Most in-form centre-backs in Bundesliga

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

At a glance

L. Vušković of Hamburger SV is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.9, and W. Anton has been the form player this season, grading 70.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Anton has improved his Season rating most, up +44.5 on last season, while L. Vušković's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Lukeba of RB Leipzig is the most valuable name in this group at 138.8.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	29	70173.2%	606.4%
2	N. Elvedi Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	6190.3%	569%
3	W. Orbán Centre-back	RB Leipzig	33	566.9%	3614.8%
4	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	54117.7%	5649.6%
5	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	5039.2%	848.6%
6	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
7	J. Chabot Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	28	4129.7%	5916.9%
8	J. Tah Centre-back	Bayern München	30	4015.4%	4628.9%
9	Diogo Leite Centre-back	Union Berlin	27	3923.4%	6414.5%
10	R. Andrich Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	31	3931.1%	4413.5%
11	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3963.8%	828%
12	R. Koch Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	29	371.4%	577.8%
13	D. Upamecano Centre-back	Bayern München	27	3723.7%	6315.5%
14	S. Posch Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	29	3737.6%	5211.4%
15	Kim Min-Jae Centre-back	Bayern München	29	3639.7%	4926.8%
16	M. Friedl Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	3527%	5915.2%
17	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Union Berlin	28	353.4%	6412.2%
18	L. Badé Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	26	337.3%	7011.1%
19	A. Pieper Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	338.9%	5515.1%
20	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	3368.9%	8740.6%
21	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	19	3127.6%	8130.8%
22	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	FC Augsburg	29	2925%	5111.2%
23	T. Ando Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	27	28	59
24	J. Torunarigha Centre-back	Hamburger SV	28	2826.1%	5415.9%
25	H. Wahl Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	32	2829.8%	3725.3%
26	E. Smith Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	29	2729.4%	5219.9%
27	H. Ito Centre-back	Bayern München	27	25427.7%	617.4%
28	M. Ginter Centre-back	SC Freiburg	32	2538.5%	4116%
29	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	24	79
30	O. Kabak Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	26	247.7%	739.4%
31	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	22189.6%	702%
32	P. Mainka Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	31	2257.9%	4321.6%
33	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	22207.1%	7816.4%
34	P. Lienhart Centre-back	SC Freiburg	30	1956.5%	4233.6%
35	E. Skhiri Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	31	1943.5%	3533.1%
36	J. Gouweleeuw Centre-back	FC Augsburg	35	1863.5%	2238.2%
37	C. Özkacar Centre-back	1. FC Köln	25	187.4%	688.1%
38	M. Jenz Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	1769%	5819.1%
39	J. Föhrenbach Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	30	1728.5%	4316.2%
40	K. Fischer Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	25	1744.1%	6614.9%
41	T. Hübers Centre-back	1. FC Köln	29	1760.1%	4313.7%
42	L. Jaquez Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	16285.7%	728.5%
43	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	FC Augsburg	25	1646.1%	688.2%
44	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
45	N. Stark Centre-back	Werder Bremen	31	1465.8%	3139.7%
46	J. Seelt Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	23	1211800%	6817.4%
47	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	1257.5%	723.7%
48	T. Siersleben Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	26	1240.9%	5712.3%
49	G. Gocholeishvili Centre-back	Hamburger SV	25	1155.3%	6449.1%
50	J. Schmied Centre-back	1. FC Köln	27	1136.5%	563.3%