The most improved centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.
Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and K. Wootton leads the scoring with 19 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while A. Skipper's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, H. Opsahl of Norway U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 181.2.
| # | Player | Team | Age | ΔSsN | Season | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacobo Ramón NaverosCentre-back |  Como | 21 | +71.2 24/25→25/26 | 761369.2% | 8914.7% |
| 2 | C. PazCentre-back |  Deportivo Riestra | 31 | +54.4 24/25→25/26 | 77241.8% | 3111.9% |
| 3 | J. KiwiorCentre-back |  FC Porto | 26 | +53.1 24/25→25/26 | 71301.7% | 5924.1% |
| 4 | J. BednarekCentre-back | FC Porto | 30 | +52.5 24/25→25/26 | 81184.9% | 4129.2% |
| 5 | Filipe RelvasCentre-back |  AEK Athens FC | 26 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57695.8% | 399.7% |
| 6 | S. YohouCentre-back |  Le Mans | 34 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57686.3% | 26115.6% |
| 7 | M. SvobodaCentre-back |  Venezia | 27 | +48.6 24/25→25/26 | 64324% | 598.1% |
| 8 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 9 | Teo QuinteroCentre-back |  Sparta Rotterdam | 27 | +47.2 24/25→25/26 | 56518.7% | 584.3% |
| 10 | T. KogaCentre-back |  Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | +45.3 24/25→25/26 | 69189.5% | 504.6% |
| 11 | W. AntonCentre-back |  Borussia Dortmund | 29 | +44.5 24/25→25/26 | 70173.2% | 606.4% |
| 12 | S. NúñezCentre-back |  Estudiantes L.P. | 26 | +43.8 22/23→25/26 | 49858.8% | 473.1% |
| 13 | BremerCentre-back |  Juventus | 29 | +43.7 24/25→25/26 | 60261.7% | 6112.2% |
| 14 | O. CamaraCentre-back |  Angers | 23 | +43.3 24/25→25/26 | 471082.5% | 7924.5% |
| 15 | L. VillalbaCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 31 | +43 24/25→25/26 | 63213.9% | 426.7% |
| 16 | Diego CarlosCentre-back | Como | 33 | +42.4 24/25→25/26 | 50530% | 2814.4% |
| 17 | M. MertCentre-back |  Sarıyer | 27 | +42.2 23/24→25/26 | 451455.2% | 429.5% |
| 18 | LyancoCentre-back |  Atletico-MG | 29 | +42.2 24/25→25/26 | 53405.8% | 471.3% |
| 19 | A. NukanCentre-back |  Bandırmaspor | 32 | +42.1 21/22→25/26 | 53401% | 2616.3% |
| 20 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +41.8 24/25→25/26 | 48720.7% | 3036.6% |
| 21 | H. ÇiftçiCentre-back | Bandırmaspor | 28 | +41.4 22/23→25/26 | 46900% | 3628.4% |
| 22 | O. SalomónCentre-back |  Platense | 27 | +41.3 24/25→25/26 | 54335.8% | 469% |
| 23 | T. CramaCentre-back |  Millwall | 24 | +40.9 24/25→25/26 | 62192% | 7769.8% |
| 24 | A. ErlingmarkCentre-back |  IFK Goteborg | 28 | +40.6 24/25→25/26 | 50441.3% | 298.5% |
| 25 | F. BenkovićCentre-back |  AIK Stockholm | 29 | +40.3 23/24→25/26 | 50424.2% | 2538.5% |
| 26 | M. SenesiCentre-back |  Bournemouth | 29 | +39.5 24/25→25/26 | 60197.5% | 658.7% |
| 27 | A. GómezCentre-back |  Club Tijuana | 24 | +39.2 20/21→25/26 | 44890.9% | 506% |
| 28 | C. RomeroCentre-back |  Tottenham | 28 | +39.2 24/25→25/26 | 54264.9% | 672.5% |
| 29 | J. MüllerCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 32 | +39.1 24/25→25/26 | 46566.7% | 218.4% |
| 30 | GregoCentre-back |  Burgos | 33 | +39 24/25→25/26 | 62168.1% | 306.1% |
| 31 | N. KatićCentre-back |  FC Schalke 04 | 29 | +38.9 24/25→25/26 | 48432.2% | 440.9% |
| 32 | M. AkanjiCentre-back |  Inter | 30 | +38.8 24/25→25/26 | 68132.9% | 526% |
| 33 | Sergio BarciaCentre-back |  Las Palmas | 25 | +38.8 24/25→25/26 | 421385.7% | 6593.5% |
| 34 | P. RetsosCentre-back |  Olympiakos Piraeus | 27 | +38.7 24/25→25/26 | 63159.9% | 355.4% |
| 35 | D. DanielsCentre-back |  Oldham | 32 | +38.5 24/25→25/26 | 411750% | 1618.1% |
| 36 | David DuarteCentre-back |  Bahia | 31 | +38.4 24/25→25/26 | 421129.4% | 389.8% |
| 37 | Gabriel MagalhãesCentre-back |  Arsenal | 28 | +38.1 24/25→25/26 | 7699.5% | 748.8% |
| 38 | Léo PereiraCentre-back |  Flamengo | 30 | +37.9 24/25→25/26 | 62159.9% | 475.2% |
| 39 | L. RealpeCentre-back |  Famalicao | 25 | +37.9 24/25→25/26 | 47398.9% | 5910.9% |
| 40 | J. EganCentre-back |  Hull City | 33 | +37.6 24/25→25/26 | 41989.5% | 2919.1% |
| 41 | L. RiveroCentre-back |  Central Cordoba de Santiago | 22 | +37.4 24/25→25/26 | 44613.1% | 5520.5% |
| 42 | F. Delli CarriCentre-back |  Monza | 27 | +37.2 21/22→25/26 | 391860% | 5315.8% |
| 43 | G. CalvaniCentre-back |  Frosinone | 22 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 50277.4% | 7024.3% |
| 44 | V. NelssonCentre-back |  Hellas Verona | 27 | +36.8 24/25→25/26 | 41994.6% | 6666.7% |
| 45 | Fabrício BrunoCentre-back | Cruzeiro | 30 | +36.8 24/25→25/26 | 62144.3% | 487.9% |
| 46 | D. StavrópoulosCentre-back |  Atromitos | 29 | +36.7 24/25→25/26 | 401019.4% | 288% |
| 47 | S. AkaydinCentre-back |  Rizespor | 32 | +36.6 24/25→25/26 | 46406.7% | 2511.2% |
| 48 | G. HernándezCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 28 | +35.9 24/25→25/26 | 51234.6% | 373.1% |
| 49 | M. BaniCentre-back |  Palermo | 32 | +35.9 24/25→25/26 | 58166.2% | 3024.3% |
| 50 | P. PfeifferCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 26 | +35.8 24/25→25/26 | 40778.3% | 5915.1% |
