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. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Bednarek has improved his Season rating most, up +52.5 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. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	81±0%	41±0%
2	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
3	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	6532.1%	5511.9%
4	C. Burgess Centre-back	Gent	35	64±0%	221.8%
5	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	6310.9%	510.8%
6	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	63110.4%	3213.9%
7	Rodrigo Pinheiro Centre-back	Famalicao	24	62±0%	661.7%
8	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
9	Eric García Centre-back	Barcelona	25	62±0%	85±0%
10	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	6124%	452.8%
11	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	6181.8%	468.5%
12	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	611%	461.7%
13	M. Sarr Centre-back	NEOM	27	5912.3%	4831.3%
14	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	59303.4%	3821.9%
15	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	59	20
16	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58	29
17	K. Minoda Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	27	58	2832.6%
18	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	5853.3%	310.6%
19	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58	8
20	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	58±0%	66±0%
21	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	57	16
22	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57253.7%	2912.3%
23	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	571.9%	195%
24	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	578%	40±0%
25	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	56104.8%	1477.6%
26	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	56	2
27	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	5627.4%	297.1%
28	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	561137.8%	1976.6%
29	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	5584.9%	2920%
30	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55423.8%	25134.3%
31	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	55132.1%	2024.9%
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	Gonçalo Inácio Centre-back	Sporting CP	25	54±0%	692.5%
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	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5390.6%	487.7%
44	A. Monfray Centre-back	Estac Troyes	35	53±0%	26±0%
45	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	53	46
46	F. Alarcón Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	32	538.7%	257.4%
47	A. Maciel Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	29	5289.8%	3617.7%
48	M. Tenho Centre-back	Djurgardens IF	31	5277.6%	2219.9%
49	A. Gritsaenko Centre-back	Rubin	31	51109.8%	1821.5%
50	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	512.4%	561.8%