Best centre-backs in Pro League

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

At a glance

N. Zézé of NEOM is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.2, and Rúben Neves has been the form player this season, grading 58.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rúben Neves has improved his Season rating most, up +31.6 on last season, while Yusuf Akçiçek's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Simakan of Al-Nassr is the most valuable name in this group at 44.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	1910.6%	5919.1%
2	M. Simakan Centre-back	Al-Nassr	26	5788.7%	551.3%
3	Yusuf Akçiçek Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	20	1457%	5112.5%
4	Mohammed Bakor Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	22	2117.7%	515%
5	Mohammed Al Khaibari Centre-back	Al Riyadh	24	20178.1%	515%
6	A. Al Siyahi Centre-back	Al Riyadh	20	12	50
7	E. Utkus Centre-back	Al Kholood	26	2660%	501.4%
8	Ibañez Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	5217.2%	4719.2%
9	Saad Al Nasser Centre-back	Al-Nassr	25	1754.8%	4713.7%
10	Mubarak Al Rajeh Centre-back	Al Shabab	22	855.1%	478.4%
11	Hassan Rabea Centre-back	Damac	23	9	46
12	Ghassan Centre-back	Al Okhdood	23	6	46
13	Sultan Tanker Centre-back	Al-Hazm	27	204775%	4513.7%
14	Naif Asiri Centre-back	Al Okhdood	25	1162.3%	4514.2%
15	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al Taawon	27	1945.3%	4513.1%
16	Rúben Neves Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	29	59117.5%	448.4%
17	G. Gül Centre-back	Al Okhdood	27	1636.7%	431.4%
18	Abdul Rahman Al Khaibari Centre-back	Damac	26	7	40
19	M. Demiral Centre-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	28	3624%	4023.6%
20	Mohammed Al Shwirekh Centre-back	Al Shabab	27	1166.7%	3921%
21	Abdullah Al Shanqiti Centre-back	Al-Hazm	27	11125.5%	3910.3%
22	Fahad Al Abdulrazzaq Centre-back	Al Najma	26	1642.9%	3916.3%
23	Mukhir Al Rashidi Centre-back	Al-Fayha	27	584.8%	3727.5%
24	Jorge Fernandes Centre-back	Al-Fateh	29	26134.2%	377.5%
25	Abdulelah Al Amri Centre-back	Al-Nassr	29	4725.1%	3617%
26	Muteb Al Mufarrij Centre-back	Al Taawon	29	2224.6%	3510.7%
27	A. Boutouil Centre-back	Al-Hazm	28	9	33
28	J. Harkass Centre-back	Damac	30	24	32
29	Abdulbasit Al-Hindi Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	29	17263%	3118.7%
30	J. Hendry Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	31	29137.7%	304.4%
31	Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel Centre-back	Al-Hazm	30	17209.3%	3013%
32	Qassem Lajami Centre-back	Al Taawon	30	1728.9%	2814.8%
33	Samir Centre-back	Al Najma	31	190.5%	2857.8%
34	W. Hoedt Centre-back	Al Shabab	32	2926.7%	2723.7%
35	K. Günter Centre-back	Al Okhdood	31	2010.3%	278.8%
36	Mohammed Al Khabrani Centre-back	Al Khaleej Saihat	32	1917.7%	2715.6%
37	Ali Lajami Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	30	1550.5%	2534%
38	W. Troost-Ekong Centre-back	Al Kholood	32	1533.5%	2431.7%
39	Nacho Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	36	3328.8%	237.4%
40	Y. Barbet Centre-back	Al Riyadh	33	2516.4%	2322.7%
41	C. Smalling Centre-back	Al-Fayha	36	2535.2%	2210.6%
42	M. Villanueva Centre-back	Al-Fayha	33	2710.5%	2220.4%
43	Danilo Pereira Centre-back	Al-Ittihad FC	34	3018.4%	2214.9%
44	F. Calvo Centre-back	Al-Ettifaq	34	3955.2%	228.6%
45	M. Saâdane Centre-back	Al-Fateh	34	3118.2%	1924.8%
46	Ali Al Bulayhi Centre-back	Al Shabab	36	2140.1%	192.5%
47	Ahmed Sharahili Centre-back	Al-Ittihad FC	32	14	199.9%
48	Ahmed Hegazy Centre-back	NEOM	35	1852.9%	192.2%
49	N. Gyömbér Centre-back	Al Kholood	34	248.9%	1933.9%
50	A. Bedrane Centre-back	Damac	34	2331%	1929.2%