Want to know who the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2023 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs with the highest ratings in FM23.
All FM23 Centre Backs Guides:
These are the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their current ability. Each Centre Back has a perfect dc rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Centre Back. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Centre Backs below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Virgil van Dijk | 31 | D C | £240k | £237m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rúben Dias | 25 | D C | £175k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Aymeric Laporte | 28 | D C | £130k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Thiago Silva | 37 | D C | £99k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Antonio Rüdiger | 29 | D C | £211k | £106m | £240m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marquinhos | 28 | D C, DM | £238k | £210m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ronald Araujo | 23 | D C | £124k | £136m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Raphaël Varane | 29 | D C | £350k | £169m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jules Koundé | 23 | D RC | £158k | £106m | £231m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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John Stones | 28 | D C | £200k | £111m | £113m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Milan Škriniar | 27 | D C | £92k | £43m | £93m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Éder Militão | 24 | D C | £154k | £111m | £112m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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José Giménez | 27 | D C | £83k | £103m | £224m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Presnel Kimpembe | 26 | D C | £165k | £64m | £137m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matthijs de Ligt | 22 | D C | £265k | £108m | £108m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nicolás Otamendi | 34 | D C | £33k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Sergio Ramos | 36 | D C | £225k | £18m | £38m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Pepe | 39 | D C | £50k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Kalidou Koulibaly | 31 | D C | £300k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Pau Torres | 25 | D C | £49k | £52m | £120m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joël Matip | 30 | D C | £140k | £99m | £97m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sebastián Coates | 31 | D C | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Lucas Hernández | 26 | D LC | £215k | £46m | £45m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Andreas Christensen | 26 | D C, DM | £199k | £36m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dayot Upamecano | 23 | D C | £182k | £65m | £112m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gerard Piqué | 35 | D C | £0 | £294m | ||||
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Manuel Akanji | 26 | D C | £90k | £39m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kurt Zouma | 27 | D RC | £100k | £54m | £69m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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William Saliba | 21 | D C | £40k | £139m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Gabriel | 24 | D C | £100k | £139m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Niklas Süle | 26 | D RC | £166k | £37m | £76m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kim Min-Jae | 25 | D C | £64k | £36m | £75m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nacho | 32 | D RLC | £133k | £17m | £16m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Ibrahima Konaté | 23 | D C | £70k | £72m | £123m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sven Botman | 22 | D LC | £90k | £108m | £135m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nathan Aké | 27 | D LC, DM | £110k | £37m | £36m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fikayo Tomori | 24 | D C | £74k | £81m | £200m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cristian Romero | 24 | D C | £175k | £138m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Benjamin Pavard | 26 | D RC | £116k | £27m | £26m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Chris Smalling | 32 | D C | £81k | £32m | £67m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Bremer | 25 | D C | £154k | £58m | £55m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Raúl Albiol | 36 | D C | £41k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Stefan Savić | 31 | D C | £74k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Wesley Fofana | 21 | D C | £230k | £96m | £234m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mats Hummels | 33 | D C | £165k | £17m | £35m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Alessandro Bastoni | 23 | D C | £86k | £43m | £121m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Diego Carlos | 29 | D C | £100k | £31m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gabriel Paulista | 31 | D C | £78k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Danilo | 30 | D RLC | £85k | £35m | £33m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Lisandro Martínez | 24 | D LC, DM | £120k | £109m | £263m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Amir Rrahmani | 28 | D C | £38k | £25m | £50m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Robin Le Normand | 25 | D C | £35k | £35m | £71m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jurriën Timber | 21 | D RC, DM | £65k | £87m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joe Gomez | 25 | D RLC | £95k | £32m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Eric Dier | 28 | D C | £100k | £81m | £164m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pierre Kalulu | 22 | D RC | £58k | £49m | £154m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Stefan de Vrij | 30 | D C | £117k | £11m | £11m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 20 | D LC | £59k | £79m | £226m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Roger Ibañez | 23 | D C | £32k | £42m | £116m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jonny Evans | 34 | D C | £100k | £4m | £5m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Leonardo Bonucci | 35 | D C | £200k | £282m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Giorgio Chiellini | 37 | D C | £18k | £300m | 31-12-2023 | |||
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Nikola Milenković | 24 | D C | £92k | £17m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessio Romagnoli | 27 | D C | £92k | £21m | £42m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Francesco Acerbi | 34 | D C | £55k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Daley Blind | 32 | D LC, DM | £41k | £7m | £7m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Lewis Dunk | 30 | D C | £80k | £36m | £44m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Thomas Vermaelen | 36 | D C | £0 | |||||
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Luiz Felipe | 25 | D C | £28k | £19m | £23m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rafael Toloi | 31 | D RC | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Merih Demiral | 24 | D C | £61k | £36m | £50m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aritz Elustondo | 28 | D RC | £28k | £28m | £55m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Íñigo Martínez | 31 | D C | £83k | £36m | £36m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Gianluca Mancini | 26 | D C | £61k | £15m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marc Guéhi | 21 | D C | £45k | £56m | £67m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harry Maguire | 29 | D C | £200k | £47m | £44m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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José Luis Palomino | 32 | D C | £25k | £6m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Clément Lenglet | 27 | D C | £95k | £14m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Eric García | 21 | D C | £50k | £28m | £66m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Trevoh Chalobah | 23 | D C, DM | £80k | £32m | £52m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ben Davies | 29 | D LC | £100k | £72m | £143m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joachim Andersen | 26 | D C | £75k | £27m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Veríssimo | 27 | D C | £30k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Simon Kjær | 33 | D C | £32k | £275m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Matthias Ginter | 28 | D RC | £39k | £18m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gustavo Gómez | 29 | D C | £19k | £12m | £24m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Iván Marcano | 35 | D LC | £33k | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Nordi Mukiele | 24 | D RC | £50k | £13m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Chancel Mbemba | 27 | D RC | £46k | £21m | £40m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Germán Pezzella | 31 | D C | £37k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Berat Djimsiti | 29 | D C | £25k | £8m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fabian Schär | 30 | D C | £45k | £40m | £40m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Victor Lindelöf | 27 | D C | £170k | £30m | £27m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Willi Orbán | 29 | D C | £58k | £16m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adam Webster | 27 | D C | £55k | £35m | £41m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tyrone Mings | 29 | D LC | £70k | £32m | £37m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Felipe | 33 | D C | £70k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Edmond Tapsoba | 23 | D C | £50k | £36m | £95m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Toby Alderweireld | 33 | D RC | £47k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Robin Knoche | 30 | D C | £20k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dávid Hancko | 24 | D LC | £13k | £20m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kristoffer Ajer | 24 | D C, DM | £45k | £34m | £40m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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César Montes | 25 | D C | £19k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jean-Clair Todibo | 22 | D C | £21k | £38m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joël Veltman | 30 | D RC | £50k | £25m | £29m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Wout Faes | 24 | D C | £60k | £34m | £45m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nico Schlotterbeck | 22 | D LC | £47k | £43m | £84m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jonathan Tah | 26 | D C | £58k | £12m | £24m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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António Silva | 18 | D C | £7k | £33m | £108m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Davinson Sánchez | 26 | D C | £75k | £24m | £22m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tim Ream | 34 | D LC | £35k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Mohammed Salisu | 23 | D C | £40k | £36m | £42m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mario Hermoso | 27 | D LC | £142k | £11m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Yeray | 27 | D C | £19k | £35m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mouctar Diakhaby | 25 | D C | £13k | £9m | £16m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Lutsharel Geertruida | 21 | D RC, DM | £8k | £46m | £33m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ezri Konsa | 24 | D C | £70k | £30m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Duje Ćaleta-Car | 25 | D C | £50k | £31m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rodrigo Becão | 26 | D C | £13k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Igor | 24 | D LC | £15k | £9m | £12m | 30-06-2024 |
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