahCentre-back |  FC Augsburg | 20 | +7.6 24/25→25/26 | 28314.7% | 7810.8% |
| 42 | L. SchneiderCentre-back | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | +7.6 24/25→25/26 | 1435.3% | 4918.4% |
| 43 | João BarrosCentre-back |  Ham-Kam | 25 | +7.5 24/25→25/26 | 9203.4% | 3725.9% |
| 44 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +7.3 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 45 | Alex SandroCentre-back |  Flamengo | 35 | +7.1 24/25→25/26 | 5579.9% | 2321.5% |
| 46 | I. LepskiyCentre-back |  Krylia Sovetov | 21 | +7.1 24/25→25/26 | 1444.4% | 3129.8% |
| 47 | J. BangueraCentre-back |  Lommel United | 22 | +7.1 24/25→25/26 | 19325% | 4618.3% |
| 48 | J. OosterwoldeCentre-back | Fenerbahçe | 25 | +6.7 24/25→25/26 | 35218% | 5015.3% |
| 49 | A. SchottCentre-back |  Talleres Cordoba | 26 | +6.7 24/25→25/26 | 419.8% | 529.3% |
| 50 | W. SandsCentre-back |  New England Revolution | 26 | +6.6 24/25→25/26 | 28217% | 4227.3% |