Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Eliteserien

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

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At a glance

H. Falchener of Viking is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Eliteserien, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.5, and M. Woledzi has been the form player this season, grading 49.5, and O. Bjørtuft leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Z. Smajlović has improved his Season rating most, up +34.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Woledzi of Fredrikstad is the most valuable name in this group at 13.1.

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	Player	Team
1	H. Falchener Centre-back	Viking	23	361127.6%	5135.4%
2	Z. Smajlović Centre-back	Sandefjord	22	40634.5%	4771%
3	V. Skjærvik Centre-back	Tromso	25	402%	454.8%
4	A. Kinteh Centre-back	Tromso	19	26	45
5	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Fredrikstad	25	5098%	445.8%
6	M. Ceïde Centre-back	Rosenborg	24	3612.7%	445.2%
7	T. Nemčík Centre-back	Rosenborg	25	4668.2%	431.6%
8	J. Haahr Centre-back	Bryne	24	2313.2%	429.4%
9	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	22	13371.4%	4043.9%
10	H. Volden Centre-back	Rosenborg	19	14243.9%	403.4%
11	O. Bjørtuft Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	27	4450.9%	403.9%
12	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	12	39
13	F. Loftesnes-Bjune Centre-back	Sandefjord	21	1023.4%	396.3%
14	S. Kristiansen Centre-back	Sandefjord	27	41147.6%	394.2%
15	U. Fredriksen Centre-back	Fredrikstad	27	384.3%	388.9%
16	J. Sery Larsen Centre-back	Brann	26	1169.6%	3718.3%
17	E. Haugan Centre-back	Molde	28	4227.1%	3312.4%
18	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	26150.5%	331.5%
19	B. Risa Centre-back	Molde	28	2898.6%	3214.7%
20	J. Taaje Centre-back	Stromsgodset	28	2239.6%	3218.7%
21	J. Husebø Centre-back	Bryne	27	159.6%	320.9%
22	G. Granath Centre-back	Ham-Kam	29	2279.2%	2913.5%
23	F. Knudsen Centre-back	Brann	29	1173.6%	2630.8%
24	B. Utvik Centre-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	30	2140.8%	2512.7%
25	K. Tshiembe Centre-back	Valerenga	29	8460%	249%
26	I. Näsberg Centre-back	Valerenga	30	26151.5%	2419%
27	J. Gundersen Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	30	2922.3%	2434.2%
28	M. Koch Centre-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	32	28143%	226.3%
29	A. Skovgaard Centre-back	Bryne	29	9102.3%	2212%
30	F. Sjølstad Centre-back	Ham-Kam	32	192.7%	1820.7%
31	G. Valsvik Centre-back	Stromsgodset	33	2351.5%	1828.7%
32	A. Jenssen Centre-back	Tromso	32	1064.5%	1437.4%
33	D. Ulvestad Centre-back	Kristiansund BK	37	2343%	130.7%
34	H. Aleesami Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	35	378.2%	1322.5%