Full-backs with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

S. van den Berg of Brentford is the standout for raw talent across full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.6, and Nathan has been the form player this season, grading 62.3, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Nathan has improved his Season rating most, up +51.9 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, S. van den Berg of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 111.4.

Best talent

S. van den Berg86.6RTG

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Nathan+51.9SsN

Vitoria · 24/25→25/26

S. van den Berg111.4val

Brentford

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	Player	Team
1	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	3345.6%	870.9%
2	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	23	45±0%	851.7%
3	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	26±0%	85±0%
4	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	39±0%	8111.3%
5	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	2218.6%	803.7%
6	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62192%	7973.3%
7	B. Meité Full-back	Marseille	24	23	7829%
8	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	2631.2%	7817.6%
9	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	552.6%	7726.2%
10	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
11	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
12	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
13	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
14	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
15	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	47±0%	75±0%
16	A. Prass Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	25	154.1%	757%
17	W. Goes Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39±0%	74±0%
18	S. Dest Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	25	24±0%	72±0%
19	T. Barbieri Full-back	Cremonese	24	2826.9%	712.4%
20	I. Van der Brempt Full-back	Sassuolo	24	2322.6%	713.2%
21	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	2622.3%	708.1%
22	Ramon Full-back	Internacional	25	4862.4%	7013.5%
23	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	36±0%	70±0%
24	A. Salah-Eddine Full-back	Panathinaikos	24	1335.4%	701%
25	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	39±0%	69±0%
26	N. Veratschnig Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	23	727.3%	691.2%
27	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	32±0%	69±0%
28	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	116.9%	6920.1%
29	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	0±0%	69±0%
30	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	38±0%	69±0%
31	Víctor Chust Full-back	Elche	26	31±0%	69±0%
32	Rafita Full-back	Malaga	20	27±0%	68±0%
33	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	31±0%	68±0%
34	L. Jaquez Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	13219%	683.3%
35	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	179.8%	688.7%
36	Bruno Gomes Full-back	Internacional	25	40170.5%	6818.7%
37	R. van den Berg Full-back	1. FC Köln	22	962.4%	68±0%
38	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	1638.8%	676.7%
39	Gustavo Martins Full-back	Gremio	24	33134.5%	675.4%
40	Mika Màrmol Full-back	Feyenoord	25	44±0%	67±0%
41	R. Lipinski Full-back	Rodez	24	367.9%	671.5%
42	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	27±0%	67±0%
43	Roman Gomez Full-back	Bahia	22	28±0%	6634.6%
44	W. Kamanzi Full-back	Malmo FF	25	2125.8%	662.9%
45	M. Magnin Full-back	Rodez	25	31±0%	664.1%
46	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	25425%	6639.6%
47	A. Núñez Full-back	Argentinos JRS	22	28	66
48	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
49	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
50	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	SC Braga	21	20±0%	667.7%