Most Improved centre-backs This Season
The most improved centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and S. van der Sloot leads the scoring with 8 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisandro LópezCentre-back |  Belgrano Cordoba | 36 | +59.8 24/25→25/26 | 75174.4% | 1850% |
| 2 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +50.9 24/25→25/26 | 5719.1% | 3413.6% |
| 3 | A. MaldonadoCentre-back | Belgrano Cordoba | 28 | +50.9 24/25→25/26 | 6170.8% | 390.5% |
| 4 | Alex SandroCentre-back |  Flamengo | 35 | +50.3 24/25→25/26 | 5579.9% | 2321.5% |
| 5 | S. YohouCentre-back |  Le Mans | 35 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57686.3% | 26115.6% |
| 6 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +49.7 24/25→25/26 | 53297.7% | 4510.1% |
| 7 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 8 | L. RiveroCentre-back | River Plate | 22 | +47.4 24/25→25/26 | 5423% | 541.5% |
| 9 | E. SeguraCentre-back |  Los Angeles FC | 29 | +44.9 24/25→25/26 | 6366% | 321.6% |
| 10 | Hassan TambaktiCentre-back |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 27 | +44.8 24/25→25/26 | 65218.5% | 474.8% |
| 11 | W. AntonCentre-back |  Borussia Dortmund | 30 | +44.5 24/25→25/26 | 70173.2% | 527.1% |
| 12 | F. TerraccianoCentre-back |  AC Milan | 23 | +42.6 24/25→25/26 | 51532.5% | 8014.7% |
| 13 | R. PorteousCentre-back | Los Angeles FC | 27 | +41.6 24/25→25/26 | 65343.5% | 3922.5% |
| 14 | A. CircatiCentre-back |  Benfica | 22 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 45971.4% | 8020% |
| 15 | H. VoyerCentre-back | Le Mans | 29 | +39.9 24/25→25/26 | 50411.3% | 4050% |
| 16 | N. KatićCentre-back |  FC Schalke 04 | 29 | +38.9 24/25→25/26 | 48432.2% | 440.9% |
| 17 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | +38.8 23/24→25/26 | 48408.4% | 2538.5% |
| 18 | Sergio BarciaCentre-back |  SC Braga | 25 | +38.8 24/25→25/26 | 421385.7% | 70106.2% |
| 19 | P. RetsosCentre-back |  Olympiakos Piraeus | 28 | +38.7 24/25→25/26 | 63159.9% | 3214.3% |
| 20 | A. NukanCentre-back |  Bandırmaspor | 33 | +38.7 21/22→25/26 | 49±0% | 1714.7% |
| 21 | E. AmorCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 31 | +38.1 21/22→25/26 | 46124.1% | 2072.8% |
| 22 | Gustavo HenriqueCentre-back |  Corinthians | 33 | +37.8 24/25→25/26 | 5584.9% | 2920% |
| 23 | Léo PereiraCentre-back | Flamengo | 30 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 611% | 461.7% |
| 24 | G. HernándezCentre-back | San Lorenzo | 28 | +35.9 24/25→25/26 | 51±0% | 347.6% |
| 25 | E. MontheCentre-back |  Oldham | 31 | +35.5 23/24→25/26 | 44427.7% | 2032.1% |
| 26 | RanieleCentre-back | Corinthians | 29 | +35.4 24/25→25/26 | 6181.8% | 468.5% |
| 27 | H. KuruçayCentre-back | FC Schalke 04 | 28 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 52206.4% | 5110.6% |
| 28 | Antônio CarlosCentre-back |  Houston Dynamo | 33 | +35.1 24/25→25/26 | 52540.7% | 1660.2% |
| 29 | G. FerreyraCentre-back |  Western Sydney Wanderers | 30 | +35 23/24→25/26 | 43421.7% | 1336.6% |
| 30 | Marco PellegrinoCentre-back |  Huracan | 24 | +34.3 24/25→25/26 | 49±0% | 512.2% |
| 31 | Marco MorenoCentre-back |  Bahia | 25 | +34.1 24/25→25/26 | 58143.3% | 6816.5% |
| 32 | JonathanCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 22 | +33.7 24/25→25/26 | 39125% | 706.1% |
| 33 | S. AkaydinCentre-back |  Trabzonspor | 32 | +33.5 24/25→25/26 | 43372.2% | 2511.2% |
| 34 | Diego MurilloCentre-back |  Malaga | 25 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 44290.3% | 6719.6% |
| 35 | Enrique ClementeCentre-back |  Las Palmas | 27 | +32.6 24/25→25/26 | 49200% | 6011.4% |
| 36 | M. MaglicaCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | +32.6 24/25→25/26 | 37±0% | 54±0% |
| 37 | F. MansillaCentre-back |  Central Cordoba de Santiago | 27 | +32.5 22/23→25/26 | 49477.4% | 4115.3% |
| 38 | N. SchlotterbeckCentre-back | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | +32.3 24/25→25/26 | 59121.9% | 774.1% |
| 39 | Iker RecioCentre-back |  Cadiz | 25 | +32.2 24/25→25/26 | 351288% | 6421.1% |
| 40 | Gabriel PaulistaCentre-back | Corinthians | 35 | +31.6 24/25→25/26 | 55423.8% | 25134.3% |
| 41 | L. ValentiCentre-back |  Parma | 27 | +31.6 24/25→25/26 | 45241.2% | 627.8% |
| 42 | C. PazCentre-back |  Deportivo Riestra | 31 | +31.5 24/25→25/26 | 5429.8% | 297.4% |
| 43 | D. PolvaraCentre-back |  St. Louis City | 26 | +31.4 24/25→25/26 | 34153.7% | 4216.1% |
| 44 | J. LawrenceCentre-back |  OH Leuven | 23 | +31.4 23/24→25/26 | 38483.1% | 4710.6% |
| 45 | S. TrémouletCentre-back | Karlsruher SC | 26 | +31.3 23/24→25/26 | 39411.8% | 372.8% |
| 46 | F. KadıoğluCentre-back |  Brighton | 26 | +31.3 24/25→25/26 | 38474.2% | 8112.9% |
| 47 | N. ZalazarCentre-back |  Aldosivi | 29 | +31.2 22/23→25/26 | 355.4% | 3611.7% |
| 48 | C. HalkettCentre-back |  Heart Of Midlothian | 31 | +31 24/25→25/26 | 47191.4% | 273.1% |
| 49 | L. Di LolloCentre-back |  Boca Juniors | 22 | +30.8 24/25→25/26 | 5714.2% | 57±0% |
| 50 | C. BurgessCentre-back |  Swansea | 30 | +30.5 24/25→25/26 | 39346.6% | 4516.9% |