Best U23 centre-backs

The highest-potential U23 centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Chilokoa-Mullen of Scotland U21 is the standout for raw talent across U23 centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.8, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, and I. Baouf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while T. Hansemon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +66.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hansemon of Gefle IF is the most valuable name in this group at 184.4.

Best talent

J. Chilokoa-Mullen93.8RTG

Scotland U21

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

T. Hansemon+66.8RTG

Gefle IF · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	J. Chilokoa-Mullen Centre-back	Scotland U21	22	0	94
2	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
3	T. Hansemon Centre-back	Gefle IF	23	0100%	92268.8%
4	Ian Olivera Centre-back	Andorra U21	21	0	91
5	Kauan Santos Centre-back	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	22	17	90
6	M. Fischer Centre-back	Denmark U20	22	22	90
7	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	4621.8%	903.2%
8	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	761369.2%	8914.7%
9	Renato Veiga Centre-back	Villarreal	22	2871.4%	8715.8%
10	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	2442.6%	8710.8%
11	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	3368.9%	8740.6%
12	J. Rose Centre-back	Manchester City W	23	13	87
13	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Rennes	21	43235.9%	8647.9%
14	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Girona	20	3417.9%	8621.4%
15	D. Tashpulatov Centre-back	Sport Academy Kairat	18	3	86
16	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	35236.9%	859.9%
17	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	4273.4%	8518.7%
18	João Vitor Cardoso de Souza Centre-back	Londrina	23	0	85
19	Nóel Atli Arnórsson Centre-back	Aalborg	19	11	85
20	U. Ciccioli Centre-back	Aucas	23	25	85
21	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	55	84
22	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	15	84
23	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	2166.9%	8410.8%
24	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6871.3%	849.8%
25	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	44205.6%	8450.8%
26	R. Fransen Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers U23	19	7	84
27	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	5039.2%	848.6%
28	V. Shantenkov Centre-back	Narva U21	19	0	83
29	Nathan Borges Centre-back	Grêmio U20	20	11	83
30	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	10	83
31	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Sassuolo	23	4213.9%	8323.4%
32	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	53111.6%	8358.7%
33	A. Bazarbaev Centre-back	Sport Academy Kairat	18	7	83
34	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	6	83
35	Rikelmmer Centre-back	Pinheiro	23	0	82
36	Luka Drobnjak Centre-back	Napredak	22	20	82
37	S. Agámez Centre-back	Orsomarso	21	4	82
38	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	334542.9%	8217%
39	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3963.8%	828%
40	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	37257.8%	8240.1%
41	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	11	8215.7%
42	C. Cresswell Centre-back	Toulouse	23	425%	82±0%
43	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	9	81
44	N. Báez Centre-back	Resistencia	20	4	81
45	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	307.5%	812.2%
46	M. Moreno Centre-back	Levante	22	368.5%	8154.6%
47	Hussain Al Zarie Centre-back	Saudi Arabia U23	21	16	81
48	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
49	M. Aleksandrov Centre-back	Dinamo Minsk II	19	0	81
50	Yan Henrique Centre-back	Internacional U20	20	8	81