Top-Scoring centre-backs

The top-scoring centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and S. van der Sloot leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Barcelona

In form

Lisandro López74.9SsN

Belgrano Cordoba

Rising potential

A. Faye+53.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

S. van der Sloot8goals

50 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	8	5955.4%	641.8%
2	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	7	59	20
3	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	7	27161.2%	1332.1%
4	F. Brignani Centre-back	Castellón	28	7	2625.6%	4812.5%
5	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	26	7	3615.7%	665%
6	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	6	12	26
7	D. Krčík Centre-back	Plzen	27	6	7	2
8	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
9	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	6	1854.2%	226.1%
10	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	6	37±0%	54±0%
11	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Köln	28	5	36542.9%	517.5%
12	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Lazio	28	5	351.2%	64±0%
13	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	27	5	1945.3%	502%
14	Enrique Clemente Centre-back	Las Palmas	27	5	49200%	6011.4%
15	J. Černín Centre-back	Zlin	27	5	16	1
16	S. Simović Centre-back	Radnicki 1923	37	5	39	11
17	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	5	20	10
18	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5	5390.6%	487.7%
19	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	5	271.8%	342.1%
20	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	5	4894.8%	5343.2%
21	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	5	59121.9%	774.1%
22	G. Montiel Centre-back	River Plate	29	5	4314.1%	389%
23	M. Machado Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	5	9	39
24	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	5	44182.1%	3411.7%
25	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	4	27	34
26	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	4	55	42
27	D. Bakker Centre-back	FC Anyang	31	4	2259%	405.7%
28	M. Freckleton Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	4	38107.7%	5050.8%
29	C. Romero Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	28	4	34130.4%	599.5%
30	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	4	414.8%	651.7%
31	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	4	201%	780.6%
32	J. Ríos Alonso Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	26	4	2119.1%	405%
33	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	4	52206.4%	5110.6%
34	G. Mancini Centre-back	AS Roma	30	4	73±0%	54±0%
35	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	4	34275.6%	8514.1%
36	S. Yohou Centre-back	Le Mans	35	4	57686.3%	26115.6%
37	A. Ajeti Centre-back	Bodrum FK	32	4	3521.7%	2030.6%
38	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	4	15	20
39	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
40	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	30	4	21	26
41	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	27	4	2622.4%	2855.5%
42	L. Hůlka Centre-back	Slovan Liberec	31	4	23	1
43	N. Tekijaški Centre-back	FK Jablonec	29	4	35169.2%	196.6%
44	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
45	S. Velkov Centre-back	Vejle	29	4	1228.9%	2919.2%
46	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	4	34225.7%	322.5%
47	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	4	47191.4%	273.1%
48	J. Taaje Centre-back	Stromsgodset	28	4	2142.3%	2828.9%
49	Saeed Al Rubaie Centre-back	Al Okhdood	32	4	10	21
50	M. Kempf Centre-back	Como	31	4	52103.5%	4318.8%