Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in 2. Bundesliga

The most in-form centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and D. Zec leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Gechter of Hertha BSC is the most valuable name in this group at 27.4.

1. FC Nürnberg · 24/25→25/26

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FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52206.4%	5110.6%
2	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48432.2%	440.9%
3	T. Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48149%	4230.8%
4	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45137.2%	665.4%
5	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	4222.7%	622.1%
6	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	67
7	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	40778.3%	5915.1%
8	M. Mathisen Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	30	4012.4%	3826.2%
9	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38307.4%	5748.2%
10	T. Leistner Centre-back	Hertha BSC	35	3858.4%	1913.1%
11	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	37202.5%	6012.8%
12	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	37776.2%	5415.1%
13	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	37134.6%	5915.3%
14	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	66
15	T. Oberdorf Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	29	3522.6%	4228.4%
16	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	3521.1%	66±0%
17	D. Zeefuik Centre-back	Hertha BSC	28	3311.9%	4225.8%
18	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	3341.1%	5912%
19	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	28	33487.5%	517.5%
20	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	3329.5%	4731.9%
21	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	2913.1%	5314.4%
22	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	29175.5%	6558.5%
23	P. Ziereis Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	2841.3%	2447%
24	L. Morgalla Centre-back	VfL Bochum	21	273714.3%	6472.7%
25	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	2631.9%	4614.6%
26	A. Vukotić Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	31	242.8%	2933.2%
27	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	2421.2%	612.1%
28	J. Elvedi Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	29	2335%	3731.5%
29	J. Heuer Centre-back	Preußen Münster	27	2320.5%	5013.1%
30	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	2353.8%	5221.7%
31	N. Rapp Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	29	2331.1%	3823.7%
32	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	2321.4%	5730.9%
33	M. Franke Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	33	2323.1%	2527.2%
34	I. Okon Centre-back	Hannover 96	22	22	62
35	I. Nekić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	222300%	562.8%
36	Felipe Sánchez Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	22	208.8%	5817.7%
37	F. Le Joncour Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	1916.9%	2727.2%
38	T. Müller Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	32	1855.1%	2513.3%
39	M. Bauer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	181.1%	4910.2%
40	B. Allgeier Centre-back	Hannover 96	24	1827.3%	567.1%
41	M. Komenda Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	29	1883.3%	3533.3%
42	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	17	6015.9%
43	E. Egouli Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	17	56
44	N. Kolbe Centre-back	Hertha BSC	29	1768.1%	3427.1%
45	L. Frenkert Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	1743.4%	5114.8%
46	M. Dietz Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	24	171.2%	569.3%
47	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	15245.2%	2034.4%
48	J. Rasmussen Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	1458.3%	349.1%
49	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	1435.3%	4918.4%
50	J. Daland Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	26	1473.8%	4913.8%