Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in Ligue 2

The most in-form centre-backs in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Lipinski of Rodez is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.7, and S. Yohou has been the form player this season, grading 57.4, and N. Saint-Ruf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Yohou has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while G. Zohoré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Nadé of Saint Etienne is the most valuable name in this group at 33.

Boulogne · 24/25→25/26

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Le Mans · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Yohou Centre-back	Le Mans	35	57686.3%	26115.6%
2	A. Monfray Centre-back	Estac Troyes	35	53±0%	267.1%
3	M. Nadé Centre-back	Saint Etienne	27	5363.8%	5620.5%
4	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	493392.9%	655.7%
5	Juan José Guevara Possu Centre-back	Bastia	25	46140.5%	561.4%
6	J. Laporte Centre-back	Montpellier	32	4346.3%	3013.4%
7	L. Mouyokolo Centre-back	Grenoble	25	3722.3%	601.7%
8	S. Gourville Centre-back	Boulogne	26	36287.1%	5358.3%
9	R. Lipinski Centre-back	Rodez	24	36603.9%	6733.1%
10	P. Ouaneh Centre-back	Laval	28	35270.5%	472.8%
11	J. Le Cardinal Centre-back	Saint Etienne	29	334.4%	4035.9%
12	A. Drouhin Centre-back	Annecy	26	3332.4%	577.3%
13	J. Ruiz Centre-back	PAU	28	3214.9%	4614.2%
14	W. Bianda Centre-back	Laval	26	32247.3%	545.1%
15	D. Gomis Centre-back	Guingamp	31	3210.8%	3313.9%
16	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	32857.6%	643.2%
17	C. Vidal Centre-back	Grenoble	26	3114.2%	5210.7%
18	G. Zohoré Centre-back	Boulogne	25	31578.3%	5873.7%
19	M. Magnin Centre-back	Rodez	24	31	66
20	D. Meddah Centre-back	PAU	23	31342%	6111.2%
21	B. Omeragić Centre-back	Montpellier	24	30126.1%	5914.8%
22	C. Jullien Centre-back	Montpellier	33	2938.2%	2143.6%
23	G. Akueson Centre-back	Bastia	30	2947.2%	3034.6%
24	A. Roncaglia Centre-back	Bastia	25	2926%	546.4%
25	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	29168.9%	6210.3%
26	N. Pallois Centre-back	Reims	38	2812.1%	1154.9%
27	S. Mambo Centre-back	Grenoble	27	2816.1%	4518.6%
28	F. Lajugie Centre-back	Annecy	30	2628.3%	374.4%
29	D. Guidi Centre-back	Bastia	30	264.7%	3124.3%
30	S. Bakayoko Centre-back	Amiens	21	2648.8%	621.8%
31	N. Ahouonon Centre-back	Reims	22	26318%	5819.1%
32	C. Jolibois Centre-back	Rodez	28	25586.5%	4556.6%
33	A. Pinot Centre-back	Boulogne	25	25629.4%	5658.4%
34	Y. Mouanga Centre-back	Montpellier	21	24319.3%	5911.1%
35	A. Briançon Centre-back	PAU	31	24	2812.3%
36	T. Delphis Centre-back	Annecy	23	2359.9%	5910.6%
37	I. M'Bahia Centre-back	Clermont Foot	21	23585.3%	6322%
38	Y. Salmier Centre-back	Clermont Foot	33	23102.7%	251.6%
39	T. Eyoum Centre-back	Le Mans	23	23	58
40	E. Annan Centre-back	Saint Etienne	23	224380%	5910.5%
41	S. Nair Centre-back	Guingamp	24	2238.1%	5711.4%
42	A. Demouchy Centre-back	Guingamp	24	22338%	578%
43	M. Bernauer Centre-back	Saint Etienne	28	21351.1%	4224%
44	P. Gozzi Centre-back	Estac Troyes	25	200.5%	562%
45	S. Bocoum Centre-back	Estac Troyes	20	18	60
46	S. Sow Centre-back	Clermont Foot	24	1843.9%	5823.9%
47	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	1854.2%	226.1%
48	V. Sasso Centre-back	Dunkerque	35	1757.9%	2120.9%
49	S. Bane Centre-back	Laval	22	1729.9%	564.9%
50	T. Pellenard Centre-back	Laval	32	1735.6%	1938.3%