Field Insider

Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Ligue 2 26/27

The highest-potential centre-backs in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

C. Devenish of Metz is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.5, and D. Durivaux has been the form player this season, grading 55, and N. Saint-Ruf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Boyer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.1 on last season, while S. Kotto's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Kotto of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 23.3.

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PlayerTeam
1C. DevenishCentre-backMetz25238.7%6923.2%
2D. DurivauxCentre-backRED Star FC 932555±0%66±0%
3T. PouillyCentre-backPAU2332±0%64±0%
4E. N'GattaCentre-backSochaux193263
5N. Fernandez-VelizCentre-backNancy2129±0%62±0%
6Ali Yousef MusratiCentre-backNantes251261
7T. DelphisCentre-backAnnecy2423±0%591.7%
8S. KottoCentre-backReims2328±0%591.9%
9S. NairCentre-backSaint Etienne2420±0%585%
10N. AhouononCentre-backReims2226±0%58±0%
11A. KerriouCentre-backBoulogne233457
12E. KabeyaCentre-backClermont Foot202757
13L. LacroixCentre-backDijon2315286.8%5721.8%
14A. DemouchyCentre-backGuingamp2422±0%57±0%
15S. SowCentre-backNantes24109.2%579.7%
16Y. NahounouCentre-backNancy2213±0%54±0%
17L. QuenabioCentre-backRodez251621.5%544.8%
18M. VeillonCentre-backAnnecy2410±0%53±0%
19W. BiandaCentre-backLaval2631±0%53±0%
20C. VidalCentre-backGrenoble2631±0%52±0%
21J. MambukuCentre-backReims17052
22K. AmianCentre-backNantes2821±0%52±0%
23E. MendyCentre-backNancy2620±0%50±0%
24A. LôCentre-backLaval2618±0%501.4%
25J. BoyerCentre-backBoulogne2840±0%46±0%
26A. LinguetCentre-backDunkerque2714±0%45±0%
27M. HuardCentre-backRED Star FC 9328303.1%430.5%
28J. GaudinCentre-backLaval2693.3%433.6%
29J. Evan'sCentre-backRodez27583.6%4325.6%
30J. Le CardinalCentre-backSaint Etienne29173.1%350.6%
31G. PaquiezCentre-backPAU3241±0%301.7%
32J. LaporteCentre-backMontpellier3243±0%30±0%
33K. BotoCentre-backClermont Foot305360%2615.7%
34Y. SalmierCentre-backClermont Foot3323±0%25±0%
35D. ThiamCentre-backBoulogne3634±0%22±0%
36N. Saint-RufCentre-backNancy341854.2%226.1%
37Opa SangantéCentre-backDunkerque3516±0%19±0%
38O. KantéCentre-backPAU37158.1%141.5%
39Q. BernardCentre-backDijon371256.1%1113.7%
40M. PeybernesCentre-backSochaux3605