Most improved full-backs

The most improved full-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alberto Baio has improved his Season rating most, up +54.3 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 194.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Alberto Baio+54.3SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	+54.3 24/25→25/26	71321.3%	7117.4%
2	Hermoso Full-back	AS Roma	31	+54 24/25→25/26	591102%	4514.4%
3	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	+49.6 24/25→25/26	74207.5%	8023.3%
4	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	+48.2 24/25→25/26	53964%	8418.5%
5	T. Guidara Full-back	Huracan	30	+48 24/25→25/26	62350.4%	304.1%
6	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	+47.6 24/25→25/26	521133.3%	8425.4%
7	E. Coronel Full-back	Rosario Central	29	+46.6 24/25→25/26	62304.6%	3615.7%
8	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+45.9 24/25→25/26	60323.2%	9112.4%
9	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+45.8 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
10	Hassan Tambakti Full-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	27	+44.8 24/25→25/26	65218.5%	474.8%
11	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	+44.1 24/25→25/26	481160.5%	5123.3%
12	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	+44 23/24→25/26	57330.8%	3733.4%
13	G. Giorbelidze Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	30	+43.9 22/23→25/26	59292.7%	2613.9%
14	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	+43.8 24/25→25/26	54429.4%	8516.7%
15	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	+42.4 24/25→25/26	50530%	8115%
16	L. Rota Full-back	AEK Athens FC	28	+42.3 24/25→25/26	64193.2%	3512.1%
17	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	26	+41.8 24/25→25/26	57271.4%	6611.6%
18	P. Sander Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	+41.7 24/25→25/26	65179.7%	605.1%
19	M. Beveev Full-back	Baltika	30	+41.6 24/25→25/26	58252.1%	2210.7%
20	H. Milne Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	29	+41 24/25→25/26	451078.9%	3517.1%
21	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	+40.7 24/25→25/26	8299%	975.3%
22	L. Valenti Full-back	Parma	27	+40 24/25→25/26	53305.3%	653.4%
23	H. Voyer Full-back	Le Mans	29	+39.9 24/25→25/26	50411.3%	4050%
24	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	+39.3 24/25→25/26	67141.9%	5817%
25	J. Schingtienne Full-back	Venezia	23	+38.8 24/25→25/26	52300.8%	701.9%
26	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	+38.5 24/25→25/26	45566.2%	9320.3%
27	O. Gorin Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	+38.2 24/25→25/26	45530.6%	357.3%
28	A. Portillo Full-back	San Martin S.J.	25	+37.9 24/25→25/26	42861.4%	5121.1%
29	L. Kelly Full-back	Juventus	27	+37.9 24/25→25/26	57195.4%	713.1%
30	N. Schlotterbeck Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	+37.7 24/25→25/26	64142.3%	811.1%
31	M. Sarr Full-back	Lens	27	+37.6 24/25→25/26	68125.3%	713.1%
32	L. Shaw Full-back	Manchester United	31	+37.6 24/25→25/26	411044.4%	5128.1%
33	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	+37.5 24/25→25/26	60165.2%	6984.5%
34	P. Silva Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	29	+37.5 24/25→25/26	55220.6%	3723.5%
35	Abner Full-back	Lyon	26	+37.3 24/25→25/26	56196.3%	7610.3%
36	M. Perković Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	+37.2 24/25→25/26	411033.3%	4010.3%
37	N. Pierozzi Full-back	Palermo	24	+37 24/25→25/26	54221.6%	7120.7%
38	S. Findlay Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	+36.7 24/25→25/26	47356.3%	3310.9%
39	I. Smolčić Full-back	Como	25	+36.7 24/25→25/26	44516.9%	7410.5%
40	B. Old Full-back	Saint Etienne	23	+35.8 24/25→25/26	36	630.8%
41	Matheus Nunes Full-back	Manchester City	27	+35.8 24/25→25/26	58160.5%	792.8%
42	M. Albayrak Full-back	Bandırmaspor	34	+35.6 20/21→25/26	381780%	1340.6%
43	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	+35.6 24/25→25/26	51225.3%	8035.8%
44	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	+35.3 24/25→25/26	63125.6%	85±0%
45	M. Senaya Full-back	Auxerre	25	+35.1 24/25→25/26	43461.8%	709.4%
46	O. Solet Full-back	Udinese	26	+35 24/25→25/26	57160.6%	75±0%
47	M. Tønnessen Full-back	KFUM Oslo	22	+34.4 24/25→25/26	42464.9%	4419%
48	L. Hernández Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	30	+34.3 24/25→25/26	47281.1%	466.9%
49	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	+34.2 24/25→25/26	42456%	8430.1%
50	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	+34 24/25→25/26	38790.7%	335.4%