Most Improved full-backs This Season

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

Most improved goalkeepers Most improved defenders Most improved midfielders Most improved attackers Best full-backs Most in-form full-backs

At a glance

S. van den Berg of Brentford is the standout for raw talent across full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.6, and Nathan has been the form player this season, grading 62.3, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Nathan has improved his Season rating most, up +51.9 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. van den Berg of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 111.4.

Best talent

S. van den Berg86.6RTG

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Nathan+51.9SsN

Vitoria · 24/25→25/26

S. van den Berg111.4val

Brentford

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Nathan Full-back	Vitoria	24	+51.9 24/25→25/26	62386.7%	645%
2	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	+50.3 24/25→25/26	5579.9%	2321.5%
3	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	+44 23/24→25/26	57330.8%	3733.4%
4	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	+40.9 24/25→25/26	62192%	7973.3%
5	P. Johansson Full-back	Djurgardens IF	31	+38.9 24/25→25/26	5112675%	2188.4%
6	M. Perković Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	+37.2 24/25→25/26	41±0%	39±0%
7	G. Paz Full-back	Nueva Chicago	33	+37.1 24/25→25/26	42700%	1046.7%
8	A. Steimbach Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	24	+36.4 22/23→25/26	39	5443.5%
9	M. Schikora Full-back	Vitesse	32	+33.4 24/25→25/26	51±0%	3012.2%
10	A. Papadopoulos Full-back	FC Lugano	27	+33.3 23/24→25/26	41456.2%	448.1%
11	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	+32.5 24/25→25/26	36±0%	70±0%
12	O. Bundgaard Full-back	Viborg	25	+32.4 24/25→25/26	39831%	4536.4%
13	M. Hokke Full-back	ADO Den Haag	22	+32.4 24/25→25/26	37±0%	59±0%
14	L. Ranger Full-back	Lillestrom	27	+32.4 23/24→25/26	45175.2%	3850.2%
15	I. Galván Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	24	+31.5 24/25→25/26	42603.3%	5115.2%
16	T. Silva Full-back	Platense	23	+31.4 22/23→25/26	3827.8%	513.9%
17	Lee Tae-Seok Full-back	Austria Vienna	24	+31.3 24/25→25/26	39391.2%	499.4%
18	Ž. Zaletel Full-back	Viborg	27	+30.9 24/25→25/26	35840.5%	4155.3%
19	R. Lipinski Full-back	Rodez	24	+30.8 24/25→25/26	367.9%	671.5%
20	T. Sainte-Luce Full-back	Montpellier	27	+30.5 24/25→25/26	38±0%	48±0%
21	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	+30 24/25→25/26	39319.1%	7637.4%
22	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	+29.8 23/24→25/26	312709.1%	1751.8%
23	F. Martínez Full-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	26	+29.8 24/25→25/26	34113%	433.1%
24	H. Heggheim Full-back	Viking	25	+29.7 24/25→25/26	4118.8%	474.5%
25	B. Wembangomo Full-back	BK Hacken	29	+29.4 24/25→25/26	37617.3%	2754.3%
26	G. Varela Full-back	Flamengo	33	+28.9 24/25→25/26	4252%	2829.8%
27	G. Escobar Full-back	Santos	29	+28.8 23/24→25/26	413.8%	454.2%
28	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	+28.8 24/25→25/26	4285%	5062.1%
29	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	+28.7 24/25→25/26	39273.3%	437.1%
30	M. Nalepa Full-back	Zaglebie Lubin	33	+28.5 24/25→25/26	45±0%	16±0%
31	J. Elordi Full-back	Independ. Rivadavia	32	+27.6 24/25→25/26	34337.2%	2456.9%
32	G. Ávila Full-back	Rosario Central	25	+27.5 23/24→25/26	348.8%	5315.7%
33	M. Laborda Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	+27.5 24/25→25/26	5137%	4515.5%
34	J. McGarry Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	28	+27.3 24/25→25/26	33515.1%	1555.5%
35	Iván Alejo Full-back	Valladolid	31	+26.9 24/25→25/26	39±0%	33±0%
36	N. Miletić Full-back	Radnicki NIS	35	+26.8 21/22→25/26	30812.1%	1621.2%
37	M. Devetak Full-back	HNK Rijeka	27	+26.7 22/23→25/26	31620.9%	3237.8%
38	S. Prieto Full-back	Argentinos JRS	33	+26.7 24/25→25/26	540.9%	212.4%
39	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	+26.4 24/25→25/26	47125.7%	1430%
40	S. Van der Heyden Full-back	Gent	28	+26.4 24/25→25/26	437.3%	446.5%
41	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	+26.4 24/25→25/26	31538.8%	5026.9%
42	M. Larsson Full-back	Djurgardens IF	23	+25.4 24/25→25/26	49370.2%	3946.1%
43	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	+25.1 24/25→25/26	31±0%	68±0%
44	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	+25.1 24/25→25/26	329.7%	411.5%
45	Naim García Full-back	Leganes	24	+24.9 24/25→25/26	28±0%	61±0%
46	A. Hiim Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	24	+24.8 24/25→25/26	38611.3%	4530.8%
47	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	+24.6 24/25→25/26	5580.4%	616.9%
48	H. Bilazer Full-back	Esenler Erokspor	31	+24.3 23/24→25/26	31±0%	21±0%
49	G. Benedetti Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	25	+24.2 24/25→25/26	52323%	5315.9%
50	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	+24 24/25→25/26	31±0%	54±0%