Most In-Form centre-backs This Season

The most in-form centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

Most in-form goalkeepers Most in-form defenders Most in-form midfielders Most in-form attackers Best centre-backs Top-scoring centre-backs

At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and S. van der Sloot leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Lisandro López74.9SsN

Belgrano Cordoba

Rising potential

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Nice · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

S. van der Sloot8goals

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	75174.4%	18136.8%
2	O. Wójcik Centre-back	Werder Bremen	23	70	4024.2%
3	O. Bjørtuft Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	27	7063.7%	404.2%
4	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	6921.5%	523.8%
5	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
6	Hassan Tambakti Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	27	65±0%	47±0%
7	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	65343.5%	3922.5%
8	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	6410.3%	203.5%
9	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6461.2%	8311%
10	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	6366%	321.6%
11	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
12	A. Maldonado Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	29	6170.8%	3911.6%
13	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	6181.8%	468.5%
14	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	611%	461.7%
15	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	59±0%	77±0%
16	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	5911.4%	40±0%
17	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	5955.4%	641.8%
18	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	59	20
19	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58	29
20	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58	8
21	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	58143.3%	6816.5%
22	N. Otamendi Centre-back	River Plate	38	58±0%	571.9%
23	S. Yohou Centre-back	Le Mans	35	57±0%	26±0%
24	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	5714.2%	57±0%
25	L. Martínez Centre-back	River Plate	30	5719.1%	3413.6%
26	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	56	2
27	Léo Duarte Centre-back	Atletico-MG	30	5691.4%	3311.6%
28	Alex Sandro Centre-back	Flamengo	35	5579.9%	2321.5%
29	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	5584.9%	2920%
30	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55423.8%	25134.3%
31	T. Guidara Centre-back	Lanus	30	5510.9%	313.3%
32	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	55	42
33	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	5594%	5119.1%
34	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	5429.8%	297.4%
35	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
36	L. Rivero Centre-back	River Plate	22	5423%	541.5%
37	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	5411.7%	3220.4%
38	H. Aleesami Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	35	5354.7%	1516.7%
39	J. Meli Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	26	5375.8%	521.8%
40	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5390.6%	487.7%
41	Felipe Andrade Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	24	5387.6%	4610.1%
42	M. Nadé Centre-back	Saint Etienne	27	537.4%	56±0%
43	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	536.1%	452.5%
44	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	53297.7%	4510.1%
45	C. Izquierdoz Centre-back	Lanus	37	522.8%	156.3%
46	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	521057.8%	1868.2%
47	Antônio Carlos Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	33	52540.7%	1660.2%
48	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	5274.4%	3019.8%
49	G. Hernández Centre-back	San Lorenzo	28	51±0%	347.6%
50	A. Maciel Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	29	5185.4%	3618.1%