Top-Scoring centre-backs

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

Top-scoring defenders Top-scoring midfielders Top-scoring attackers Best centre-backs Most in-form centre-backs Most valuable centre-backs

At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 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.

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

Lazio · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	10	3615.7%	663.6%
2	F. Brignani Centre-back	Castellón	28	7	3362.6%	4812.5%
3	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	7	59	20
4	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	35	7	27161.2%	1332.1%
5	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	34	6	1854.2%	226.1%
6	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
7	G. Egawa Centre-back	Kagoshima United	26	6	23	26
8	D. Krčík Centre-back	Plzen	27	6	7	2
9	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	27	5	3011.2%	502%
10	M. Machado Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	5	9	39
11	T. Letschert Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	33	5	4220.2%	1451.2%
12	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5	5390.6%	487.7%
13	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	5	2040.5%	60±0%
14	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	5	20	10
15	S. Simović Centre-back	Radnicki 1923	37	5	39	11
16	J. Černín Centre-back	Zlin	27	5	16	1
17	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	4	27	34
18	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	4	55	42
19	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	19	4	102450%	4317.3%
20	M. Freckleton Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	4	38107.7%	5050.8%
21	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	4	414.8%	651.7%
22	Carlos Domínguez Centre-back	Oviedo	25	4	29204.2%	716.4%
23	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	4	57253.7%	2912.3%
24	J. Taaje Centre-back	Stromsgodset	29	4	2142.3%	2828.9%
25	Saeed Al Rubaie Centre-back	Al Okhdood	33	4	10	21
26	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	4	15	20
27	R. Dugalić Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	4	29	13
28	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
29	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	30	4	21	26
30	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	28	4	2622.4%	2855.5%
31	F. Calvo Centre-back	Nacional	34	4	3955.2%	2318.2%
32	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	4	34225.7%	358.3%
33	R. Insúa Centre-back	Barracas Central	28	4	3915.7%	425.9%
34	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	4	5411.7%	3220.4%
35	G. Stensness Centre-back	Viking	27	4	25483.3%	3929.9%
36	Carlos Hernández Centre-back	AD Ceuta FC	36	4	882.3%	25±0%
37	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	37117.9%	402.4%
38	L. Bartlett Centre-back	DC United	29	4	3049.8%	314.7%
39	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	4	2656.4%	4214.9%
40	L. Hůlka Centre-back	Slovan Liberec	31	4	23	1
41	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
42	N. Tekijaški Centre-back	FK Jablonec	29	4	35169.2%	196.6%
43	J. Pestaña Centre-back	Junior	29	3	35	22
44	T. Maples Centre-back	Colorado Springs	27	3	15	27
45	F. Holmé Centre-back	Fredrikstad	25	3	26182.8%	4442.5%
46	Samir Centre-back	Al Najma	31	3	1944.6%	2814.8%
47	R. Roberts Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	3	35311.9%	4724.5%
48	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	3	39116.7%	5314.9%
49	X. Mbuyamba Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	3	1176.6%	4134.9%
50	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69