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Fastest-Rising defenders by Potential Gain

The fastest-rising defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 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.

50 players · ranked by biggest risers (potential)Customise →
PlayerTeam
1O. ProvstgaardCentre-backLazio23+31.5
24/25→25/26
28±0%74±0%
2S. DahlFull-backBenfica23+31.3
24/25→25/26
38±0%69±0%
3E. EbosseFull-backTorino27+28.9
24/25→25/26
16±0%629.7%
4KhellvenFull-backPalmeiras25+27.7
24/25→25/26
33112.9%631.1%
5R. AlebiosuFull-backBlackburn24+25.8
24/25→25/26
1262.2%68±0%
6S. KottoCentre-backReims23+25.7
24/25→25/26
28±0%591.9%
7L. VuškovićCentre-backBrighton19+25.2
24/25→25/26
304.2%873%
8G. ZohoréCentre-backFerencvarosi TC25+24.7
24/25→25/26
26473.9%5873.7%
9A. AhmedFull-backNorwich26+24.3
24/25→25/26
2238.7%6460.9%
10K. SchmidtCentre-backDynamo Dresden24+23.4
24/25→25/26
12228.6%5866.9%
11Miguel NóbregaCentre-backUnião de Leiria26+23
24/25→25/26
11152.4%5474.2%
12G. CampbellCentre-backWest Brom25+22.9
24/25→25/26
1265.6%662.5%
13C. TaylorFull-backMillwall23+22.9
24/25→25/26
3219.1%69±0%
14C. O'RiordanCentre-backBarnsley23+22.2
24/25→25/26
756.1%5526.3%
15M. SteinwenderCentre-backVfL Bochum26+21.4
24/25→25/26
449.5%5323.7%
16I. BaoufCentre-backCambuur20+20.9
24/25→25/26
39±0%653.8%
17F. OttoFull-back1. FC Nürnberg24+20.9
24/25→25/26
2512.4%5940.7%
18Christian MarquesCentre-backTondela23+20.7
22/23→25/26
30406.8%6150.9%
19J. BosFull-backFeyenoord24+20.7
24/25→25/26
39319.1%7637.4%
20Danilo VeigaFull-backLecce24+20.7
24/25→25/26
50±0%801.7%
21Roman GomezFull-backBahia22+20.6
24/25→25/26
28±0%6634.6%
22JonnyCentre-backAlaves32+20.6
24/25→25/26
29±0%40±0%
23A. CaicedoCentre-backVizela22+19.8
24/25→25/26
1178.7%5950.3%
24A. GiayCentre-backPalmeiras22+19.6
24/25→25/26
374.6%71±0%
25M. TroiloCentre-backParma23+19.5
24/25→25/26
318.5%731.2%
26Germán ValeraFull-backElche24+18.8
24/25→25/26
34±0%84±0%
27J. KiilerichCentre-backZulte Waregem26+18.7
24/25→25/26
252.9%523%
28M. GyamfiCentre-back1. FC Kaiserslautern26+18.4
24/25→25/26
38±0%57±0%
29Andrés CastrínCentre-backSevilla23+18.4
22/23→25/26
15±0%72±0%
30M. CommaretFull-backLaval24+18.1
24/25→25/26
14231.7%5253.7%
31N. MartensFull-backDe Graafschap22+17.8
24/25→25/26
72.6%5912.9%
32B. MeitéFull-backMarseille24+17.6
24/25→25/26
237829%
33M. FreckletonCentre-backLask Linz24+16.8
24/25→25/26
38107.7%5050.8%
34I. VådebuCentre-backTromso23+16.8
24/25→25/26
50275%4510.6%
35R. LipinskiFull-backRodez24+16.6
24/25→25/26
367.9%671.5%
36S. LangåsCentre-backDerby25+16.2
24/25→25/26
960.8%63±0%
37L. SyFull-backAuxerre24+16.2
24/25→25/26
30±0%68±0%
38M. WillemsenCentre-backHeerenveen23+16.1
24/25→25/26
22±0%71±0%
39T. MuharemovićFull-backLeeds23+16
24/25→25/26
403.4%832%
40J. BoyerCentre-backBoulogne28+15.9
24/25→25/26
40±0%46±0%
41A. TruffertFull-backBournemouth24+15.5
24/25→25/26
57±0%96±0%
42D. ThiamCentre-backBoulogne36+15.2
24/25→25/26
34±0%22±0%
43H. GamborFull-backAcademico Viseu23+15.1
24/25→25/26
1820.9%6530.6%
44D. TarziaFull-backVitoria23+15
24/25→25/26
25425%6639.6%
45Gustavo MarquesCentre-backRB Bragantino25+15
24/25→25/26
46285.6%7020%
46A. WarnerydFull-backTromso21+15
24/25→25/26
4285%5062.1%
47D. SyllaCentre-backLorient24+14.9
24/25→25/26
3712.3%661.2%
48I. OgundereCentre-backAFC Wimbledon24+14.6
24/25→25/26
1933.5%49±0%
49M. ConwayFull-backBolton23+14.5
24/25→25/26
1654%511.6%
50Y. CappelleFull-backZulte Waregem23+13.7
24/25→25/26
23±0%572.9%