Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Ligue 2 26/27

The most valuable centre-backs in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Devenish of Metz is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.5, and D. Durivaux has been the form player this season, grading 55, and N. Saint-Ruf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Boyer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.1 on last season, while S. Kotto's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Kotto of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 23.3.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Kotto Centre-back	Reims	23	23.3	28±0%	591.9%
2	S. Nair Centre-back	Saint Etienne	24	22.5	20±0%	585%
3	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	22.1	29±0%	62±0%
4	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	21.9	32±0%	64±0%
5	N. Ahouonon Centre-back	Reims	22	21.9	26±0%	58±0%
6	M. Veillon Centre-back	Annecy	24	21.7	10±0%	53±0%
7	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	21.5	55±0%	66±0%
8	A. Kerriou Centre-back	Boulogne	23	21.5	34	57
9	T. Delphis Centre-back	Annecy	24	21.4	23±0%	591.7%
10	L. Lacroix Centre-back	Dijon	23	21.3	15286.8%	5721.8%
11	Y. Nahounou Centre-back	Nancy	22	21	13±0%	54±0%
12	C. Devenish Centre-back	Metz	25	20.8	238.7%	6923.2%
13	A. Demouchy Centre-back	Guingamp	24	20.7	22±0%	57±0%
14	Ali Yousef Musrati Centre-back	Nantes	25	20.6	12	61
15	Y. Mouanga Centre-back	Montpellier	21	20.6	13±0%	59±0%
16	J. Escartin Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	23	20.1	83.7%	55±0%
17	S. Sow Centre-back	Nantes	24	19.9	109.2%	579.7%
18	D. Gomis Centre-back	Sochaux	22	19.8	0	4644.9%
19	E. Mendy Centre-back	Nancy	26	19.1	20±0%	50±0%
20	I. Bouleghcha Centre-back	Dijon	23	19.1	6	51
21	A. Pelon Centre-back	Grenoble	22	19.1	0100%	487.5%
22	A. Kerriou Centre-back	Boulogne	22	19.1	17	54
23	B. Lagae Centre-back	Dunkerque	22	19	6±0%	53±0%
24	L. Quenabio Centre-back	Rodez	25	18.9	1621.5%	544.8%
25	Chico Lamba Centre-back	Saint Etienne	23	18.8	1421.2%	57±0%
26	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	18.7	32	63
27	L. Siliadin Centre-back	Boulogne	25	18.5	5	48
28	S. Bane Centre-back	Laval	22	18.4	91.2%	520.8%
29	S. Basse Centre-back	PAU	22	18.4	1±0%	50±0%
30	C. Vidal Centre-back	Grenoble	26	18.3	31±0%	52±0%
31	F. Doucouré Centre-back	Nantes	25	18.2	17±0%	67±0%
32	T. Baldé Centre-back	Nancy	24	18.1	0100%	493.7%
33	A. Pinot Centre-back	Boulogne	25	18.1	25±0%	56±0%
34	E. Kabeya Centre-back	Clermont Foot	20	18.1	27	57
35	M. Ahamada Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	22	18.1	0	51
36	I. M'Bahia Centre-back	Clermont Foot	21	18	23±0%	61±0%
37	M. Faty Centre-back	Dijon	25	18	2	48
38	T. Brusco Centre-back	Boulogne	26	17.9	27	48
39	F. Limouri Centre-back	Grenoble	23	17.7	214.5%	5710.9%
40	J. Mambuku Centre-back	Reims	17	17.7	0	52
41	Naoufel El Hannach Centre-back	Montpellier	19	17.6	249%	7630.4%
42	M. Touré Centre-back	Sochaux	22	17.5	0	33
43	C. Bianay Balcot Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	21	17.5	0	52±0%
44	R. Baheng Centre-back	PAU	21	17.5	0	50
45	Sacha Lima Centre-back	Annecy	22	17.5	0	49
46	L. Samb Centre-back	Laval	24	17.4	9±0%	52±0%
47	A. Diaby Malick Centre-back	Dijon	22	17.4	0	33
48	Owen Kouassi Centre-back	Grenoble	23	17.3	569.7%	6219.3%
49	L. Ndenbe Centre-back	Nancy	26	17.3	1812.5%	5144.9%
50	J. Gaudin Centre-back	Laval	26	17.3	93.3%	433.6%