Most Improved centre-backs This Season
The most improved centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 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 | Jacobo Ramón NaverosCentre-back |  Como | 21 | +63.1 24/25→25/26 | 68±0% | 87±0% |
| 2 | J. BednarekCentre-back |  FC Porto | 30 | +52.5 24/25→25/26 | 81±0% | 41±0% |
| 3 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 36 | +51.2 24/25→25/26 | 561137.8% | 1976.6% |
| 4 | Marco PellegrinoCentre-back |  Huracan | 24 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 6532.1% | 5511.9% |
| 5 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +46.7 24/25→25/26 | 50275% | 4510.6% |
| 6 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +42.6 24/25→25/26 | 481.7% | 3413% |
| 7 | Daniel HerreraCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 22 | +41.4 24/25→25/26 | 49544.7% | 5322.2% |
| 8 | C. HalkettCentre-back |  Heart Of Midlothian | 31 | +41.1 24/25→25/26 | 57253.7% | 2912.3% |
| 9 | Lisandro LópezCentre-back |  Belgrano Cordoba | 37 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 56104.8% | 1477.6% |
| 10 | E. SeguraCentre-back |  Los Angeles FC | 29 | +40.1 24/25→25/26 | 5853.3% | 310.6% |
| 11 | J. MüllerCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 32 | +39.1 24/25→25/26 | 46±0% | 21±0% |
| 12 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | +38.8 23/24→25/26 | 48408.4% | 2538.5% |
| 13 | David RicardoCentre-back |  Dynamo | 23 | +37.8 22/23→25/26 | 4229.4% | 3548.3% |
| 14 | Gustavo HenriqueCentre-back |  Corinthians | 33 | +37.8 24/25→25/26 | 5584.9% | 2920% |
| 15 | J. EganCentre-back |  Hull City | 34 | +37.6 24/25→25/26 | 41±0% | 29±0% |
| 16 | Léo PereiraCentre-back |  Flamengo | 30 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 611% | 461.7% |
| 17 | M. WoledziCentre-back |  Nashville SC | 25 | +36.4 24/25→25/26 | 6124% | 452.8% |
| 18 | P. PfeifferCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | +35.8 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 599.1% |
| 19 | R. PorteousCentre-back | Los Angeles FC | 27 | +35.7 24/25→25/26 | 59303.4% | 3821.9% |
| 20 | A. MaldonadoCentre-back | Belgrano Cordoba | 29 | +35.6 24/25→25/26 | 4628.1% | 335.9% |
| 21 | J. PorozoCentre-back |  Club Tijuana | 26 | +35.6 24/25→25/26 | 48±0% | 4115.8% |
| 22 | RanieleCentre-back | Corinthians | 29 | +35.4 24/25→25/26 | 6181.8% | 468.5% |
| 23 | H. InamuraCentre-back |  FC Tokyo | 24 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 38303.2% | 475.4% |
| 24 | David DuarteCentre-back |  Bahia | 31 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 3917.3% | 364.6% |
| 25 | G. FerreyraCentre-back |  Western Sydney Wanderers | 30 | +35 23/24→25/26 | 43421.7% | 1336.6% |
| 26 | M. Elimbi GilbertCentre-back |  GIL Vicente | 23 | +34.9 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 65±0% |
| 27 | JonathanCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 22 | +33.7 24/25→25/26 | 39125% | 706.1% |
| 28 | Eric GarcíaCentre-back |  Barcelona | 25 | +33.6 24/25→25/26 | 62±0% | 85±0% |
| 29 | C. PazCentre-back |  Deportivo Riestra | 31 | +33.3 24/25→25/26 | 5627.4% | 297.1% |
| 30 | J. BoyerCentre-back |  Boulogne | 28 | +33.1 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 46±0% |
| 31 | J. KomarCentre-back |  Rosario Central | 30 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 63110.4% | 3213.9% |
| 32 | A. ScholzCentre-back | FC Tokyo | 34 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 46127.1% | 16±0% |
| 33 | Diego MurilloCentre-back |  Malaga | 25 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 44290.3% | 6719.6% |
| 34 | F. BeijmoCentre-back |  FC Copenhagen | 28 | +32.7 24/25→25/26 | 5330.4% | 357.7% |
| 35 | G. StangerCentre-back |  Kilmarnock | 26 | +32.6 20/21→25/26 | 33145.9% | 419.3% |
| 36 | M. TolCentre-back |  Roda | 28 | +32.5 24/25→25/26 | 3530.6% | 43±0% |
| 37 | D. MartínezCentre-back |  Defensa Y Justicia | 28 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 39739.1% | 3847.1% |
| 38 | H. MagnussonCentre-back |  Vasteras SK FK | 28 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 50498.8% | 2968.6% |
| 39 | N. WiemannCentre-back | VfL Osnabrück | 27 | +31.8 24/25→25/26 | 44±0% | 38±0% |
| 40 | Gabriel PaulistaCentre-back | Corinthians | 35 | +31.6 24/25→25/26 | 55423.8% | 25134.3% |
| 41 | R. HoldingCentre-back |  Colorado Rapids | 31 | +31.5 24/25→25/26 | 38517.7% | 2670.7% |
| 42 | S. NúñezCentre-back |  Estudiantes L.P. | 26 | +31.4 24/25→25/26 | 4116.8% | 470.9% |
| 43 | A. FilinCentre-back |  Baltika | 30 | +31.3 24/25→25/26 | 55132.1% | 2024.9% |
| 44 | T. GuidaraCentre-back |  Lanus | 30 | +30.9 24/25→25/26 | 4527.7% | 314% |
| 45 | B. EsselinkCentre-back |  Dundee Utd | 27 | +30.6 24/25→25/26 | 43167.3% | 3910.9% |
| 46 | C. BurgessCentre-back |  Swansea | 31 | +30.5 24/25→25/26 | 39346.6% | 4516.9% |
| 47 | S. WalukiewiczCentre-back |  Sassuolo | 26 | +30.4 24/25→25/26 | 35741.5% | 7421.1% |
| 48 | M. SenayaCentre-back |  Auxerre | 25 | +30.1 24/25→25/26 | 38396.1% | 686.4% |
| 49 | J. HillCentre-back |  Bournemouth | 24 | +30 24/25→25/26 | 37±0% | 87±0% |
| 50 | Gabriel MagalhãesCentre-back |  Arsenal | 28 | +30 24/25→25/26 | 68±0% | 71±0% |