Full-backs with the Best Potential

The highest-potential full-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 77.2, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Lauray has improved his Season rating most, up +55 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Costinha of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 134.6.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Lauray+55SsN

Le Mans · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	5716.7%	9619.2%
2	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
3	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6484.4%	9310.7%
4	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	6762.3%	93±0%
5	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7177.4%	9123%
6	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Fiorentina	21	4398.6%	9118.7%
7	J. Garner Full-back	Everton	25	62179.3%	9116.6%
8	Carlos Romero Full-back	Villarreal	24	5053.4%	894.1%
9	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	4625.6%	8824.9%
10	N. Brown Full-back	Bayern München	23	3810.4%	870.9%
11	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	321%	871%
12	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	3345.6%	870.9%
13	J. Hill Full-back	Bournemouth	24	37411%	8713.2%
14	N. Collins Full-back	Brentford	25	4311.6%	866.8%
15	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	2651.5%	8613.3%
16	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3026.5%	859%
17	D. Huijsen Full-back	Real Madrid	21	357.2%	857.8%
18	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	22	459%	852.8%
19	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	62119.6%	850.8%
20	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	5011.4%	844.1%
21	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	42456%	8430.1%
22	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	51401%	8415.6%
23	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	3221%	848.6%
24	S. Mouriño Full-back	Villarreal	24	4414.6%	838.1%
25	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	3995.5%	830.7%
26	Q. Merlin Full-back	Rennes	24	4471.1%	839.4%
27	J. van Hecke Full-back	Tottenham	26	4539.8%	826.8%
28	Javi Rueda Full-back	Celta Vigo	24	1835.9%	8223.7%
29	A. Heaven Full-back	Manchester United	19	11	8216%
30	Sergio Carreira Full-back	Celta Vigo	25	3071.1%	82±0%
31	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	3114.5%	821.1%
32	M. Lewis-Skelly Full-back	Arsenal	19	1616.8%	825.6%
33	T. Muharemović Full-back	Leeds	23	394.9%	8121.5%
34	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
35	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Sevilla	22	2218.6%	812.1%
36	N. Ngoy Full-back	Lille	23	4892.8%	8155.9%
37	M. De Cuyper Full-back	Brighton	25	1658%	8128.8%
38	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	2137.4%	812.4%
39	G. Doué Full-back	Strasbourg	23	3457.3%	808.5%
40	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	41712%	8013%
41	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	50219%	8035%
42	S. Britschgi Full-back	Parma	19	30	80
43	Z. Athekame Full-back	AC Milan	21	15	80
44	A. Obert Full-back	Cagliari	23	41145.8%	8013.5%
45	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	4873.1%	793.9%
46	C. Cresswell Full-back	Rennes	23	400.5%	792.7%
47	Hugo Bueno Full-back	Wolves	23	2761.4%	7913.1%
48	José Ángel Carmona Full-back	Sevilla	24	2948.1%	795%
49	L. Bernasconi Full-back	Atalanta	22	25	79
50	Víctor Parada Full-back	Spartak Moscow	24	1434.3%	7924.2%