Centre-backs with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and S. van der Sloot leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 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 145.4.

Lisandro López74.9SsN

Belgrano Cordoba

Rising potential

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Nice · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

S. van der Sloot8goals

50 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
2	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	17±0%	8620.5%
3	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	351.4%	863.6%
4	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	41±0%	85±0%
5	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	3338.5%	8512.6%
6	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32±0%	84±0%
7	M. Estève Centre-back	RB Leipzig	24	254.3%	842.8%
8	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6461.2%	8311%
9	A. Circati Centre-back	Benfica	22	45±0%	80±0%
10	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	51±0%	801.2%
11	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
12	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	22±0%	803%
13	Jon Pacheco Centre-back	Real Sociedad	25	19±0%	7911.7%
14	M. Moreno Centre-back	Venezia	22	289.7%	79±0%
15	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
16	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	27±0%	78±0%
17	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Manchester City	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
18	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Nice	22	3476.8%	78172%
19	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	59±0%	77±0%
20	Fellipe Jack Centre-back	Cremonese	20	89.3%	7530.7%
21	B. Diakité Centre-back	Bournemouth	25	1761%	7512.2%
22	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	1266.1%	756.9%
23	S. Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	22	18±0%	745.5%
24	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	25	1549.5%	74±0%
25	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	35741.5%	7421.1%
26	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2364.1%	7417.3%
27	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
28	D. Ghilardi Centre-back	AS Roma	23	31±0%	73±0%
29	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	33±0%	733.3%
30	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	422.6%	731.1%
31	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	24	72
32	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
33	P. Struijk Centre-back	Brighton	27	32±0%	721.6%
34	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
35	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	1162.5%	724.7%
36	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
37	Morato Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	25	21±0%	71±0%
38	A. Rouault Centre-back	Rennes	25	31±0%	71±0%
39	R. Alhassane Centre-back	Bologna	24	261.5%	71±0%
40	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%
41	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
42	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
43	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
44	L. Brassier Centre-back	Rennes	26	38±0%	70±0%
45	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	46285.6%	7016.4%
46	Sergio Barcia Centre-back	SC Braga	25	42±0%	706.6%
47	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
48	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	22538.2%	6989.8%
49	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	20	69
50	E. Konsa Centre-back	Arsenal	28	32±0%	69±0%