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 J. Kiwior has been the form player this season, grading 70.7, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while S. Kotto's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.7 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.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	71±0%	59±0%
2	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	69±0%	50±0%
3	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
4	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	6532.1%	5511.9%
5	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6461.2%	8311%
6	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	6310.9%	510.8%
7	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	63110.4%	3213.9%
8	Grego Centre-back	Burgos	33	62±0%	30±0%
9	Rodrigo Pinheiro Centre-back	Famalicao	24	62±0%	661.7%
10	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
11	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	6124%	452.8%
12	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	6181.8%	468.5%
13	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	611%	461.7%
14	M. Sarr Centre-back	NEOM	27	5912.3%	4831.3%
15	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	59303.4%	3821.9%
16	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	5955.4%	641.8%
17	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	59	20
18	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58	29
19	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	5853.3%	310.6%
20	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58	8
21	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	58143.3%	6816.5%
22	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	58±0%	66±0%
23	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	571.9%	195%
24	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	578%	40±0%
25	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	27	57±0%	5114.5%
26	Anaitz Arbilla Centre-back	Eibar	39	56±0%	18±0%
27	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	56104.8%	1477.6%
28	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	56	2
29	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	5627.4%	297.1%
30	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	5584.9%	2920%
31	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55423.8%	25134.3%
32	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55±0%	66±0%
33	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	55	42
34	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	5594%	5119.1%
35	F. Lejeune Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	35	54±0%	33±0%
36	H. Araki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	54±0%	35±0%
37	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
38	C. Izquierdoz Centre-back	Lanus	37	545.7%	169.7%
39	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	5411.7%	3220.4%
40	O. Bjørtuft Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	27	5325.1%	416%
41	F. Beijmo Centre-back	FC Copenhagen	28	5330.4%	357.7%
42	O. Ågren Centre-back	Gais	28	53102.3%	274.3%
43	J. Meli Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	26	5375.8%	485.3%
44	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5390.6%	487.7%
45	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	53	46
46	F. Alarcón Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	32	538.7%	257.4%
47	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	521057.8%	1868.2%
48	A. Maciel Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	29	5289.8%	3617.7%
49	E. Teslenko Centre-back	Rubin	25	52±0%	34±0%
50	M. Tenho Centre-back	Djurgardens IF	31	5277.6%	2219.9%