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Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Premier League 26/27

The highest-potential centre-backs in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Best talent
M. Zea38.7RTG
CSKA Moscow
In form
A. Filin55SsN
Baltika
Rising potential
I. Lepskiy+10.8RTG
Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
David Ricardo+37.8SsN
Dynamo · 22/23→25/26
Top scorer
Jubal3goals
FC Krasnodar
Most valuable
David Ricardo6.3val
Dynamo
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PlayerTeam
1M. ZeaCentre-backCSKA Moscow18233921.7%
2Robert RenanCentre-backZenit231713.7%3740.1%
3David RicardoCentre-backDynamo234229.4%3548.3%
4I. LepskiyCentre-backKrylia Sovetov2127169.7%3545.4%
5V. MelekhinCentre-backFC Rostov222717.7%336%
6E. TsenovCentre-backFC Orenburg2422166.3%3215.1%
7Gustavo MantuanCentre-backZenit252251.4%327.8%
8C. WoohCentre-backSpartak Moscow253260.5%314%
9T. SundukovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala251165.5%313.7%
10J. UrozovCentre-backRubin22831
11I. KirschCentre-backBaltika2218947.1%3110.5%
12E. AndersonCentre-backBaltika2524258.2%3014.8%
13A. AlarcónCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala251228.6%3021.8%
14T. IbishevCentre-backAkhmat241111.7%301%
15M. BardachevCentre-backFakel2013392.6%3020%
16E. TeslenkoCentre-backRubin251178.8%2912.5%
17L. MouyokoloCentre-backBaltika251558.5%2952.7%
18I. ShumakhovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala273826%2812.9%
19Lucas FassonCentre-backLokomotiv252110.5%2814%
20M. BokoevCentre-backAkron251924.3%2812.5%
21J. PalaciosCentre-backFC Orenburg272265.9%2720.7%
22I. DiveevCentre-backZenit272047.2%2613.5%
23K. CakeCentre-backAkhmat2723121%2611.2%
24João VictorCentre-backCSKA Moscow282577.3%2543.2%
25A. TataevCentre-backFC Orenburg281592.5%2317.8%
26M. AlibekovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala291337.3%216.1%
27A. GabaraevCentre-backFakel2921464.9%209.9%
28João EscovalCentre-backAkron291862.2%2011.2%
29A. FilinCentre-backBaltika3055132.1%2024.9%
30Vítor TormenaCentre-backFC Krasnodar302937.2%1911%
31D. TodorovićCentre-backFakel2918280.4%1919.1%
32N. ChernovCentre-backKrylia Sovetov301831.4%185.2%
33O. SakoCentre-backFC Rostov301821.7%180.5%
34G. NyamsiCentre-backLokomotiv292135.9%186.7%
35A. MeshchaninovCentre-backRodina Moskva30818
36A. GritsaenkoCentre-backRubin3151109.8%1821.5%
37S. BabićCentre-backSpartak Moscow3024229.7%1712.7%
38Ygor NogueiraCentre-backFC Rostov31218.7%1562.2%
39S. BozhinCentre-backKrylia Sovetov322118.1%147.1%
40JubalCentre-backFC Krasnodar3333347.3%1357.3%