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Centre-backs with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga

The highest-potential centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Gechter of Hertha BSC is the most valuable name in this group at 27.4.

Best talent
M. Ayhan67.3RTG
FC Schalke 04
In form
H. Kuruçay52.4SsN
FC Schalke 04
Rising potential
F. Gruber+24.1RTG
1. FC Nürnberg · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Katić+38.9SsN
FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Maglica6goals
SV Darmstadt 98
Most valuable
L. Gechter27.4val
Hertha BSC
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PlayerTeam
1M. AyhanCentre-backFC Schalke 04194167
2L. GechterCentre-backHertha BSC2245137.2%665.4%
3T. SchellerCentre-backSC Paderborn 07243521.1%66±0%
4Vitalie BeckerCentre-backFC Schalke 04213666
5F. GruberCentre-back1. FC Nürnberg2329175.5%6558.5%
6L. MorgallaCentre-backVfL Bochum21273714.3%6472.7%
7I. OkonCentre-backHannover 96222262
8M. DárdaiCentre-backHertha BSC244222.7%622.1%
9Julian Andreas PauliCentre-backDynamo Dresden212421.2%612.1%
10D. ZecCentre-backHolstein Kiel2637202.5%6012.8%
11Kim Ji-SooCentre-back1. FC Kaiserslautern21176015.9%
12L. PinckertCentre-backSV Elversberg263341.1%5912%
13M. IvezićCentre-backHolstein Kiel2437134.6%5915.3%
14P. PfeifferCentre-backSV Darmstadt 982640778.3%5915.1%
15Felipe SánchezCentre-backFC Schalke 0422208.8%5817.7%
16Jonah Benedict StickerCentre-backSC Paderborn 07221427.3%5729.7%
17M. GroßerCentre-backArminia Bielefeld252321.4%5730.9%
18M. GyamfiCentre-back1. FC Kaiserslautern2638307.4%5748.2%
19I. NekićCentre-backHolstein Kiel25222300%562.8%
20B. AllgeierCentre-backHannover 96241827.3%567.1%
21M. BeifusCentre-backKarlsruher SC23683.8%5616.8%
22E. EgouliCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf231756
23M. DietzCentre-backSpVgg Greuther Fürth24171.2%569.3%
24F. HagmannCentre-backArminia Bielefeld22843.1%5429.7%
25M. MaglicaCentre-backSV Darmstadt 982737776.2%5415.1%
26K. SchmidtCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf2412228.6%5351.7%
27B. TomiakCentre-backHannover 96272913.1%5314.4%
28A. HotiCentre-backEintracht Braunschweig231012.2%5225.4%
29J. HugonetCentre-back1. FC Magdeburg262353.8%5221.7%
30L. LochoshviliCentre-back1. FC Nürnberg2833487.5%517.5%
31H. KuruçayCentre-backFC Schalke 042852206.4%5110.6%
32L. FrenkertCentre-backEintracht Braunschweig261743.4%5114.8%
33J. HeuerCentre-backPreußen Münster272320.5%5013.1%
34M. BauerCentre-backArminia Bielefeld26181.1%4910.2%
35L. SchneiderCentre-backArminia Bielefeld261435.3%4918.4%
36J. DalandCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf261473.8%4913.8%
37V. GhițăCentre-backHannover 96283329.5%4731.9%
38P. StrompfCentre-backVfL Bochum282631.9%4614.6%
39T. KellerCentre-backDynamo Dresden2710372.7%4620.5%
40N. KatićCentre-backFC Schalke 042948432.2%440.9%
41E. MašovićCentre-backVfL Bochum271236.3%4229.7%
42D. ZeefuikCentre-backHertha BSC283311.9%4225.8%
43T. BeckerCentre-backFC Schalke 042948149%4230.8%
44T. OberdorfCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf293522.6%4228.4%
45N. KoulisCentre-backPreußen Münster27779.3%4029.8%
46N. RappCentre-backKarlsruher SC292331.1%3823.7%
47M. MathisenCentre-back1. FC Magdeburg304012.4%3826.2%
48L. BünningCentre-backDynamo Dresden28946%384.1%
49J. ElvediCentre-backSpVgg Greuther Fürth292335%3731.5%
50L. BoederCentre-backDynamo Dresden291221.1%368.7%