Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Jupiler Pro League

The highest-potential centre-backs in Jupiler Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Bayram of KVC Westerlo is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.6, and C. Burgess has been the form player this season, grading 66.2, and B. Mechele leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Bayram has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while J. Kiilerich's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Bayram of KVC Westerlo is the most valuable name in this group at 25.9.

Zulte Waregem · 24/25→25/26

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E. Bayram+27.1SsN

KVC Westerlo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	49123.2%	629.4%
2	M. Smets Centre-back	Genk	22	4115.4%	61±0%
3	C. Keita Centre-back	Charleroi	23	34127.2%	6010%
4	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3314.8%	601.2%
5	Y. Okou Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	35	597%
6	I. Hautekiet Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	47±0%	581%
7	R. Nyakossi Centre-back	OH Leuven	22	23763%	5812.3%
8	J. Banguera Centre-back	Lommel United	22	20356.8%	5745.6%
9	H. Lawrence Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	2926.9%	562.1%
10	L. De Fougerolles Centre-back	Dender	20	21	56
11	C. Ravych Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	24	3412.4%	557.2%
12	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	26153.5%	5531.2%
13	Y. Tsunashima Centre-back	Antwerp	25	3520.7%	557.7%
14	J. Spileers Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	21	1384.1%	553.4%
15	R. Halhal Centre-back	KV Mechelen	23	3114.9%	543.2%
16	A. Ousou Centre-back	Charleroi	26	3945.3%	542.1%
17	K. Sardella Centre-back	Anderlecht	24	266.8%	53±0%
18	L. Mbe Soh Centre-back	St. Truiden	25	2844.8%	533.6%
19	M. Paskotši Centre-back	Gent	23	20	53
20	G. Kondo Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	24	19374.4%	530.9%
21	S. Kimura Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	24	2525%	538%
22	A. Lapage Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	21	20109.6%	5326.7%
23	J. Kongolo Centre-back	Genk	20	1419.1%	5331.9%
24	Mujaid Sadick Centre-back	Genk	26	3528.2%	5211.3%
25	J. Kiilerich Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	26	27177.1%	5155.3%
26	S. Renders Centre-back	Antwerp	18	98.6%	511.6%
27	B. Fredrick Centre-back	Dender	21	11	51
28	D. Dierckx Centre-back	Standard Liege	23	1723.4%	511.2%
29	M. Diarra Centre-back	Anderlecht	25	242.1%	5034%
30	D. De Jaegere Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	22	5	50
31	M. Ilić Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	11	48
32	A. Tanghe Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	27	1539.5%	446.6%
33	T. Eyoma Centre-back	Lommel United	26	1027.3%	446.6%
34	J. Gaudin Centre-back	Charleroi	26	961.5%	4225.3%
35	D. Hashioka Centre-back	Gent	27	147.8%	3928.6%
36	D. Wouters Centre-back	Lommel United	29	2039%	38±0%
37	D. Bates Centre-back	Standard Liege	29	2522.2%	3313%
38	K. Cools Centre-back	Dender	29	1662%	3233%
39	K. Kouyaté Centre-back	Antwerp	29	21109.9%	3135.3%
40	J. Pupe Centre-back	St. Truiden	29	963.5%	3134%
41	V. Musliu Centre-back	St. Truiden	31	31267.1%	29±0%
42	B. Mechele Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	33	460.7%	2721.3%
43	C. Burgess Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	6627.8%	2315%
44	M. Konaté Centre-back	KV Mechelen	32	211061.1%	223.1%
45	S. Taniguchi Centre-back	St. Truiden	35	34392.6%	2144.4%
46	G. Bijl Centre-back	Antwerp	31	825%	202.5%
47	N. Dussenne Centre-back	OH Leuven	34	2740.4%	1849.3%
48	R. Neustädter Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	38	1735.7%	936.8%