Top-Scoring centre-backs in Eredivisie

The top-scoring centre-backs in Eredivisie, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in Eredivisie Top-scoring midfielders in Eredivisie Top-scoring attackers in Eredivisie Best centre-backs in Eredivisie Most in-form centre-backs in Eredivisie Most valuable centre-backs in Eredivisie

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

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Teo Quintero+43.9SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Bakker Centre-back	Telstar	31	4	2554.1%	3711%
2	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	4	545.7%	763.8%
3	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	3	1940.3%	4122.8%
4	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	3	3119.7%	2728.6%
5	M. Peersman Centre-back	Groningen	35	3	3659.5%	2717.3%
6	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	3	2343.9%	7011.5%
7	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	2	28232.9%	668.4%
8	I. Mesík Centre-back	Heracles	25	2	1845.7%	639.7%
9	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	2	3712%	722%
10	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	2	169.9%	5116.4%
11	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	2	305.9%	707.1%
12	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	2	755.3%	5113.7%
13	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	2	4015.3%	5010.2%
14	I. Bronkhorst Centre-back	Excelsior	29	2	2741.8%	4513.9%
15	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	2	182900%	629.9%
16	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	2	976.4%	1458.6%
17	E. Dasa Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	33	1	1316.4%	2453.5%
18	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	1	16	71
19	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	1	1632.2%	6212.7%
20	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	1	1657.7%	5518.2%
21	K. Itakura Centre-back	Ajax	29	1	2228.3%	4039.9%
22	M. te Wierik Centre-back	Heracles	34	1	1075.4%	1642.4%
23	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	1	4149.1%	768.3%
24	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	1	3916.3%	741.9%
25	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	1	21145.3%	563.6%
26	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	1	1161.1%	638.4%
27	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	1	53482.4%	572.5%
28	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	1	36425%	239.2%
29	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	1	2210.9%	7129.6%
30	N. Hopland Centre-back	Heerenveen	22	1	579.3%	6116.1%
31	S. Kersten Centre-back	Heerenveen	28	1	2320.1%	5116.3%
32	B. Nieuwkoop Centre-back	Feyenoord	30	1	1210.9%	3126.9%
33	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	1	2836.6%	7111.6%
34	D. James Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	26	1	2318.6%	5614%
35	Iván Márquez Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	32	1	1939.5%	3220.9%