Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

T. Blokzijl of Groningen is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.8, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and D. Bakker leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while M. Willemsen's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Baas of Ajax is the most valuable name in this group at 41.4.

Heerenveen · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+43.9SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	4149.1%	768.3%
2	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	545.7%	763.8%
3	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	5969.4%	757.6%
4	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	3916.3%	741.9%
5	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	3712%	722%
6	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2793%	7113.3%
7	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	2836.6%	7111.6%
8	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	16	71
9	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	2210.9%	7129.6%
10	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	2343.9%	7011.5%
11	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	305.9%	707.1%
12	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	22538.2%	6989.8%
13	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	28232.9%	668.4%
14	D. Koswal Centre-back	Telstar	22	1556.1%	6313%
15	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	2721.2%	633.8%
16	I. Mesík Centre-back	Heracles	25	1845.7%	639.7%
17	S. Sambo Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	24	317600%	6310.7%
18	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	1161.1%	638.4%
19	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	1632.2%	6212.7%
20	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	182900%	629.9%
21	J. Šutalo Centre-back	Ajax	26	3153.9%	5918.4%
22	G. van Zwam Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	22	1060.7%	598.5%
23	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Feyenoord	27	3444.2%	5817.3%
24	S. Adewoye Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	26	2426.2%	589%
25	S. van Ottele Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	24	1169.5%	5717.8%
26	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	53482.4%	572.5%
27	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	21145.3%	563.6%
28	D. James Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	26	2318.6%	5614%
29	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	1657.7%	5518.2%
30	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	755.3%	5113.7%
31	S. Kersten Centre-back	Heerenveen	28	2320.1%	5116.3%
32	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	169.9%	5116.4%
33	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	4015.3%	5010.2%
34	S. Horemans Centre-back	Utrecht	28	2839%	4827.5%
35	N. Nwankwo Centre-back	Telstar	28	24	48
36	I. Bronkhorst Centre-back	Excelsior	29	2741.8%	4513.9%
37	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	1940.3%	4122.8%
38	K. Itakura Centre-back	Ajax	29	2228.3%	4039.9%
39	D. Bakker Centre-back	Telstar	31	2554.1%	3711%
40	E. Mahmutović Centre-back	NAC Breda	29	544.8%	3423.3%
41	Iván Márquez Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	32	1939.5%	3220.9%
42	R. Pröpper Centre-back	Twente	32	2711%	295.9%
43	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	3119.7%	2728.6%
44	M. Peersman Centre-back	Groningen	35	3659.5%	2717.3%
45	E. Dasa Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	33	1316.4%	2453.5%
46	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	36425%	239.2%
47	M. te Wierik Centre-back	Heracles	34	1075.4%	1642.4%
48	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	976.4%	1458.6%
49	N. Viergever Centre-back	Utrecht	37	2736.1%	1450.2%
50	D. Odoi Centre-back	NAC Breda	38	1814.5%	1228%