Full-backs with the Best Potential in Premier League

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

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At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and N. O'Reilly leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

N. O'Reilly+44.9SsN

Manchester City · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	8299%	975.3%
2	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56390.4%	9717.9%
3	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	5716.7%	9619.2%
4	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	497.8%	963.2%
5	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	34139.3%	93110.2%
6	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
7	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	4398.6%	9118.7%
8	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	2924.5%	8811.6%
9	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	323.8%	881.6%
10	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21162%	889.2%
11	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
12	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	2351.2%	868.2%
13	J. O'Brien Full-back	Everton	25	4179.5%	867.4%
14	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	5011.4%	853.4%
15	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	45124.9%	853%
16	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	2112%	844.5%
17	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	30141.5%	830.7%
18	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	351.4%	828.7%
19	F. Kadıoğlu Full-back	Brighton	26	38474.2%	8213.2%
20	M. Wieffer Full-back	Brighton	26	4973.5%	815.5%
21	C. Jones Full-back	Liverpool	25	2821%	8110.4%
22	M. De Cuyper Full-back	Brighton	25	1658%	8128.8%
23	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	2137.4%	812.4%
24	D. Udogie Full-back	Tottenham	23	295.2%	800.9%
25	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	2069.4%	803.2%
26	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	9141%	792.3%
27	P. Struijk Full-back	Leeds	26	3339.7%	798.6%
28	Matheus Nunes Full-back	Manchester City	27	58152.6%	792.8%
29	Q. Hartman Full-back	Burnley	24	20129.2%	7820.7%
30	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	4223.8%	788.5%
31	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	5372.3%	771.9%
32	R. Sessegnon Full-back	Fulham	26	37117.5%	770.7%
33	R. James Full-back	Chelsea	26	33160%	770.8%
34	Y. Mosquera Full-back	Wolves	25	31224.5%	7611%
35	Diogo Dalot Full-back	Manchester United	27	3125.2%	749.4%
36	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	1458%	732.9%
37	V. Mykolenko Full-back	Everton	27	4416.1%	7214.3%
38	L. Geertruida Full-back	Sunderland	26	2914.6%	721.6%
39	M. Cash Full-back	Aston Villa	28	3935.1%	715.1%
40	Lucas Pires Full-back	Burnley	25	1479.2%	701.7%
41	J. Todibo Full-back	West Ham	26	2310.8%	6910.7%
42	Marc Cucurella Full-back	Chelsea	28	3624.8%	6819.1%
43	J. Rodon Full-back	Leeds	28	3353.1%	675%
44	Toti Gomes Full-back	Wolves	27	1651.4%	6123.7%
45	A. Robinson Full-back	Fulham	28	3613.9%	5928.9%
46	O. Aina Full-back	Nottingham Forest	29	4019.6%	5920.3%
47	B. White Full-back	Arsenal	28	230.9%	5722%
48	N. Mazraoui Full-back	Manchester United	28	1767.8%	5725.9%
49	R. Henry Full-back	Brentford	29	202685.7%	51±0%
50	L. Shaw Full-back	Manchester United	31	411044.4%	5128.1%