Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

L. Vušković of Hamburger SV is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.9, and W. Anton has been the form player this season, grading 70.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Anton has improved his Season rating most, up +44.5 on last season, while L. Vušković's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Lukeba of RB Leipzig is the most valuable name in this group at 50.

Hamburger SV · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

W. Anton+44.5SsN

Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	3368.9%	8740.6%
2	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	5039.2%	848.6%
3	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3963.8%	828%
4	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
5	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	24	79
6	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	22207.1%	7816.4%
7	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	3127.6%	7825.8%
8	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
9	O. Kabak Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	26	247.7%	739.4%
10	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	1257.5%	723.7%
11	J. Seelt Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	23	1211800%	7122.6%
12	L. Badé Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	26	337.3%	7011.1%
13	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	22189.6%	702%
14	L. Jaquez Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	16285.7%	695.2%
15	K. Fischer Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	25	1744.1%	6911%
16	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	FC Augsburg	25	1646.1%	688.2%
17	C. Özkacar Centre-back	1. FC Köln	25	187.4%	688.1%
18	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Union Berlin	28	353.4%	6412.2%
19	Diogo Leite Centre-back	Union Berlin	27	3923.4%	6414.5%
20	G. Gocholeishvili Centre-back	Hamburger SV	25	1155.3%	6449.1%
21	D. Upamecano Centre-back	Bayern München	27	3723.7%	6315.5%
22	H. Ito Centre-back	Bayern München	27	25427.7%	617.4%
23	M. Jenz Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	1769%	6015.5%
24	T. Ando Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	27	28	59
25	M. Friedl Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	3527%	5915.2%
26	J. Chabot Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	28	4129.7%	5819.4%
27	T. Siersleben Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	26	1240.9%	5712.3%
28	N. Elvedi Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	6190.3%	569%
29	J. Schmied Centre-back	1. FC Köln	27	1136.5%	563.3%
30	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	54117.7%	5649.6%
31	A. Pieper Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	338.9%	5515.1%
32	J. Torunarigha Centre-back	Hamburger SV	28	2826.1%	5415.9%
33	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	30	70173.2%	544.6%
34	E. Smith Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	29	2727.2%	5219.9%
35	S. Posch Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	29	3737.6%	5211.4%
36	R. Koch Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	371.4%	5117.4%
37	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	FC Augsburg	29	2925%	5111.2%
38	Kim Min-Jae Centre-back	Bayern München	29	3639.7%	4926.8%
39	J. Tah Centre-back	Bayern München	30	4015.4%	4628.9%
40	R. Andrich Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	31	3929.3%	4413.5%
41	B. Gimber Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	29	1174%	4330.9%
42	J. Föhrenbach Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	30	1728.5%	4316.2%
43	P. Mainka Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	31	2257.9%	4321.6%
44	P. Lienhart Centre-back	SC Freiburg	30	1956.5%	4233.6%
45	M. Ginter Centre-back	SC Freiburg	32	2538.5%	4116%
46	D. Vavro Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	30	1163.1%	4129.3%
47	T. Hübers Centre-back	1. FC Köln	30	1760.1%	3725.1%
48	H. Wahl Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	32	2829.8%	3725.3%
49	W. Orbán Centre-back	RB Leipzig	33	566.9%	3614.8%
50	E. Skhiri Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	31	1942.3%	3533.1%