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

The highest-potential centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, 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 69.3, 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 K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

Dynamo Dresden · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Katić+38.9SsN

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

26 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	69
2	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	3521.1%	66±0%
3	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	66
4	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	3341.1%	5912%
5	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	12228.6%	5866.9%
6	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	1427.3%	5729.7%
7	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	843.1%	5429.7%
8	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	37±0%	54±0%
9	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	1319.3%	537.8%
10	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52206.4%	5110.6%
11	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	1435.3%	4918.4%
12	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	3329.5%	4731.9%
13	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	25180.7%	460.6%
14	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	2631.9%	4614.6%
15	L. Ritzka Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	28	1918.4%	4522.1%
16	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48432.2%	440.9%
17	T. Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48149%	4230.8%
18	Y. Lührs Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	22	2013.2%	412.4%
19	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	14	40
20	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	38
21	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	946%	384.1%
22	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	39411.8%	372.8%
23	J. Abu Hanna Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	28	842.1%	298%
24	F. Le Joncour Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	1916.9%	2727.2%
25	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	15245.2%	2034.4%
26	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	34	944.4%	1259.2%