Most In-Form centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga 26/27
The most in-form centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
K. Schmidt of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.4, and Héliton has been the form player this season, grading 55.1, and M. Mathisen leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Héliton has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Bakatukanda of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 25.7.
16 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. TrémouletCentre-back | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 39±0% | 375.1% |
| 2 | P. StrompfCentre-back |  VfL Bochum | 28 | 2631.9% | 4614.6% |
| 3 | N. CozzaCentre-back |  VfL Wolfsburg | 27 | 269.3% | 6013.6% |
| 4 | N. MadsenCentre-back |  Holstein Kiel | 25 | 25±0% | 462.9% |
| 5 | N. Awortwie-GrantCentre-back |  Energie Cottbus | 26 | 20 | 38 |
| 6 | L. RitzkaCentre-back |  FC St. Pauli | 28 | 19±0% | 45±0% |
| 7 | M. JenzCentre-back | VfL Wolfsburg | 27 | 1573.3% | 5621.8% |
| 8 | C. JohanssonCentre-back | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 15245.2% | 2034.4% |
| 9 | L. SchneiderCentre-back |  Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 1435.3% | 4918.4% |
| 10 | T. JanottaCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 23 | 14±0% | 401.8% |
| 11 | F. HollandCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 36 | 1335.3% | 1250.4% |
| 12 | K. SchmidtCentre-back |  Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 12228.6% | 5866.9% |
| 13 | L. BünningCentre-back | Dynamo Dresden | 28 | 946% | 384.1% |
| 14 | K. VogtCentre-back | VfL Bochum | 35 | 944.4% | 1259.2% |
| 15 | F. HagmannCentre-back | Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 843.1% | 5429.7% |
| 16 | A. ZehnterCentre-back | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 | 874.3% | 723.8% |