Fastest-growing U23 centre-backs

The fastest-growing (by % Rating change) U23 centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, and I. Baouf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Opsahl of Norway U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 181.2.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Barcelona

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

L. Høgsberg+33.8RTG

Strasbourg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

50 players · ranked by biggest rating change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	+76.1 24/25→25/26	2522.3%	7876.1%
2	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	+74.1 24/25→25/26	2895.8%	7474.1%
3	Z. Smajlović Centre-back	Sandefjord	22	+71 24/25→25/26	40634.5%	4771%
4	S. Otoa Centre-back	Genoa	22	+68.3 24/25→25/26	1232.2%	6968.3%
5	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	+58.7 24/25→25/26	53111.6%	8358.7%
6	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	+58.5 24/25→25/26	29175.5%	6558.5%
7	M. Moreno Centre-back	Levante	22	+54.6 24/25→25/26	368.5%	8154.6%
8	Christian Marques Centre-back	Tondela	23	+52.1 22/23→25/26	30410.2%	6252.1%
9	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	+50.9 24/25→25/26	4250.5%	7050.9%
10	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	+50.8 24/25→25/26	44205.6%	8450.8%
11	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	23	+48.1 24/25→25/26	2712.3%	6648.1%
12	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Rennes	21	+47.9 24/25→25/26	43235.9%	8647.9%
13	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	22	+43.9 24/25→25/26	13371.4%	4043.9%
14	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	+43.5 24/25→25/26	4294.9%	7543.5%
15	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	19	+42.7 24/25→25/26	39150%	6442.7%
16	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	+42.4 24/25→25/26	2819.3%	4942.4%
17	A. Caicedo Centre-back	Cadiz	21	+41.4 24/25→25/26	1296.7%	5641.4%
18	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	+40.6 24/25→25/26	3368.9%	8740.6%
19	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	+40.1 24/25→25/26	37257.8%	8240.1%
20	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	+38 24/25→25/26	20124.4%	5838%
21	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	+37.5 24/25→25/26	1823.8%	4337.5%
22	M. Troilo Centre-back	Parma	23	+36.4 24/25→25/26	302.9%	7336.4%
23	Andrés Castrín Centre-back	Sevilla	23	+36.3 22/23→25/26	17290.9%	7336.3%
24	H. Falchener Centre-back	Viking	23	+35.4 24/25→25/26	361127.6%	5135.4%
25	R. Lipinski Centre-back	Rodez	23	+35.3 24/25→25/26	36603.9%	6835.3%
26	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	+33.1 24/25→25/26	2327.1%	6633.1%
27	J. Kongolo Centre-back	Genk	20	+31.9 24/25→25/26	1419.1%	5331.9%
28	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	+31.2 24/25→25/26	26153.5%	5531.2%
29	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	19	+30.8 24/25→25/26	3127.6%	8130.8%
30	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	+30.4 24/25→25/26	3260.7%	8030.4%
31	I. Lepskiy Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	21	+29.8 24/25→25/26	1444.4%	3129.8%
32	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	+29.7 24/25→25/26	1427.3%	5729.7%
33	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	+29.6 24/25→25/26	2210.9%	7129.6%
34	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	+29.3 24/25→25/26	5168%	3729.3%
35	A. Lapage Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	21	+26.7 24/25→25/26	20109.6%	5326.7%
36	J. McGrath Centre-back	Doncaster	23	+26.3 24/25→25/26	1928.5%	4526.3%
37	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	+24.5 24/25→25/26	471082.5%	7924.5%
38	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	+24.3 24/25→25/26	50277.4%	7024.3%
39	G. Friberg Centre-back	Halmstad	23	+23.7 24/25→25/26	1656.7%	3223.7%
40	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	IFK Norrkoping	22	+23.4 24/25→25/26	2421.1%	3523.4%
41	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Sassuolo	23	+23.4 24/25→25/26	4213.9%	8323.4%
42	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	21	+23.3 24/25→25/26	91720%	6323.3%
43	Emirhan Başyiğit Centre-back	Sivasspor	21	+22.8 24/25→25/26	25583.3%	5122.8%
44	N. Verschuren Centre-back	FC Volendam	21	+22.6 24/25→25/26	3028.3%	7022.6%
45	M. Elimbi Gilbert Centre-back	GIL Vicente	23	+22.6 24/25→25/26	40646.3%	6522.6%
46	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	23	+22.3 24/25→25/26	3133.7%	6222.3%
47	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Girona	20	+21.4 24/25→25/26	3417.9%	8621.4%
48	C. Sichenje Centre-back	Vojvodina	22	+20.7 22/23→25/26	27230.5%	3920.7%
49	L. Rivero Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	22	+20.5 24/25→25/26	44613.1%	5520.5%
50	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	+19.2 24/25→25/26	201052.9%	6819.2%