Best full-backs in First League

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

At a glance

T. Pavlov of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.7, and Dinis Almeida has been the form player this season, grading 27.4, and Maicon leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Dinis Almeida has improved his Season rating most, up +19.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Medina of CSKA 1948 is the most valuable name in this group at 10.1.

Arda Kardzhali · 20/21→25/26

Most improved

Dinis Almeida+19.9SsN

Ludogorets · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	21	17	33
2	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	25	32
3	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	18	32
4	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	17	32
5	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	14	31
6	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	15	31
7	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	11	31
8	M. Todorski Full-back	Slavia Sofia	22	15	31
9	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	13	31
10	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	22	30
11	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	12	30
12	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	1750.3%	3051%
13	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	11	30
14	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	14308.6%	2944.2%
15	João Sérgio Full-back	Beroe	23	16	29
16	P. Galchev Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	6	29
17	S. James Full-back	Montana	23	6	29
18	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	24	10	28
19	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	23187.3%	284.1%
20	I. Turitsov Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	9	27
21	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	26	27
22	J. Soares Full-back	Montana	26	815.8%	2543.7%
23	K. Balogiannis Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	27	847.8%	2536.8%
24	C. Acheampong Full-back	Montana	26	7	25
25	M. Mihaylov Full-back	Montana	26	8	25
26	N. Minkov Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	28	17	24
27	A. Tungarov Full-back	Montana	27	16	24
28	Á. Martino Full-back	CSKA Sofia	28	1859.2%	2353.8%
29	A. Lyaskov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	13	23
30	Cascardo Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	222300%	2158.3%
31	V. Kerchev Full-back	Dobrudzha	29	15	20
32	S. Brunelli Full-back	Beroe	28	13	20
33	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	189.2%	1945.5%
34	E. Kwateng Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	29	1242.4%	1972.4%
35	D. Grivić Full-back	CSKA 1948	30	10	16
36	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	27265.3%	1559.9%
37	R. Daskalov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	15	15
38	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	16101.2%	1544.7%
39	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	20	14
40	D. Ali Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	6	13
41	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	2150.4%	1373.3%
42	D. Lozev Full-back	Spartak Varna	32	6	10
43	D. Ferraresso Full-back	Slavia Sofia	34	15543.5%	957.3%