Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Super League 25/26

The highest-potential centre-backs in Super League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Villa of FC Sion is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.8, 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, J. Kronig of FC Sion is the most valuable name in this group at 13.9.

Servette FC · 24/25→25/26

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L. Mai+25.3SsN

FC Lugano · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Villa Centre-back	FC Sion	23	17	57
2	C. Zesiger Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	28	1650.3%	5322.1%
3	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37	47
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	L. Mai Centre-back	FC Lugano	26	41157.1%	4129.5%
9	K. Mouanga Centre-back	Lausanne	26	39121%	4027%
10	L. Blum Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	25	21	40
11	D. Kelvin Centre-back	FC Lugano	24	10	39
12	J. Stanić Centre-back	FC ST. Gallen	27	38173.2%	397.2%
13	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
14	L. Kamberi Centre-back	FC Zurich	26	17	38
15	M. Burch Centre-back	Servette FC	25	16315.4%	388.6%
16	D. Paloschi Centre-back	Grasshoppers	20	7	38
17	J. Bichsel Centre-back	FC Lugano	24	756%	3713.2%
18	A. Victory Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	20	8	36
19	J. Bamert Centre-back	FC Thun	28	35	34
20	N. Sow Centre-back	FC Sion	27	251394.1%	3231.9%
21	B. Pllana Centre-back	Grasshoppers	24	1043.7%	3215.6%
22	S. Lauper Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	29	28	29
23	Houboulang Mendes Centre-back	Servette FC	28	1276%	2751.6%
24	N. Bürgy Centre-back	FC Thun	31	1827.7%	272.9%
25	S. Knežević Centre-back	FC Luzern	29	18132.9%	2739.9%
26	R. Arnold Centre-back	FC Winterthur	29	17	26
27	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	30	21	26
28	Y. Severin Centre-back	Servette FC	29	11	24
29	G. Wüthrich Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	31	33	22
30	M. Bürki Centre-back	FC Thun	33	19	19
31	L. Benito Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	34	3332400%	1649.7%
32	S. Rouiller Centre-back	Servette FC	36	26	16
33	A. Hack Centre-back	FC Zurich	32	956.7%	1470.9%
34	S. Decarli Centre-back	Grasshoppers	34	368.7%	864.2%