Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Premier League 25/26

The highest-potential centre-backs in Premier League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Gouda of Masr is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.9, and Ahmed Shousha has been the form player this season, grading 58.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Maxsø has improved his Season rating most, up +3.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Ismail of Zamalek SC is the most valuable name in this group at 6.4.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Gouda Centre-back	Masr	22	22	52
2	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24	38
3	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	29	38
4	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	29	38
5	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	14	36
6	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	23	24	36
7	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26	36
8	Daw Serial Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	20	9	35
9	Alpha Turay Centre-back	El Gouna FC	21	17	35
10	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	27	46	34
11	Abdallah Mohamed Centre-back	Ismaily SC	24	11	34
12	Omar El Gazar Centre-back	El Gouna FC	21	4	34
13	Tsvetan Tsvetanov Centre-back	Masr	20	9	33
14	Abdel Fattah Sheta Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	15	33
15	Mohamed Hamdy Centre-back	Enppi	23	4	32
16	Abdel Ghani Mohamed Centre-back	Smouha SC	25	17	32
17	Mohamed Samir Centre-back	Enppi	25	21	32
18	Islam Abdallah Centre-back	Al Ittihad	25	19	32
19	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	25	32
20	Abdel Rahman Rashdan Centre-back	Future FC	23	4	32
21	Ahmed Eid Centre-back	Al Ahly	25	15	31
22	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	30	31
23	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	26	23	31
24	A. Ayman Centre-back	Ismaily SC	22	10	30
25	L. Namgbema Centre-back	Kahraba Ismailia	23	3	30
26	Mohamed Ammar Centre-back	El Mokawloon	27	18	29
27	J. Arthur Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	27	28	29
28	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58	29
29	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	37	29
30	Mohamed Ragab Centre-back	Smouha SC	27	6	29
31	Amr El Gazar Centre-back	Al Ahly	26	12	29
32	Mostafa El Zenary Centre-back	Zamalek SC	27	18	28
33	Tarek Mohamed Centre-back	Future FC	26	10	27
34	Ahmed Fathy Centre-back	Masr	27	3	27
35	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	26	27
36	Mohamed Ragab El Safi Centre-back	Al Ittihad	27	10	27
37	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Smouha SC	27	5	27
38	Mohamed Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	27	3	26
39	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	23	26
40	Mohamed Desouki Centre-back	Smouha SC	28	21	26
41	Khaled Abdel Fattah Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	27	6	26
42	Fawzi El Henawi Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	27	4	25
43	Mahmoud El Gazzar Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	8	25
44	Osama Galal Centre-back	Pyramids FC	29	18	24
45	K. Günter Centre-back	Al Ittihad	32	2010.3%	2419.2%
46	Ahmed Abdel Rasoul Centre-back	Smouha SC	30	31	23
47	B. El Mohamady Centre-back	AL Masry	28	14	23
48	Omar Adly Centre-back	Wadi Degla	29	21	23
49	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Al Ittihad	32	2614.5%	2317.9%
50	Seif Elkhashab Centre-back	Enppi	28	9	22