Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

F. Wilfinger of TSV Hartberg is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 48.2, and X. Mbuyamba leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Lawrence has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while B. Zech's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.4 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 14.8.

SCR Altach · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Lawrence+28.6SsN

WSG Wattens · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	14.8	48	48
2	S. Raux-Yao Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	27	11.6	3612.5%	3942.2%
3	J. Lawrence Centre-back	WSG Wattens	23	11.4	35440%	4710.6%
4	D. Vincze Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	10.5	34	45
5	Alemão Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	8.9	28590%	4510%
6	X. Mbuyamba Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	7.9	1176.6%	4134.9%
7	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	7.7	23	4425%
8	E. Aiwu Centre-back	Sturm Graz	25	7.7	1534.8%	4035.2%
9	Habib Coulibaly Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	7.6	20	41
10	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	7.6	15	46
11	C. Nwaiwu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	23	7.5	23	38
12	T. Drexler Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	21	7.5	930.8%	4327%
13	A. Chase Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	7.2	554.9%	3944.3%
14	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	22	7.2	212942.9%	3927%
15	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	7.1	19	46
16	D. Radonjic Centre-back	Austria Vienna	20	6.9	13	42
17	G. Haider Centre-back	Sturm Graz	24	6.9	0	36
18	P. Estrada Centre-back	SCR Altach	24	6.8	4	35
19	Douglas Mendes Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	6.8	193.6%	3742.8%
20	D. Riegler Centre-back	FC BW Linz	23	6.8	6	35
21	B. Hardley Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	6.7	0100%	3525.8%
22	Y. Oberleitner Centre-back	Grazer AK	24	6.6	4	34
23	D. Kirnbauer Centre-back	Ried	23	6.6	1	34
24	Z. El Sheiwi Centre-back	Austria Vienna	22	6.6	0	36
25	P. Komposch Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	25	6.5	1	33
26	Amìn-Elias Gröller Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	21	6.5	2	37
27	K. Schopp Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	20	6.4	8	39
28	A. Ilić Centre-back	Austria Vienna	21	6.4	0	37
29	J. Mellberg Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	6.4	1	39
30	T. Gruber Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	21	6.2	1	35
31	A. Balde Centre-back	Lask Linz	20	6.2	0	38
32	Matthias Wetschka Centre-back	FC BW Linz	21	6	0	34
33	M. Schantl Centre-back	FC BW Linz	25	6	0	31
34	L. Traoré Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	6	0	38
35	J. Marcelin Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	26	5.9	197%	3142.7%
36	J. Brunnhofer Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	19	5.8	0	37
37	IfeanyiIfeanyi Ndukwe Centre-back	Austria Vienna	18	5.5	0	38
38	E. Roka Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	18	5.5	0	38
39	Austin Uzondu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	19	5.5	0	36
40	F. Kunst Centre-back	Grazer AK	19	5.5	0	35
41	M. Maranda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	29	5.4	31	30
42	Timothy Muller Centre-back	SCR Altach	17	5	0	37
43	D. Pines Centre-back	Grazer AK	28	4.8	2594.5%	3310%
44	N. Cvetković Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	30	4.5	36	28
45	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Sturm Graz	29	4.1	23721.4%	2733.9%
46	L. Spendlhofer Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	33	2.1	34246.5%	1856.5%
47	A. Dragović Centre-back	Austria Vienna	35	1.7	33150.4%	1859.8%
48	B. Zech Centre-back	SCR Altach	35	1.7	3887.2%	1745.8%
49	M. Sollbauer Centre-back	Ried	36	1.6	2929.4%	1750.1%
50	L. Gugganig Centre-back	SCR Altach	31	1.3	458%	1462%