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Centre-backs with the Best Potential

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

Best goalkeepersBest defendersBest midfieldersBest attackersMost in-form centre-backsTop-scoring centre-backs

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 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 145.4.

Best talent
W. Saliba87.8RTG
Arsenal
In form
Lisandro López74.9SsN
Belgrano Cordoba
Rising potential
A. Faye+53.3RTG
Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lisandro López+59.8SsN
Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. van der Sloot8goals
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Most valuable
W. Saliba145.4val
Arsenal
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PlayerTeam
1W. SalibaCentre-backArsenal256217.3%885.7%
2L. YoroCentre-backManchester United2023±0%87±0%
3J. BelocianCentre-backBayer Leverkusen211717100%8627.5%
4NatanCentre-backNapoli25351.4%863.6%
5M. van de VenCentre-backTottenham2534±0%85±0%
6Vitor NunesCentre-backManchester City20352%85±0%
7J. O'BrienCentre-backEverton254179.5%856.3%
8T. KristensenCentre-backAtalanta243338.5%8512.6%
9Pau NavarroCentre-backVillarreal2132210.7%848.4%
10A. FayeCentre-backCelta Vigo2121±0%8413.9%
11M. EstèveCentre-backRB Leipzig242573.1%846.1%
12I. ZabarnyiCentre-backParis Saint Germain246461.2%8311%
13J. QuansahCentre-backBayer Leverkusen2329±0%82±0%
14F. KadıoğluCentre-backBrighton2638±0%81±0%
15L. QuerfeldCentre-backUnion Berlin2238±0%81±0%
16A. CircatiCentre-backBenfica2245971.4%8020%
17F. TerraccianoCentre-backAC Milan2351532.5%8014.7%
18C. LukebaCentre-backRB Leipzig2341±0%80±0%
19Raúl AsencioCentre-backReal Madrid23273.6%803.9%
20Abdoul Karim CoulibalyCentre-backWerder Bremen1922±0%803%
21Jon PachecoCentre-backReal Sociedad251936.8%7912.9%
22Z. Van Den BoschCentre-backUnion Berlin234613.2%7935.3%
23M. MorenoCentre-backVenezia222828.3%7950.2%
24S. BaidooCentre-backLens223979
25H. AhanorCentre-backAtalanta1827568.3%7814.4%
26Abdulay BahCentre-backManchester City2028314.7%7810.8%
27K. Peprah OppongCentre-backNice223476.8%78172%
28Noahkai Kai Daniel BanksCentre-backFC Augsburg1921±0%78±0%
29N. SchlotterbeckCentre-backBorussia Dortmund2659121.9%774.1%
30W. FofanaCentre-backChelsea2528±0%76±0%
31Finn JeltschCentre-backVfB Stuttgart2026±0%763.1%
32Fellipe JackCentre-backCremonese208127.8%7511.7%
33B. DiakitéCentre-backBournemouth251761%7512.2%
34N. SavonaCentre-backNottingham Forest231266.1%756.9%
35N. BertolaCentre-backUdinese2330±0%75±0%
36S. CoulibalyCentre-backStrasbourg2218304.5%7410.4%
37Arthur ChavesCentre-back1899 Hoffenheim251549.5%74±0%
38S. WalukiewiczCentre-backSassuolo2635741.5%7421.1%
39A. KaplanCentre-backNEC Nijmegen232364.1%7417.3%
40J. IdzesCentre-backSassuolo2631±0%74±0%
41I. OgbusCentre-backSC Freiburg20152416.7%7410.5%
42D. GhilardiCentre-backAS Roma23318.7%735.1%
43L. GeertruidaCentre-backPSV Eindhoven26284.1%732%
44A. PhillipsCentre-backMiddlesbrough2133±0%733.9%
45S. RamosCentre-backBahia24422.6%731.1%
46M. VitíkCentre-backBologna232472
47C. HughesCentre-backHull City2243145.5%7211.9%
48K. PotulskiCentre-backFSV Mainz 051812±0%72±0%
49P. StruijkCentre-backBrighton273242.4%720.7%
50A. ZehnterCentre-backVfL Wolfsburg21874.3%723.8%