Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Primera Nacional 2026

The highest-potential centre-backs in Primera Nacional in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Mendoza of Godoy Cruz is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Primera Nacional, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.9, and M. Machado leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Mendoza has improved his Season rating most, up +28.2 on last season, while F. Roncaglia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Mendoza of Godoy Cruz is the most valuable name in this group at 12.1.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	47154.1%	478%
2	H. Zuliani Centre-back	San Martin S.J.	22	31	42
3	G. Díaz Centre-back	Patronato	23	28	41
4	G. Rodríguez Centre-back	San Martin Tucuman	24	27	40
5	E. Cardozo Centre-back	Almirante Brown	20	11	40
6	I. Vaquero Centre-back	Deportivo Moron	23	21	40
7	Valentin Aguiñagalde Centre-back	Temperley	21	23	40
8	S. Monzón Centre-back	CA Estudiantes	23	25	39
9	L. Monzón Centre-back	Alvarado	23	29	39
10	T. Rojas Centre-back	Atlanta	24	31	39
11	M. Machado Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	9	39
12	F. Giacopuzzi Centre-back	Deportivo Madryn	25	18111.9%	3911.8%
13	A. Sosa Centre-back	Deportivo Madryn	26	18	39
14	F. Wiechniak Centre-back	Atletico Mitre	24	18	39
15	F. Miño Centre-back	Almirante Brown	26	4625.2%	3817.6%
16	M. Peinipil Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	27	24	38
17	M. Vallejos Centre-back	Ferro Carril Oeste	25	15	38
18	F. Hanashiro Centre-back	Colegiales	25	25	38
19	J. Ostachuk Centre-back	Atlanta	26	293512.5%	3810.5%
20	M. Tarón Centre-back	Ferro Carril Oeste	26	28	37
21	D. Arroyo Centre-back	Nueva Chicago	23	12	37
22	P. Moyano Centre-back	Defensores De Belgrano	23	15	37
23	G. Aranda Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	18291.1%	3711.1%
24	E. Calderón Centre-back	Central Norte	25	24285.2%	3712.3%
25	S. Bellatti Centre-back	Patronato	24	12	37
26	B. Palazzo Centre-back	Nueva Chicago	25	22414.3%	3718.9%
27	N. Roselli Centre-back	Arsenal Sarandi	20	4	36
28	F. Flores Centre-back	Deportivo Moron	24	1559.8%	3631.2%
29	G. Errecalde Centre-back	Chacarita Juniors	26	2836%	365.9%
30	P. Martínez Centre-back	San Miguel	26	29	36
31	O. Moscarelli Centre-back	Atletico Mitre	25	15	35
32	T. Bovone Centre-back	All Boys	26	33	35
33	I. Cabrera Centre-back	Arsenal Sarandi	23	4	3516.8%
34	V. Werro Centre-back	Alvarado	24	14	35
35	V. Serrano Centre-back	Arsenal Sarandi	22	5	35
36	S. Strasorier Centre-back	Colegiales	26	21	34
37	J. Novillo Centre-back	Quilmes	28	931.9%	3325.9%
38	A. Dattola Centre-back	Almirante Brown	27	18	33
39	J. Rodríguez Centre-back	Los Andes	26	12	32
40	N. Thaller Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	28	945.9%	3233.4%
41	T. Pérez Serra Centre-back	Tristan Suarez	27	24	32
42	M. García Centre-back	Atlanta	28	1312900%	3219.2%
43	F. Castet Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	28	103066.7%	3219.7%
44	M. Albarracín Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	27	9	32
45	J. Motroni Centre-back	Nueva Chicago	27	20	32
46	M. Silvera Centre-back	Chaco For Ever	27	29	31
47	F. Marchesini Centre-back	Defensores Unidos	26	11	31
48	E. Beltrán Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	28	13296.9%	3124.6%
49	J. Cosi Centre-back	Deportivo Madryn	28	18	31
50	F. Quinteros Centre-back	CA Estudiantes	27	2625900%	3116%