Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in A-League

The most valuable centre-backs in A-League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

P. Kikianis of Adelaide United is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 21.8, and G. Ferreyra has been the form player this season, grading 43.3, and A. Popovic leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Ferreyra has improved his Season rating most, up +35 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Girdwood-Reich of Auckland is the most valuable name in this group at 1.2.

Melbourne Victory · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Ferreyra+35SsN

Melbourne City · 23/24→25/26

J. Girdwood-Reich1.2val

Auckland

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	Player	Team
1	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Auckland	22	1.2	332113.3%	2140.9%
2	B. Tapp Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	25	1.2	35	20
3	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	1.2	24458.1%	1956.7%
4	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	1.2	24	20
5	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	1.2	23	22
6	M. Natta Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	23	1.1	19	21
7	N. Paull Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	22	1.1	21	19
8	D. Hall Centre-back	Auckland	27	1.1	32	18
9	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	1.1	32	21
10	J. King Centre-back	Sydney	25	1.1	29595.2%	1949.6%
11	K. Grozos Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	25	1	17	19
12	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	1	25	20
13	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	0.9	15	1848.5%
14	N. Pijnaker Centre-back	Auckland	27	0.8	13	15
15	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	0.8	15	18
16	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	0.8	15	20
17	J. Farrell Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	0.6	91037.5%	1670.6%
18	A. Bonetig Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	0.6	9	17
19	H. Bility Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	25	0.6	7	16
20	J. Damevski Centre-back	Macarthur	20	0.5	0	16
21	M. D'Hotman Centre-back	Auckland	19	0.5	0	17
22	Sebastian Krslovic Centre-back	Macarthur	19	0.5	0	16
23	A. Coulibaly Centre-back	Auckland	20	0.5	0	17
24	Mikael Doka Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	26	0.5	0	13
25	Richard Nkomo Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	0.5	0	17
26	K. Razmovski Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	20	0.5	0	17
27	Riley Foxe Centre-back	Perth Glory	19	0.5	1	16
28	Samuel Dikoš Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	20	0.5	4	17
29	L. Herrington Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	18	0.5	12	18
30	W. Kennedy Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	21	0.5	2	16
31	M. Nichola Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	17
32	A. Lebib Centre-back	Perth Glory	20	0.5	0	16
33	F. Kasumovic Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	17
34	B. Van Dorssen Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	21	0.5	0	17
35	Sotiri Phillis Centre-back	Adelaide United	19	0.5	2	17
36	Vinko Stanisic Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	18
37	N. Barrie Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	20	0.5	5	16
38	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	0.5	6	19
39	R. Mackay Centre-back	Auckland	18	0.5	0	17
40	J. Necovski Centre-back	Melbourne City	17	0.4	0	17
41	Austin Ludwik Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	28	0.4	11	12
42	G. Ferreyra Centre-back	Melbourne City	30	0.4	43421.7%	1337.6%
43	L. Rose Centre-back	Macarthur	29	0.4	22	13
44	M. Baker Centre-back	Melbourne City	16	0.4	0	17
45	J. Necovski Centre-back	Melbourne City	18	0.4	0	17
46	J. O'Reilly Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	17	0.4	0	16
47	T. Williams Centre-back	Sydney	18	0.4	0	17
48	Ryan Lee Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	18	0.4	0	16
49	J. Smith Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	18	0.4	1	16
50	Mikael Evagorou-Alao Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	0	0.3	0	16