Most in-form centre-backs in Eredivisie

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

At a glance

Y. Baas of Ajax is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 76.2, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +47.2 on last season, while D. Janse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Baas of Ajax is the most valuable name in this group at 97.5.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	5969.4%	768.3%
2	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	56518.7%	584.3%
3	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	545.7%	764.5%
4	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	4212.6%	5011.3%
5	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	4294.9%	7543.5%
6	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Feyenoord	27	4132.2%	6112.9%
7	J. Kramer Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	29	4116.1%	4920.2%
8	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	4149.1%	768.3%
9	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	40494.1%	2518.4%
10	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	3916.3%	741.1%
11	J. Šutalo Centre-back	Ajax	26	3842.8%	6114.6%
12	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	3712%	721.4%
13	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	33285.9%	6711.6%
14	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	3215.4%	628.2%
15	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	3217.4%	2827.3%
16	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	305.9%	715.7%
17	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	3013.3%	645.6%
18	N. Verschuren Centre-back	FC Volendam	21	3028.3%	7022.6%
19	R. Pröpper Centre-back	Twente	32	292.3%	3010%
20	S. Graves Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	27	2924.1%	5614.2%
21	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	2836.6%	7111.6%
22	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	28226.7%	591.2%
23	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	2883.7%	761.2%
24	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2793%	7113.3%
25	N. Viergever Centre-back	Utrecht	36	2734.4%	2028.3%
26	S. Adewoye Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	26	2716.3%	596.3%
27	N. Nwankwo Centre-back	Telstar	27	26	54
28	D. James Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	26	2529.9%	5712.5%
29	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	25620.6%	7194.8%
30	S. Kersten Centre-back	Heerenveen	28	2417.7%	5215.7%
31	M. Amevor Centre-back	FC Volendam	34	2339.6%	2512.7%
32	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	2343.9%	7011.5%
33	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	2210.9%	7129.6%
34	Iván Márquez Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	32	2037.6%	3219.7%
35	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	1940.3%	4221.8%
36	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	192983.3%	6210.2%
37	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	1752.5%	1943.4%
38	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	17	72
39	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	1728%	6313.2%
40	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	167%	5115.7%
41	Justin Quincy Hubner Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	22	161021.4%	6649.8%
42	D. Koswal Centre-back	Telstar	22	1556.1%	6313%
43	C. Leemans Centre-back	NAC Breda	30	1541.1%	3332.4%
44	P. Sandler Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	29	1440.8%	4610%
45	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	1449.3%	656%
46	T. Kraaijeveld Centre-back	Feyenoord	19	11	65
47	M. te Wierik Centre-back	Heracles	34	1171.3%	1837.1%
48	G. van Zwam Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	22	1060.7%	598.5%
49	F. Oldrup Jensen Centre-back	NAC Breda	33	938.4%	1932.7%
50	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	755.3%	5113.7%