Best centre-backs in Super League

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

At a glance

B. Freimann of FC Luzern is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.9, and K. Hajrizi has been the form player this season, grading 67.1, and Genís Montolio leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Mai has improved his Season rating most, up +25.3 on last season, while M. Burch's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Bajrami of FC Luzern is the most valuable name in this group at 24.

Servette FC · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Mai+25.3SsN

FC Lugano · 21/22→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37	47
2	A. Bajrami Centre-back	FC Luzern	24	29238.8%	440.9%
3	K. Mouanga Centre-back	Lausanne	25	39121%	4321.5%
4	K. Sow Centre-back	Lausanne	23	23	43
5	N. Vouilloz Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	25	43
6	J. Kronig Centre-back	FC Sion	26	45	43
7	F. Daniliuc Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	25138.1%	4336.7%
8	J. Adjetey Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	22	16	41
9	L. Mai Centre-back	FC Lugano	26	41157.1%	4129.5%
10	David Vujević Centre-back	FC Zurich	19	14	41
11	R. Andrews Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	21	861%	3942.8%
12	D. Kelvin Centre-back	FC Lugano	24	10	39
13	J. Stanić Centre-back	FC ST. Gallen	27	38173.2%	397.2%
14	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
15	T. Zoukrou Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	23	959.3%	3837.3%
16	A. Barišić Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	24	930.4%	3835.4%
17	L. Kamberi Centre-back	FC Zurich	26	17	38
18	M. Burch Centre-back	Servette FC	25	16315.4%	388.6%
19	D. Paloschi Centre-back	Grasshoppers	20	7	38
20	B. Okoh Centre-back	Lausanne	23	12	38
21	J. Bamert Centre-back	FC Thun	28	35	34
22	M. Ngom Centre-back	Grasshoppers	26	17	33
23	N. Sow Centre-back	FC Sion	27	251394.1%	3231.9%
24	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	29	21	30
25	S. Lauper Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	29	28	29
26	S. Knežević Centre-back	FC Luzern	29	18132.9%	2739.9%
27	R. Arnold Centre-back	FC Winterthur	29	17	26
28	Y. Severin Centre-back	Servette FC	29	11	24
29	S. Köhler Centre-back	Grasshoppers	29	1074.1%	2355.7%
30	L. Mühl Centre-back	FC Winterthur	29	852.4%	2252.7%
31	G. Wüthrich Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	31	33	22
32	M. Bürki Centre-back	FC Thun	33	19	19
33	L. Benito Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	34	3332400%	1649.7%
34	S. Rouiller Centre-back	Servette FC	36	26	16
35	M. Martins Centre-back	FC Winterthur	31	554.9%	1555.9%
36	A. Hack Centre-back	FC Zurich	32	956.7%	1470.9%
37	S. Decarli Centre-back	Grasshoppers	34	368.7%	864.2%