Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in First League

The most valuable centre-backs in First League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Z. Atanasov has been the form player this season, grading 32, and R. Bidounga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Eboa Eboa has improved his Season rating most, up +19 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Botev Plovdiv · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	5.4	28	33
2	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	5.4	30	28
3	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	4.7	25	27
4	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	4.1	2157.4%	3042.7%
5	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	3.8	20	32
6	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	3.5	10	30
7	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	3.5	14	32
8	K. Iliev Centre-back	Montana	24	3.4	5	29
9	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	23	3.4	4	29
10	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	3.4	16	29
11	R. Stefanov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	23	3.4	9	29
12	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	3.4	16	30
13	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	3.3	7	32
14	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.3	101920%	2947%
15	M. Paskalev Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	24	3.3	6	28
16	J. Cuero Centre-back	Dobrudzha	25	3.3	12	29
17	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	3.2	7	29
18	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	9	28
19	Noga Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	24	3.2	436.8%	2738%
20	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	11115.1%	2827.1%
21	L. Ivanov Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	22	3.2	3	30
22	Ivan Aleksiev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.2	5	28
23	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	3.2	15	33
24	Đorđe Jovičić Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	24	3.1	7	27
25	Augusto Dabo Centre-back	Beroe	22	3.1	785%	2848.1%
26	G. Varbanov Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	25	3.1	6	27
27	S. Shishkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	20	3.1	6	31
28	David Akintola Idowu Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	3.1	13	27
29	S. Petrov Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	26	3	1165.7%	2621.6%
30	Danylo Polonskyi Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	24	3	0	267.2%
31	A. Varganov Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	22	3	0	27
32	Adama Ardile Traoré Centre-back	CSKA 1948	26	3	7	2630.9%
33	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Dobrudzha	26	2.9	8228%	2539.1%
34	A. Puerto Centre-back	Dobrudzha	22	2.9	0	27
35	D. Hasan Centre-back	Dobrudzha	24	2.9	1	25
36	B. Tomovski Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	21	2.9	2	28
37	E. Kurtulus Centre-back	Ludogorets	26	2.9	676%	2622.5%
38	Tijan Centre-back	Beroe	25	2.8	1	24
39	S. Vasilev Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	2.8	5	29
40	R. Marinov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	21	2.8	0	27
41	M. Stefanov Centre-back	Ludogorets	26	2.8	0	24
42	D. Dinev Centre-back	Montana	22	2.8	0	26
43	Lukas Magđinski Centre-back	Spartak Varna	20	2.7	0	28
44	B. Córdoba Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	26	2.7	0	24
45	N. Borisov Centre-back	Montana	26	2.7	7	24
46	M. Georgiev Centre-back	Beroe	21	2.7	0	26
47	I. Lagundzic Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	2.6	0	23
48	A. Chindriş Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	27	2.6	641%	2322.9%
49	V. Ozornwafor Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	27	2.6	10167.6%	2354.8%
50	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Beroe	28	2.6	31	23