Most In-Form centre-backs in First League 25/26

The most in-form centre-backs in First League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Gbamin of CSKA Sofia is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.5, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gbamin has improved his Season rating most, up +24 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gbamin+24SsN

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Hossam Abdelmaguid4goals

Ludogorets

Most valuable

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

38 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	55	42
2	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	32	9
3	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	30	28
4	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	28	11
5	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	28	33
6	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	28	19
7	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	26	22
8	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	252000%	4510.1%
9	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	2157.4%	3042.7%
10	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	20	32
11	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	19	19
12	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	18	15
13	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	17	11
14	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	1747.9%	860.7%
15	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	16	30
16	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	16	29
17	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	15	20
18	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	15	33
19	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14	32
20	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	14	13
21	David Akintola Idowu Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	13	27
22	T. Awany Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	17
23	J. Cuero Centre-back	Spartak Varna	25	12	29
24	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	11115.1%	2827.1%
25	S. Petrov Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	26	1165.7%	2621.6%
26	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	10	30
27	David Malembana Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	30	10	15
28	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	101920%	2947%
29	V. Ozornwafor Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	27	10167.6%	2354.8%
30	A. Hoffmann Centre-back	CSKA 1948	33	1061.5%	874.1%
31	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	27	9	25
32	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Spartak Varna	26	8228%	2539.1%
33	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	7	32
34	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	7	29
35	K. Iliev Centre-back	Montana	24	5	29
36	Matheus Leoni Centre-back	Dobrudzha	34	4	8
37	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	23	4	29
38	I. Markov Centre-back	Montana	29	2	17