Centre-backs with the Best Potential in 3. Liga

The highest-potential centre-backs in 3. Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Janitzek of SV Wehen is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 3. Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.7, and J. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 46, and J. Ríos Alonso leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Müller has improved his Season rating most, up +39.1 on last season, while K. Manu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Wiemann of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 11.9.

Energie Cottbus · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Müller+39.1SsN

VfL Osnabrück · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Janitzek Centre-back	SV Wehen	22	27232.9%	438.9%
2	J. Ríos Alonso Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	25	2119.1%	432.4%
3	Martin Ens Centre-back	Verl	24	9487.5%	4220.7%
4	K. Manu Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	22	15800%	429.9%
5	F. Otto Centre-back	Verl	24	23309.1%	429.9%
6	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	25	20	41
7	T. Zobel Centre-back	Erzgebirge Aue	22	19	41
8	Y. Karademir Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	1737%	414.4%
9	Y. Lührs Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	22	1822.9%	412.4%
10	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	13	40
11	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	14	40
12	M. Sponsel Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	24	18	4023.3%
13	S. Voet Centre-back	TSV 1860 München	26	2321.4%	3836.2%
14	N. Wiemann Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	27	46262.7%	38±0%
15	F. Strauß Centre-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	25	15	38
16	V. Boboy Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	23	12	38
17	Tim Köhler Centre-back	Stuttgart II	21	432.7%	389.2%
18	P. Bagalianis Centre-back	Alemannia Aachen	25	101112.5%	3830.7%
19	L. Sommer Centre-back	Havelse	25	4	37
20	L. Mätzler Centre-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	24	7	37
21	T. Eisenhuth Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	24	1035.7%	374.6%
22	G. Antzoulas Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	26	153625%	3713.5%
23	F. Bähr Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	549.5%	376.8%
24	J. Bichsel Centre-back	FC Saarbrücken	24	756%	3713.2%
25	F. Meyer Centre-back	Alemannia Aachen	24	3	36
26	D. Duah Centre-back	Havelse	22	5	36
27	M. Glück Centre-back	Stuttgart II	23	554.8%	364.3%
28	L. Zeller Centre-back	FC Schweinfurt 05	25	8	35
29	T. Fleckstein Centre-back	MSV Duisburg	27	23100%	358.3%
30	F. Carstens Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	27	2015.7%	3421.1%
31	J. Scholz Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	27	1540.5%	3438.3%
32	T. Kraulich Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	27	1219%	3319.7%
33	A. Gürleyen Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	27	1547.6%	3319.4%
34	M. Wegmann Centre-back	Alemannia Aachen	27	11	33
35	S. Belkahia Centre-back	Havelse	27	13101.6%	3214.4%
36	L. Mazagg Centre-back	SSV Ulm 1846	26	6	31
37	T. Campulka Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	27	1122.1%	3115.3%
38	B. Kolgeci Centre-back	Havelse	27	8	31
39	R. Schifferl Centre-back	TSV 1860 München	27	1360%	3014.2%
40	S. Lorenz Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	29	2081.8%	2912.7%
41	D. Minz Centre-back	Havelse	27	4	28
42	M. Karbstein Centre-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	28	1021%	2811%
43	L. Dietz Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	29	2016.8%	2628.1%
44	A. Groiß Centre-back	Stuttgart II	28	653.7%	2526.3%
45	P. Krätschmer Centre-back	FC Schweinfurt 05	29	872.8%	2351.9%
46	N. Plume Centre-back	Havelse	29	850.9%	2242.4%
47	R. Bormuth Centre-back	FC Saarbrücken	30	17325.6%	2139.5%
48	J. Müller Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	32	46566.7%	218.4%
49	D. Nothnagel Centre-back	Stuttgart II	31	840.6%	1831.7%
50	F. Pfanne Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	31	1149.1%	1734.4%