Best centre-backs in Bundesliga

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

At a glance

F. Wilfinger of TSV Hartberg is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 48.2, and X. Mbuyamba leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Lawrence has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while B. Zech's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Lawrence of WSG Wattens is the most valuable name in this group at 25.5.

SCR Altach · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Lawrence+28.6SsN

WSG Wattens · 23/24→25/26

24 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	48	48
2	J. Lawrence Centre-back	WSG Wattens	23	35440%	4710.6%
3	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	15	46
4	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	19	46
5	Alemão Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	28590%	4510%
6	D. Vincze Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	34	45
7	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	23	4425%
8	T. Drexler Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	21	930.8%	4327%
9	D. Radonjic Centre-back	Austria Vienna	20	13	42
10	Habib Coulibaly Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	20	41
11	X. Mbuyamba Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	1176.6%	4134.9%
12	E. Aiwu Centre-back	Sturm Graz	25	1534.8%	4035.2%
13	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	22	212942.9%	3927%
14	C. Nwaiwu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	22	23	39
15	S. Raux-Yao Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	27	3612.5%	3942.2%
16	D. Pines Centre-back	Grazer AK	28	2594.5%	3310%
17	M. Maranda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	29	31	30
18	N. Cvetković Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	30	36	28
19	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Sturm Graz	29	23721.4%	2733.9%
20	L. Spendlhofer Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	33	34246.5%	1856.5%
21	A. Dragović Centre-back	Austria Vienna	35	33150.4%	1859.8%
22	B. Zech Centre-back	SCR Altach	35	3887.2%	1745.8%
23	M. Sollbauer Centre-back	Ried	36	2929.4%	1750.1%
24	S. Piesinger Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	34	2142.1%	1355.2%