Top-Scoring centre-backs

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

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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 Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and Luciano Juba 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 K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 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.

Lisandro López74.9SsN

Belgrano Cordoba

Rising potential

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	8	3615.7%	663.6%
2	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	8	5955.4%	641.8%
3	F. Brignani Centre-back	Castellón	28	7	2625.6%	4812.5%
4	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	7	59	20
5	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	7	27161.2%	1332.1%
6	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
7	G. Egawa Centre-back	Kagoshima United	26	6	12	26
8	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	6	1854.2%	226.1%
9	D. Krčík Centre-back	Plzen	27	6	7	2
10	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	5	44182.1%	3411.7%
11	M. Machado Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	5	9	39
12	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	27	5	1945.3%	502%
13	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5	5390.6%	487.7%
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	18	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	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	4	15	20
23	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
24	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	30	4	21	26
25	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	37117.9%	402.4%
26	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	4	5411.7%	3220.4%
27	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	4	47191.4%	273.1%
28	J. Taaje Centre-back	Stromsgodset	28	4	2142.3%	2828.9%
29	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	4	34225.7%	358.3%
30	Saeed Al Rubaie Centre-back	Al Okhdood	33	4	10	21
31	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	27	4	2622.4%	2855.5%
32	J. Ríos Alonso Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	26	4	2119.1%	405%
33	F. Calvo Centre-back	Nacional	34	4	3955.2%	2318.2%
34	A. Ajeti Centre-back	Bodrum FK	32	4	3521.7%	2030.6%
35	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	4	2656.4%	4214.9%
36	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
37	N. Tekijaški Centre-back	FK Jablonec	29	4	35169.2%	196.6%
38	L. Hůlka Centre-back	Slovan Liberec	31	4	23	1
39	J. Pestaña Centre-back	Junior	29	3	35	22
40	T. Maples Centre-back	Colorado Springs	27	3	15	27
41	Samir Centre-back	Al Najma	31	3	1944.6%	2814.8%
42	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	3	55206.1%	5313.9%
43	X. Mbuyamba Centre-back	Lask Linz	24	3	1176.6%	4134.9%
44	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69
45	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	3	3338.5%	8512.6%
46	J. Muanza Centre-back	Patro Eisden	25	3	8	41
47	M. Keane Centre-back	Everton	33	3	39110.7%	336.1%
48	G. Stensness Centre-back	Viking	27	3	25483.3%	3929.9%
49	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	3	3917.3%	364.6%
50	Guilherme Biro Centre-back	Austin	26	3	2134%	387.8%