Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

T. Blokzijl of Groningen is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.8, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and D. Bakker leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while M. Willemsen's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Baas of Ajax is the most valuable name in this group at 41.4.

Heerenveen · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+43.9SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	41.4	545.7%	763.8%
2	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	40.7	53482.4%	572.5%
3	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	38.7	5969.4%	757.6%
4	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	33.1	3712%	722%
5	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	32.9	2793%	7113.3%
6	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	32.8	2836.6%	7111.6%
7	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	32.5	2210.9%	7129.6%
8	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	32.3	2343.9%	7011.5%
9	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	32.2	3916.3%	741.9%
10	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	32	305.9%	707.1%
11	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	31.8	22538.2%	6989.8%
12	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	31.4	4149.1%	768.3%
13	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	30.2	28232.9%	668.4%
14	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	29.1	2721.2%	633.8%
15	S. Sambo Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	24	29	317600%	6310.7%
16	I. Mesík Centre-back	Heracles	25	29	1845.7%	639.7%
17	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	29	1161.1%	638.4%
18	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	28.7	182900%	629.9%
19	D. Koswal Centre-back	Telstar	22	27.7	1556.1%	6313%
20	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	27.3	1632.2%	6212.7%
21	J. Šutalo Centre-back	Ajax	26	27	3153.9%	5918.4%
22	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Feyenoord	27	26.6	3444.2%	5817.3%
23	N. Hopland Centre-back	Heerenveen	22	26.5	579.3%	6116.1%
24	S. Adewoye Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	26	26.5	2426.2%	589%
25	S. van Ottele Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	24	26.2	1169.5%	5717.8%
26	H. Petrov Centre-back	Heerenveen	24	25.9	714.8%	567.7%
27	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	25.8	21145.3%	563.6%
28	S. Henderikx Centre-back	Excelsior	23	25.7	687.6%	567.5%
29	D. James Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	26	25.7	2318.6%	5614%
30	G. van Zwam Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	22	25.6	1060.7%	598.5%
31	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	25.4	1657.7%	5518.2%
32	T. Velthuis Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	24	24.9	642.7%	543.8%
33	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	24.5	16	71
34	T. Beelen Centre-back	Feyenoord	25	24.2	0100%	5321.3%
35	M. Jeng Centre-back	Feyenoord	21	24.1	195.8%	5847.8%
36	M. Hilgers Centre-back	Twente	25	23.9	0100%	5227.7%
37	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	23.6	755.3%	5113.7%
38	M. de Ligt Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	22	23.6	0	54
39	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	23.5	169.9%	5116.4%
40	M. Eerdhuijzen Centre-back	Utrecht	26	23.2	970.7%	5027.4%
41	I. Mulder Centre-back	Heerenveen	21	23.1	0	56
42	Rodney Kroeze Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	22	22.9	1	52
43	Dean Bisschops Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	21	22.9	1	552.6%
44	S. Čestić Centre-back	Heracles	25	22.9	242.9%	508%
45	D. van der Haar Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	22	22.9	099%	5223.5%
46	E. Waayers Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	20	22.8	191.4%	5816.4%
47	Jaylan von Schooneveld Centre-back	Telstar	21	22.3	0	54
48	Dylan Ruward Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	21	22.2	0	54
49	R. Bouw Centre-back	Heerenveen	20	22.1	0	56
50	L. Milani Centre-back	Heracles	25	21.9	0	48