Best defensive centre-backs

The best defensive centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Chilokoa-Mullen of Scotland U21 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.8, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and K. Wootton leads the scoring with 19 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

Gefle IF · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	24	20	56	2
2	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	20	77241.8%	3111.9%
3	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	20	44255.6%	3517.4%
4	T. Crama Centre-back	Millwall	24	19	62192%	7769.8%
5	J. Cooper Centre-back	Millwall	31	19	5345.6%	429.4%
6	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	19	69189.5%	504.6%
7	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	19	44427.7%	2032.1%
8	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	18	81184.9%	4129.2%
9	Grego Centre-back	Burgos	33	18	62168.1%	306.1%
10	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	18	4560.6%	209.8%
11	J. Pestaña Centre-back	America de Cali	28	17	35	21
12	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	28	17	58	29
13	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	17	59	20
14	C. Goode Centre-back	Stevenage	30	17	48180.2%	313.3%
15	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	17	467.3%	1924.1%
16	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	27	17	3840.8%	309%
17	C. Burgess Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	17	6627.8%	2315%
18	D. O'Shea Centre-back	Ipswich	27	17	4776.1%	6321.1%
19	V. Moreno Centre-back	Santa Fe	31	16	29	15
20	E. Olivera Centre-back	Santa Fe	36	16	356.2%	1065.7%
21	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	16	50	37
22	V. Soldo Centre-back	Pendikspor	28	16	50	40
23	A. Nukan Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	32	16	53401%	2616.3%
24	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	16	365.6%	337.8%
25	N. Ueda Centre-back	Kashima	31	16	5016.8%	3416.4%
26	É. Godoy Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	32	16	56933.3%	2836.8%
27	F. Pereyra Centre-back	Huracan	36	16	5829.5%	209.9%
28	K. Lomónaco Centre-back	Independiente	24	16	6211.8%	543.5%
29	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	16	62159.9%	475.2%
30	J. de Haas Centre-back	Famalicao	26	16	7129.3%	631.7%
31	D. Daniels Centre-back	Oldham	32	16	411750%	1618.1%
32	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	16	41	36
33	T. Hamer Centre-back	Lincoln	26	16	45297.3%	4810.4%
34	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	15	71301.7%	5924.1%
35	N. Sibisi Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	30	15	45	1
36	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	15	58	8
37	M. Torres Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	15	31	16
38	A. Angulo Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	15	30	16
39	J. Arias Centre-back	Millonarios	33	15	38	11
40	J. Mena Centre-back	Bucaramanga	37	15	40	8
41	Y. Kırtay Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	23	15	52	52
42	Filipe Relvas Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	26	15	57695.8%	399.7%
43	M. Akanji Centre-back	Inter	30	15	68132.9%	526%
44	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	15	5779.1%	4811.6%
45	P. Retsos Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	27	15	63159.9%	355.4%
46	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	15	576.1%	505.8%
47	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	15	62144.3%	487.9%
48	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	15	521057.8%	1868.2%
49	Héliton Centre-back	Göztepe	30	15	55107.1%	3314.8%
50	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	15	761369.2%	8914.7%