Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga

The most valuable centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and M. N'Diaye has been the form player this season, grading 61, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. N'Diaye of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 38.8.

1. FC Nürnberg · 24/25→25/26

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FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. N'Diaye Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	24	38.8	6178.9%	6622.3%
2	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	27.4	45137.2%	665.4%
3	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	26.5	4222.7%	622.1%
4	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	25.7	40778.3%	5915.1%
5	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	25.1	3521.1%	66±0%
6	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	24.8	29175.5%	6557.5%
7	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	24.4	38307.4%	5748.2%
8	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	23.5	37202.5%	6012.8%
9	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	23.4	37776.2%	5415.1%
10	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	22.7	3341.1%	5912%
11	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	22.6	3346%	598.4%
12	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	22	20124.4%	5838%
13	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	21.8	2321.4%	5730.9%
14	I. Nekić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	21.5	222300%	562.8%
15	M. Beifus Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	23	21.3	683.8%	5616.8%
16	E. Egouli Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	21.3	17	56
17	Felipe Sánchez Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	22	21.2	208.8%	5817.7%
18	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	21.1	2524.7%	611.6%
19	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	21	41	67
20	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	20.7	1427.3%	5729.7%
21	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	20.5	17	6015.9%
22	A. Chernev Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	20.3	9	53
23	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	20.3	12228.6%	5351.7%
24	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	20.1	2913.1%	5314.4%
25	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	19.8	2353.8%	5221.7%
26	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	19.5	52206.4%	5110.6%
27	T. Dietrich Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	23	19.4	0100%	5145.1%
28	L. Frenkert Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	19.4	1741.7%	5114.3%
29	M. Bauer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	19	208.3%	508.8%
30	J. Heuer Centre-back	Preußen Münster	27	19	2320.5%	5013.1%
31	Hendry Aron Blank Centre-back	Hannover 96	21	18.9	64.9%	5534.7%
32	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	22	18.7	0	52
33	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	18.6	1435.3%	4918.4%
34	Kevin Krumme Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	18.6	0	51
35	N. König Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	23	18.5	4	49
36	M. Geschwill Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	25	18.3	758.2%	4830.4%
37	Tidiane Toure Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	18.2	0	53
38	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	21	18.1	0	53
39	N. Mohr Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	53
40	Grayson Dettoni Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	21	18	1	52
41	K. Yalcin Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	52
42	B. Ezeh Centre-back	Hannover 96	25	18	0100%	4715.7%
43	Anton Bäuerle Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	52
44	F. Roslyng Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	17.9	4	52
45	N. Dühring Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	22	17.8	0	49
46	T. Hoffmann Centre-back	Hertha BSC	21	17.6	0100%	5126.1%
47	L. Brodersen Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	17.6	0	46
48	F. Muller Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	19	17.6	11	58
49	T. Buchmann Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	17.5	1	51
50	Felix Vogler Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	22	17.4	0	48