Best centre-backs in Premier League

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

At a glance

T. Mykhavko of Dynamo Kyiv is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.5, and N. Muravskyi has been the form player this season, grading 46.1, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Pavlyuk of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is the most valuable name in this group at 17.2.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	683.2%	4011.4%
2	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	20104.1%	395.4%
3	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	23	3298.7%	399.2%
4	V. Salyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	30108.4%	3927.4%
5	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	336.8%	389.2%
6	E. Kozik Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	2419%	383.8%
7	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	11	37
8	Jean Pedroso Centre-back	Karpaty	22	2121.7%	3710.8%
9	V. Kholod Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	22	1360.2%	3617.4%
10	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	46181.1%	365.8%
11	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	13	35
12	D. Pidgurskyi Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	23	1027.8%	3413.6%
13	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	1461.4%	342.5%
14	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	44201.4%	3411.7%
15	B. Slyubyk Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	22	759.9%	3313.7%
16	V. Dubko Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	25	1641.8%	3316.4%
17	A. Bol Centre-back	Oleksandria	23	72.9%	336%
18	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	26	2610.6%	3312.9%
19	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	15	33
20	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	1171%	327.2%
21	D. Semenov Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	26	1511.4%	3211.7%
22	V. Baboglo Centre-back	Karpaty	27	2828.9%	3026%
23	B. Veklyak Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	9	303.5%
24	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	2528.4%	3028%
25	Jordan Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	2028.3%	3028.1%
26	M. Serdyuk Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	5	29
27	O. Veremienko Centre-back	SK Poltava	27	379.1%	269.1%
28	V. Pidlepych Centre-back	SK Poltava	27	770%	2611.9%
29	Nil Coch Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	28	21	25
30	S. Chobotenko Centre-back	Polessya	29	3350.9%	2524.5%
31	Miguel Campos Centre-back	Oleksandria	29	781.9%	2141.9%
32	M. Matvienko Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	2514.5%	2036.4%
33	Y. Kopyna Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	30	460.9%	1827.2%
34	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	161.3%	1625.2%
35	Y. Misyura Centre-back	SK Poltava	32	978.2%	1434.6%
36	R. Goncharenko Centre-back	Veres Rivne	32	1310.4%	1348.2%
37	A. Shabanov Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	34	3328.9%	1146.4%