Top-Scoring centre-backs in K League 1 2026
The top-scoring centre-backs in K League 1 in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Cho Wi-Je of Jeonbuk Motors is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in K League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and Jin Si-Woo has been the form player this season, grading 33.2, and Kim Kang-San leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Song Jun-Seok has improved his Season rating most, up +23.7 on last season, while Lee Hyun-Yong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Jin Si-Woo of Gwangju FC is the most valuable name in this group at 13.5.
17 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Kang-SanCentre-back | Daegu FC | 28 | 2 | 124.3% | 3417.8% |
| 2 | M. TuciCentre-back |  Gangwon FC | 27 | 2 | 2331.6% | 3812.5% |
| 3 | Jo Seong-KwonCentre-back |  Daejeon Citizen | 25 | 2 | 182.8% | 416.4% |
| 4 | Kim Hyeon-JunCentre-back |  Daegu FC | 24 | 2 | 2 | 426.5% |
| 5 | Juan AntonioCentre-back |  FC Seoul | 30 | 1 | 2518.6% | 2622.6% |
| 6 | Byeon Jun-SooCentre-back |  Gimcheon Sangmu FC | 24 | 1 | 381.1% | 407.8% |
| 7 | Jung Seung-HyunCentre-back |  Ulsan Hyundai FC | 32 | 1 | 92.1% | 175.6% |
| 8 | Kim Ha-JunCentre-back |  Jeonbuk Motors | 24 | 1 | 54900% | 437.8% |
| 9 | Lee Zi-SolCentre-back |  Suwon City FC | 27 | 1 | 6123.1% | 3415% |
| 10 | DerlanCentre-back | Suwon City FC | 30 | 1 | 923.6% | 1964.7% |
| 11 | Kwon Kyung-WonCentre-back |  FC Anyang | 34 | 1 | 545.8% | 99.6% |
| 12 | Shin Jae-WonCentre-back |  Bucheon FC 1995 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 3220% |
| 13 | Baek Dong-GyuCentre-back | Bucheon FC 1995 | 35 | 1 | 1569.7% | 1164.3% |
| 14 | Sim Sang-MinCentre-back | Ulsan Hyundai FC | 33 | 1 | 190.8% | 1023.4% |
| 15 | Ha Chang-RaeCentre-back | Daejeon Citizen | 31 | 1 | 530% | 187.9% |
| 16 | Cho Wi-JeCentre-back | Jeonbuk Motors | 25 | 1 | 24 | 456.1% |
| 17 | Jo In-JungCentre-back |  Jeju United FC | 20 | 1 | 6 | 469.5% |