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 Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 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

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
2	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	351.4%	863.6%
3	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	33±0%	855.5%
4	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6461.2%	8311%
5	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
6	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39±0%	79±0%
7	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
8	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	22	348.9%	782%
9	B. Diakité Centre-back	Bournemouth	25	1761%	7512.2%
10	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	1266.1%	756.9%
11	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	Botafogo	25	15±0%	7410.1%
12	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	35741.5%	7421.1%
13	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2364.1%	7417.3%
14	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
15	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	422.6%	731.1%
16	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
17	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	24	72
18	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
19	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
20	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
21	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%
22	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	31±0%	711.7%
23	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
24	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
25	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
26	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	25	46285.6%	7020%
27	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
28	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	22538.2%	6989.8%
29	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	20	69
30	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	17122.1%	684.1%
31	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	27	2411.2%	687.8%
32	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	4813.3%	6811.6%
33	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	58143.3%	6816.5%
34	M. Senaya Centre-back	Auxerre	25	38396.1%	686.4%
35	David López Centre-back	Mallorca	23	854.9%	679.8%
36	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44290.3%	6719.6%
37	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	20±0%	664.9%
38	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	3615.7%	663.6%
39	T. Nianzou Centre-back	Lille	24	539.5%	661.2%
40	John Nwankwo Centre-back	Mallorca	26	9±0%	669.2%
41	Gael Alonso Centre-back	FC Andorra	24	39	66
42	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	12	66
43	D. Koswal Centre-back	Sandefjord	23	2140.2%	6617.5%
44	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	2649.4%	6622.4%
45	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	33147.7%	666.3%
46	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
47	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	414.8%	651.7%
48	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31±0%	65±0%
49	J. Hurtado Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	279.2%	65±0%
50	L. Morgalla Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	243300%	6573.7%