Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in Pro League

The most in-form centre-backs in Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Zézé of NEOM is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.2, and Rúben Neves has been the form player this season, grading 58.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rúben Neves has improved his Season rating most, up +30.8 on last season, while Yusuf Akçiçek's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Simakan of Al-Nassr is the most valuable name in this group at 26.9.

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Al-Hilal Saudi FC · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Rúben Neves Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	29	59111.2%	448.4%
2	M. Simakan Centre-back	Al-Nassr	26	5788.7%	551.3%
3	Ibañez Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	5217.2%	4719.2%
4	Abdulelah Al Amri Centre-back	Al-Nassr	29	4725.1%	3617%
5	Abdullah Al Fahad Centre-back	Al Khaleej Saihat	32	3992.2%	2133.8%
6	F. Calvo Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	34	3955.2%	228.6%
7	M. Demiral Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	28	3624%	4023.6%
8	Nacho Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	36	3328.8%	237.4%
9	M. Saâdane Centre-back	Al-Fateh	34	3132.8%	1924.8%
10	Danilo Pereira Centre-back	Al-Ittihad FC	34	3023.3%	2214.9%
11	W. Hoedt Centre-back	Al Shabab	32	2926.7%	2723.7%
12	J. Hendry Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	31	29137.7%	304.4%
13	M. Villanueva Centre-back	Al-Fayha	33	2710.5%	2220.4%
14	E. Utkus Centre-back	Al Kholood	26	2660%	501.4%
15	Jorge Fernandes Centre-back	Al-Fateh	29	26134.2%	377.5%
16	C. Smalling Centre-back	Al-Fayha	36	2535.2%	2210.6%
17	Y. Barbet Centre-back	Al Riyadh	33	2516.4%	2322.7%
18	N. Gyömbér Centre-back	Al Kholood	34	248.9%	1933.9%
19	J. Harkass Centre-back	Damac	30	24	32
20	A. Bedrane Centre-back	Damac	34	2331%	1929.2%
21	Muteb Al Mufarrij Centre-back	Al Taawon	29	2224.6%	3510.7%
22	Ali Al Bulayhi Centre-back	Al Shabab	36	2140.1%	192.5%
23	Mohammed Bakor Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	22	2117.7%	515%
24	K. Günter Centre-back	Al Okhdood	31	2010.3%	278.8%
25	Mohammed Al Khaibari Centre-back	Al Riyadh	24	20178.1%	515%
26	Sultan Tanker Centre-back	Al-Hazm	27	204775%	4513.7%
27	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	1910.6%	5919.1%
28	Mohammed Al Khabrani Centre-back	Al Khaleej Saihat	32	1917.7%	2814%
29	Samir Centre-back	Al Najma	31	190.5%	2857.8%
30	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al Taawon	27	1945.3%	4513.1%
31	Ahmed Hegazy Centre-back	NEOM	35	1852.9%	192.2%
32	Saad Al Nasser Centre-back	Al-Nassr	25	1753.6%	4713.7%
33	Andrei Girotto Centre-back	Al Taawon	34	1756.1%	1733.1%
34	Abdulbasit Al-Hindi Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	29	17263%	3118.7%
35	Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel Centre-back	Al-Hazm	30	17209.3%	3013%
36	Qassem Lajami Centre-back	Al Taawon	30	1728.9%	2814.8%
37	G. Gül Centre-back	Al Okhdood	28	1639.3%	397.8%
38	Fahad Al Abdulrazzaq Centre-back	Al Najma	26	1642.9%	3916.3%
39	Ali Lajami Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	30	1550.8%	2534%
40	W. Troost-Ekong Centre-back	Al Kholood	32	1533.5%	2431.7%
41	Ahmed Sharahili Centre-back	Al-Ittihad FC	32	14	199.9%
42	F. Chafaï Centre-back	Damac	36	1452.9%	1916.9%
43	Yusuf Akçiçek Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	20	1457%	5112.5%
44	A. Al Siyahi Centre-back	Al Riyadh	20	12	50
45	Mohammed Al Shwirekh Centre-back	Al Shabab	27	1166.7%	3921%
46	Naif Asiri Centre-back	Al Okhdood	25	1162.3%	4514.2%
47	Abdullah Al Shanqiti Centre-back	Al-Hazm	27	11125.5%	3910.3%
48	Abdullah Al Hafith Centre-back	Al Khaleej Saihat	33	1148.5%	1539.6%
49	Saeed Al Rubaie Centre-back	Al Okhdood	32	10	21
50	Mohammed Abu Abd Centre-back	Al Okhdood	24	10	48