Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Süper Lig

The highest-potential centre-backs in Süper Lig, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Oosterwolde of Fenerbahçe is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Süper Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.4, and Héliton has been the form player this season, grading 55.1, and D. Goutas leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Akaydin has improved his Season rating most, up +33.5 on last season, while J. Oosterwolde's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Bokele of Göztepe is the most valuable name in this group at 17.8.

Best talent

J. Oosterwolde50.4RTG

J. Oosterwolde+6.7RTG

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Akaydin+33.5SsN

Rizespor · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Oosterwolde Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	25	35218%	5015.3%
2	Nuno Lima Centre-back	Alanyaspor	25	308.6%	49±0%
3	R. Yılmaz Centre-back	Beşiktaş	25	2968.2%	472.8%
4	T. Altıkardeş Centre-back	Göztepe	22	3241.4%	474.3%
5	H. Smolčić Centre-back	Kocaelispor	25	32478.2%	4633.9%
6	M. Bokele Centre-back	Göztepe	26	52123.9%	465.1%
7	A. Arous Centre-back	Kasımpaşa	22	23	46
8	E. Topçu Centre-back	Beşiktaş	25	3333.6%	464.4%
9	B. Balogh Centre-back	Kocaelispor	24	252.9%	4539.9%
10	Y. Demir Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	22	12	44
11	Y. Çift Centre-back	Samsunspor	22	1431.4%	436.9%
12	J. Opoku Centre-back	Başakşehir	27	4853.2%	4312.2%
13	R. van Drongelen Centre-back	Samsunspor	27	3427.9%	4315.9%
14	A. Çınar Centre-back	Fatih Karagümrük	23	136150%	426.8%
15	Tiago Djaló Centre-back	Beşiktaş	26	2384.1%	4221.7%
16	A. Mocsi Centre-back	Rizespor	26	2022.9%	4115.9%
17	E. Ortakaya Centre-back	Eyüpspor	22	11606.7%	4112.5%
18	A. Nagalo Centre-back	Konyaspor	23	5246.2%	4130.9%
19	Jadel Katongo Centre-back	Kayserispor	21	538.3%	414.2%
20	T. Sanuç Centre-back	Gaziantep FK	26	1992.7%	397%
21	U. Yazğılı Centre-back	Konyaspor	27	295.5%	3913.5%
22	G. Frimpong Centre-back	Kasımpaşa	27	2125.6%	3837.3%
23	D. Jurásek Centre-back	Beşiktaş	26	895%	3743.3%
24	M. Sagnan Centre-back	Rizespor	27	210.9%	3745.9%
25	A. Kızıldağ Centre-back	Gaziantep FK	27	1915.4%	3715.3%
26	Pedro Pereira Centre-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	28	2867.1%	3645.4%
27	Thalisson Kelven Centre-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	28	2913.3%	3616.1%
28	N. Opoku Centre-back	Kasımpaşa	28	2823.9%	3615.6%
29	N. Mujakić Centre-back	Eyüpspor	28	1935.4%	3427.6%
30	A. Dijksteel Centre-back	Kocaelispor	29	358.6%	3437%
31	K. Paal Centre-back	Antalyaspor	29	3228.1%	3438.2%
32	Ž. Žužek Centre-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	29	34306%	3324.5%
33	Héliton Centre-back	Göztepe	30	55107.1%	3216.9%
34	F. Uduokhai Centre-back	Beşiktaş	28	2022.9%	3227.6%
35	H. Türkmen Centre-back	Antalyaspor	28	21390.5%	3112%
36	D. Sánchez Centre-back	Galatasaray	30	4322.1%	3121.5%
37	Léo Duarte Centre-back	Başakşehir	30	4141.2%	3020.4%
38	F. Aksoy Centre-back	Alanyaspor	28	1325.9%	2925.9%
39	Ľ. Šatka Centre-back	Samsunspor	30	2341.9%	2826.3%
40	A. Bardakcı Centre-back	Galatasaray	31	4022.8%	2822.2%
41	T. Borevković Centre-back	Samsunspor	29	1565.2%	2847.7%
42	C. Højer Centre-back	Rizespor	31	29119.4%	2715%
43	R. Bazoer Centre-back	Konyaspor	29	850.3%	2629.9%
44	S. Gönül Centre-back	Samsunspor	29	721.3%	2620.7%
45	M. Škriniar Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	31	3179.2%	2617.2%
46	D. Goutas Centre-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	32	2920.7%	2433.7%
47	O. Ba Centre-back	Başakşehir	30	2114.2%	2428.9%
48	S. Akaydin Centre-back	Rizespor	32	43372.2%	246.3%
49	F. Aliti Centre-back	Alanyaspor	32	389%	2422.7%
50	S. Güler Centre-back	Kayserispor	31	2516%	2332.7%