Top-scoring U21 centre-backs

The top-scoring U21 centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 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 L. Vušković 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 Tiago Gabriel's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Huijsen of Real Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 148.4.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Barcelona

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

Tiago Gabriel+28.3RTG

Lecce · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	goals	Season	Rating
1	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	6	3368.9%	8740.6%
2	P. Petrović Centre-back	Javor	21	4	35	45
3	I. Tarim Centre-back	Bodrum FK	21	4	10	47
4	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
5	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
6	Emirhan Başyiğit Centre-back	Sivasspor	21	3	25583.3%	5122.8%
7	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	3	2883.7%	761.2%
8	R. Kofler Centre-back	Sudtirol	21	3	3159.2%	644%
9	E. Agnikoi Centre-back	Marumo Gallants	20	2	5	2
10	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	2	10	35
11	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	2	32	21
12	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	2	25	20
13	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	2	23	22
14	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	2	491046.5%	4244.1%
15	D. Sahin Centre-back	İstanbulspor	20	2	17	48
16	Yiğit Fidan Centre-back	Pendikspor	21	2	53	53
17	K. Takai Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	21	2	34144.6%	5910.7%
18	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	2	4294.9%	7543.5%
19	José Sampaio Centre-back	Vizela	21	2	6	46
20	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	2	683.2%	4011.4%
21	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
22	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	2	1910.6%	5919.1%
23	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	2	37257.8%	8240.1%
24	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	2	2166.9%	8410.8%
25	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	2	4621.8%	903.2%
26	L. Kirkegaard Centre-back	Viborg	21	2	17	4112%
27	R. Mohammed Centre-back	IFK Varnamo	20	2	17	33
28	I. M'Bahia Centre-back	Clermont Foot	21	2	23585.3%	6119.1%
29	Y. Koré Centre-back	Amiens	21	2	575.5%	5416.1%
30	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	2	44205.6%	8450.8%
31	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	2	761369.2%	8914.7%
32	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	2	334542.9%	8217%
33	A. Victory Centre-back	Zalaegerszegi TE	19	1	8	34
34	V. Osuji Centre-back	Club Brugge II	20	1	1441.4%	4331.9%
35	R. Ichihara Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	21	1	7	50
36	J. Plug Centre-back	Dordrecht	21	1	18	5113.3%
37	A. Bouwman Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	1	469.6%	482.3%
38	J. Rodríguez Centre-back	Cagliari	21	1	30	77
39	D. Mofokeng Centre-back	Magesi	0	1	11	2
40	A. McCarthy Centre-back	Kaizer Chiefs	21	1	39	2
41	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	1	15	33
42	L. Eissat Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	21	1	19	41
43	A. Taha Centre-back	Bnei Sakhnin	21	1	5	39
44	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	1	0	24
45	L. Herrington Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	18	1	12	18
46	Jonathan Pérez Centre-back	Santos Laguna	20	1	6	44
47	E. López Centre-back	Toluca	21	1	27	52
48	A. Markgráf Centre-back	Puskas Academy	21	1	19	37
49	V. Kulbachuk Centre-back	Debreceni VSC	21	1	4	33
50	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	20	1	35	38