Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Bundesliga 25/26

The most valuable centre-backs in Bundesliga in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Morgalla of Red Bull Salzburg is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.8, and F. Wilfinger has been the form player this season, grading 48.1, and M. Freckleton leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Spendlhofer has improved his Season rating most, up +24.4 on last season, while M. Freckleton's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Wilfinger of TSV Hartberg is the most valuable name in this group at 15.4.

M. Freckleton+16.8RTG

Lask Linz · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Spendlhofer+24.4SsN

TSV Hartberg · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	15.4	48	48
2	M. Freckleton Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	12.5	38107.7%	5050.8%
3	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Sturm Graz	22	12.2	91720%	6221%
4	L. Morgalla Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	11.8	243300%	6573.7%
5	S. Raux-Yao Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	27	11.6	3612.5%	3942.2%
6	K. Boma Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	23	11.5	1750.6%	5910.6%
7	D. Vincze Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	22	10.5	34	45
8	L. Balbo Centre-back	Sturm Graz	19	10.5	5	67
9	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	10.1	36	45
10	Alemão Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	8.9	28590%	4510%
11	X. Mbuyamba Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	7.9	1176.6%	4134.9%
12	E. Aiwu Centre-back	Sturm Graz	25	7.7	1534.8%	4035.2%
13	Habib Coulibaly Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	7.6	20	41
14	R. Žiković Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	21	7.3	1	42
15	A. Chase Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	7.2	554.9%	3944.3%
16	R. Behounek Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	29	7	3645.5%	3927.9%
17	G. Haider Centre-back	Sturm Graz	24	6.9	0	36
18	D. Radonjic Centre-back	Ried	20	6.9	13	42
19	D. Riegler Centre-back	FC BW Linz	23	6.8	6	35
20	Y. Oberleitner Centre-back	Grazer AK	24	6.6	4	34
21	P. Komposch Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	25	6.5	1	33
22	D. Kirnbauer Centre-back	Ried	24	6.5	1	34
23	Amìn-Elias Gröller Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	21	6.5	2	37
24	J. Mellberg Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	6.3	1	39
25	T. Gruber Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	21	6.2	1	35
26	A. Balde Centre-back	Lask Linz	20	6.2	0	38
27	Matthias Wetschka Centre-back	FC BW Linz	21	6	0	34
28	L. Traoré Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	6	0	38
29	J. Marcelin Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	26	5.9	197%	3142.7%
30	J. Brunnhofer Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	19	5.8	0	37
31	I. Buhari Centre-back	Austria Vienna	24	5.6	481.7%	2917.7%
32	O. Sorg Centre-back	Ried	19	5.6	0	36
33	Austin Uzondu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	19	5.5	0	36
34	Petar Markovic Centre-back	Grazer AK	19	5.5	0	35
35	E. Roka Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	18	5.5	0	38
36	M. Maranda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	29	5.4	31	30
37	Daniel Elfadli Centre-back	Lask Linz	29	5.2	1472.3%	4321.9%
38	Timothy Muller Centre-back	SCR Altach	17	5	0	37
39	D. Pines Centre-back	Grazer AK	28	4.8	2594.5%	3310%
40	N. Cvetković Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	30	4.5	36	28
41	J. Rasmussen Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	29	2.8	1410.3%	3427.8%
42	L. Spendlhofer Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	33	2.1	34246.5%	1856.5%
43	A. Dragović Centre-back	Austria Vienna	35	1.7	33150.4%	1859.8%
44	B. Zech Centre-back	SCR Altach	35	1.7	3887.2%	1745.8%
45	M. Sollbauer Centre-back	Ried	36	1.6	2929.4%	1750.1%
46	S. Piesinger Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	34	1.3	2142.1%	1355.2%
47	L. Gugganig Centre-back	SCR Altach	31	1.3	458%	1462%
48	P. Filipović Centre-back	Grazer AK	36	0.3	0	5
49	J. Boateng Centre-back	Lask Linz	38	0.1	0100%	288.2%