Top-Scoring centre-backs in Pro League

The top-scoring 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	11	59111.2%	448.4%
2	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al Taawon	27	5	1945.3%	4513.1%
3	Saeed Al Rubaie Centre-back	Al Okhdood	32	4	10	21
4	F. Calvo Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	34	4	3955.2%	228.6%
5	Samir Centre-back	Al Najma	31	3	190.5%	2857.8%
6	F. Chafaï Centre-back	Damac	36	3	1452.9%	1916.9%
7	C. Smalling Centre-back	Al-Fayha	36	3	2535.2%	2210.6%
8	M. Simakan Centre-back	Al-Nassr	26	3	5788.7%	551.3%
9	A. Bedrane Centre-back	Damac	34	3	2331%	1929.2%
10	Ali Al Bulayhi Centre-back	Al Shabab	36	2	2140.1%	192.5%
11	Abdulelah Al Amri Centre-back	Al-Nassr	29	2	4725.1%	3617%
12	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	2	1910.6%	5919.1%
13	M. Demiral Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	28	2	3624%	4023.6%
14	Ibañez Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	2	5217.2%	4719.2%
15	Danilo Pereira Centre-back	Al-Ittihad FC	34	2	3023.3%	2214.9%
16	Jorge Fernandes Centre-back	Al-Fateh	29	2	26134.2%	377.5%
17	Andrei Girotto Centre-back	Al Taawon	34	2	1756.1%	1733.1%
18	Y. Barbet Centre-back	Al Riyadh	33	2	2516.4%	2322.7%
19	J. Harkass Centre-back	Damac	30	2	24	32
20	Ghassan Centre-back	Al Okhdood	23	1	6	46
21	M. Villanueva Centre-back	Al-Fayha	33	1	2710.5%	2220.4%
22	Ahmed Hegazy Centre-back	NEOM	35	1	1852.9%	192.2%
23	Naif Asiri Centre-back	Al Okhdood	25	1	1162.3%	4514.2%
24	K. Günter Centre-back	Al Okhdood	31	1	2010.3%	278.8%
25	G. Gül Centre-back	Al Okhdood	28	1	1639.3%	397.8%
26	J. Hendry Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	31	1	29137.7%	304.4%
27	Abdullah Al Shanqiti Centre-back	Al-Hazm	27	1	11125.5%	3910.3%
28	Ali Adnan Centre-back	Al Najma	32	1	0	1313.8%
29	E. Utkus Centre-back	Al Kholood	26	1	2660%	501.4%
30	Mukhir Al Rashidi Centre-back	Al-Fayha	27	1	584.8%	3727.5%
31	Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel Centre-back	Al-Hazm	30	1	17209.3%	3013%