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

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

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.3, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

Dynamo Dresden · 24/25→25/26

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N. Katić+38.9SsN

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	26.5	37±0%	54±0%
2	A. Murphy Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	22	24.4	193.2%	6749.7%
3	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	23.6	39411.8%	372.8%
4	M. Faye Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	23.4	742.5%	636.8%
5	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	22.9	3521.1%	66±0%
6	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	22.5	843.1%	5429.7%
7	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	22.4	1435.3%	4918.4%
8	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	22.3	12228.6%	5866.9%
9	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	21.1	3341.1%	5912%
10	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	21.1	25180.7%	460.6%
11	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	21	14	40
12	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	21	41	69
13	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	20.6	36	66
14	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20.4	20	38
15	S. Mkrtchyan Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	20.2	1	50
16	A. Kalogeropoulos Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	20.2	914.8%	5449.9%
17	J. Sterner Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	20	15±0%	58±0%
18	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	19.9	45±0%	66±0%
19	F. Di Michele Sanchez Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.7	17±0%	58±0%
20	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.3	10±0%	52±0%
21	N. König Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	23	19.2	4	49
22	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	19.2	23±0%	57±0%
23	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	18.9	1427.3%	5729.7%
24	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	18.9	42±0%	62±0%
25	C. Kleine-Bekel Centre-back	VfL Bochum	23	18.8	099.5%	4927.9%
26	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	18.7	33±0%	59±0%
27	N. Dühring Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	22	18.6	0	49
28	R. Fabinski Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	18.6	28±0%	441.9%
29	H. Sekine Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	18.5	33±0%	562.6%
30	K. Manu Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	22	18.4	15±0%	42±0%
31	E. Džogović Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	18.4	2±0%	51±0%
32	F. Roslyng Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	18.3	4	52
33	Y. Karademir Centre-back	VfL Bochum	22	18.3	2012.1%	5635.9%
34	E. Porstner Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	19	18.1	0±0%	53±0%
35	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	18	1319.3%	537.8%
36	Niclas Duhring Marc Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	21	18	0	50
37	F. Jäkel Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	18	0	4412%
38	N. Katterbach Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	18	0100%	4719.9%
39	B. Allgeier Centre-back	Hannover 96	24	17.9	18±0%	56±0%
40	I. Nekić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	17.9	22±0%	56±0%
41	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	17.8	37±0%	59±0%
42	D. Nemeth Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	25	17.8	099.3%	5625.3%
43	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	17.7	52206.4%	5110.6%
44	M. Bauer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	17.5	18±0%	49±0%
45	M. Steinwender Centre-back	VfL Bochum	26	17.3	449.5%	5323.7%
46	B. Ezeh Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	25	17.2	0100%	4519.3%
47	Paul Scholl Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	20	17.2	0	51
48	F. Muller Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	19	17.2	9±0%	57±0%
49	Grayson Dettoni Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	21	17.1	1	52
50	L. Borges Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	17.1	0	45