Centre-backs with the Best Potential

The highest-potential centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and K. Mac Allister has been the form player this season, grading 74.5, and S. van der Sloot leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 123.4.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Barcelona

In form

K. Mac Allister74.5SsN

Union St. Gilloise

Rising potential

A. Faye+53.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

Como · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

S. van der Sloot8goals

50 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
2	T. Hume Centre-back	Sunderland	24	4622.1%	8912.5%
3	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
4	M. Kerkez Centre-back	Liverpool	22	2924.5%	8811.9%
5	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	681213.5%	8711.8%
6	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	2338.5%	8710.4%
7	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	25	3626.5%	8712.5%
8	D. Bartesaghi Centre-back	AC Milan	20	452558.8%	8525.3%
9	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	34275.6%	8514.1%
10	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	3417.9%	8519.8%
11	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	5424.2%	851.5%
12	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	4179.5%	856.3%
13	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	2949.7%	8536.7%
14	Javi Rodríguez Centre-back	Celta Vigo	23	311%	845.5%
15	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32210.7%	848.4%
16	S. Pavlović Centre-back	AC Milan	25	5564.7%	8410%
17	I. Ganiou Centre-back	Lens	21	4245.8%	8436.6%
18	A. Faye Centre-back	Celta Vigo	21	40134.1%	84176.5%
19	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	44205.6%	8349.7%
20	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	3750.4%	8316.5%
21	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6461.2%	8311%
22	Natan Centre-back	Real Betis	25	3665.7%	832.2%
23	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	41120.1%	831.7%
24	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	1948.8%	828.6%
25	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	29147.8%	825.7%
26	César Tárrega Centre-back	Valencia	24	334.8%	825%
27	F. Kadıoğlu Centre-back	Brighton	26	38474.2%	8112.9%
28	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3860.9%	817.3%
29	M. Estève Centre-back	RB Leipzig	24	2671.9%	813.2%
30	Cristhian Mosquera Centre-back	Arsenal	22	3114.2%	819.9%
31	J. Aramburu Centre-back	Real Sociedad	24	3633.1%	812.2%
32	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	304185.7%	8115.4%
33	Beraldo Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	22	4578%	802.4%
34	A. Circati Centre-back	Parma	22	45971.4%	8020%
35	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	51532.5%	8014.7%
36	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	3260.7%	8030.4%
37	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Udinese	24	3338.5%	806.8%
38	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	4114.6%	804%
39	Rafa Marín Centre-back	Napoli	24	25504.9%	8015.4%
40	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
41	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	2069.4%	803.4%
42	L. Bogarde Centre-back	Aston Villa	22	14156.4%	794.1%
43	D. Affengruber Centre-back	Elche	25	4732.5%	7912%
44	M. Moreno Centre-back	Venezia	22	3120.6%	7950.2%
45	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	2029.8%	793%
46	Murillo Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	24	3342.8%	7915.7%
47	Y. Bisseck Centre-back	Inter	25	4228.1%	795.3%
48	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
49	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	471067.5%	7823.7%
50	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	2522.3%	7876.1%