Centre-backs with the Best Potential in 1. Lig 26/27

The highest-potential centre-backs in 1. Lig in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

B. Balcı of Antalyaspor is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 1. Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.7, and P. Djilobodji has been the form player this season, grading 41.7, and M. Çavuşoğlu leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Terzi has improved his Season rating most, up +27.8 on last season, while B. Balcı's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Kalender of Bandırmaspor is the most valuable name in this group at 8.7.

Antalyaspor · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Terzi+27.8SsN

Iğdır FK · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Balcı Centre-back	Antalyaspor	26	1945.8%	44±0%
2	S. Karakoç Centre-back	Antalyaspor	24	18154.9%	42±0%
3	Jadel Katongo Centre-back	Kayserispor	22	83.7%	414.2%
4	E. Terzi Centre-back	Iğdır FK	22	32695%	3914.6%
5	C. Şen Centre-back	Kayserispor	26	381%	39±0%
6	A. Martynov Centre-back	Serik Spor	22	30	39
7	Ada Ibik Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	17	766.5%	39±0%
8	Y. Özer Centre-back	İstanbulspor	24	861.9%	39±0%
9	Bugra Tivsiz Ensar Centre-back	Antalyaspor	19	12	39
10	E. Kaplan Centre-back	Bodrum FK	25	2220.9%	386.4%
11	D. Sahin Centre-back	İstanbulspor	20	663.6%	38±0%
12	Ali Fidan Centre-back	Adana Demirspor	20	142720%	381.6%
13	M. Çavuşoğlu Centre-back	Vanspor FK	24	0100%	37±0%
14	N. Oularé Centre-back	Vanspor FK	24	673%	371.6%
15	Y. Kocatürk Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	22	2675%	362.8%
16	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Iğdır FK	18	6	36
17	Y. Demirkiran Centre-back	Adana Demirspor	19	8	36
18	A. Kocaman Centre-back	Kayserispor	23	933.8%	3519.4%
19	M. Kartal Centre-back	Ümraniyespor	21	12	35
20	B. Göçmen Centre-back	Boluspor	23	753.9%	35±0%
21	B. Çakır Centre-back	Ümraniyespor	25	18	35
22	E. Mendy Centre-back	İstanbulspor	19	13204.7%	34±0%
23	Yigit Ali Buz Centre-back	Hatayspor	19	6	34
24	K. Paal Centre-back	Antalyaspor	29	3020.1%	3438.2%
25	Osman Kaynak Centre-back	Adana Demirspor	20	7	33
26	M. Keskin Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	24	2178.2%	33±0%
27	T. Kalender Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	25	3582.6%	3325.3%
28	Yusuf Buğra Demirkıran Centre-back	Adana Demirspor	20	5	33
29	M. Şen Centre-back	Hatayspor	20	4	33
30	S. Luş Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	25	1395.6%	33±0%
31	Ali Arda Yildiz Centre-back	Adana Demirspor	19	3600%	3216.7%
32	C. Demir Centre-back	Serik Spor	25	1024.7%	3218.4%
33	K. Kalafat Centre-back	Pendikspor	25	821.9%	32±0%
34	V. Soldo Centre-back	Pendikspor	28	687.3%	32±0%
35	M. Çelik Centre-back	Sivasspor	26	1052.9%	31±0%
36	F. Genç Centre-back	Vanspor FK	26	534.7%	29±0%
37	A. Aytemur Centre-back	Bodrum FK	30	2634.2%	24±0%
38	S. Güler Centre-back	Kayserispor	31	3959.8%	23±0%
39	S. Taşqın Centre-back	Serik Spor	29	11	23
40	A. Çelik Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	29	2283.8%	2212.1%
41	B. Sülüngöz Centre-back	Pendikspor	30	678.7%	21±0%
42	B. Öztürk Centre-back	Esenler Erokspor	31	15339.4%	1920.3%
43	R. Yalçın Centre-back	Fatih Karagümrük	32	950%	182.1%
44	B. Yılmaz Centre-back	Hatayspor	30	662%	1842.2%
45	Wellington Nascimento Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	31	2665.4%	17±0%
46	C. Hérelle Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	34	869.3%	15±0%
47	A. Appindangoyé Centre-back	Sivasspor	34	678.1%	14±0%
48	T. Glumac Centre-back	Ümraniyespor	35	1453.2%	13±0%
49	H. Çinemre Centre-back	Hatayspor	32	6	13
50	A. Öztürk Centre-back	Iğdır FK	33	2473.5%	13±0%