Best centre-backs in Liga MX

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

At a glance

D. Campillo of Guadalajara Chivas is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.6, and J. Porozo has been the form player this season, grading 46.2, and F. Almada leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Gómez has improved his Season rating most, up +39.2 on last season, while J. Porozo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Campillo of Guadalajara Chivas is the most valuable name in this group at 37.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	39	53
2	E. López Centre-back	Toluca	21	27	52
3	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	25	46192.4%	5214.5%
4	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	44890.9%	506%
5	Á. Azuaje Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	21	17	50
6	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	26	50
7	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	28374.6%	4928.2%
8	Rômulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	26	4177.4%	4827.4%
9	Eduardo Navarro Centre-back	Puebla	22	26	48
10	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	32	47
11	M. Mosquera Centre-back	FC Juarez	25	1543.7%	4719.9%
12	V. Guzmán Centre-back	Monterrey	24	22	47
13	V. Gauthier Centre-back	Leon	22	13	46
14	R. Juárez Centre-back	Club America	25	22	46
15	S. Barreto Centre-back	CF Pachuca	27	2911.6%	4617.7%
16	J. Berlanga Centre-back	CF Pachuca	22	7	46
17	A. García Centre-back	Cruz Azul	24	10	46
18	S. Cáceres Centre-back	Club America	26	29	45
19	M. Vázquez Centre-back	Club America	22	11	45
20	T. Jacob Centre-back	Necaxa	22	940.8%	444.1%
21	B. Méndez Centre-back	Toluca	26	2710.3%	4430.5%
22	D. Ochoa Centre-back	FC Juarez	21	6	44
23	A. Oliveros Centre-back	Necaxa	27	16	43
24	E. Lara Centre-back	Necaxa	24	11	43
25	J. Rivas Centre-back	Puebla	23	9	43
26	H. Ortega Centre-back	Santos Laguna	26	22	42
27	Joaquim Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	344.2%	4140.9%
28	J. Fedorco Centre-back	Puebla	25	1573.8%	4122.9%
29	F. Almada Centre-back	Mazatlán	28	2032.8%	4021%
30	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	35402.9%	3924.9%
31	W. Ditta Centre-back	Cruz Azul	29	3938.2%	3926.7%
32	J. Díaz Centre-back	Mazatlán	27	12	37
33	E. Orona Centre-back	Puebla	27	11	36
34	I. López Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	7	35
35	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	25	35
36	B. Galindo Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	27	8	35
37	K. Balanta Centre-back	Santos Laguna	29	30	35
38	A. Mora Centre-back	Atlas	28	17	34
39	Eduardo Bauermann Centre-back	CF Pachuca	30	32602.2%	3422.8%
40	Robson Bambu Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	28	1052.6%	3334.7%
41	J. Purata Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	1913.8%	3320.7%
42	J. Esquivel Centre-back	Mazatlán	28	12	31
43	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	30	309.8%	3150%
44	R. Schlegel Centre-back	Atlas	29	2126.6%	3116.2%
45	A. Peña Centre-back	Necaxa	30	17	29
46	G. Piovi Centre-back	Cruz Azul	31	4122.7%	2932.2%
47	M. Tapias Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	29	1138.6%	2818.2%
48	B. Colula Centre-back	Mazatlán	30	18	28
49	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	27452.1%	2836.6%
50	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	39	27