Want to know who the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2024/25 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs with the highest ratings in FM24 Update.

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These are the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2024/25 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
Virgil van Dijk 34 D C £240k £300m 30-06-2025
William Saliba 24 D C £190k £169m £300m 30-06-2028
Gabriel 27 D C £100k £168m £300m 30-06-2027
Rúben Dias 28 D C £175k £194m £300m 30-06-2027
Jules Koundé 26 D RC £157k £78m £174m 30-06-2028
Alessandro Bastoni 26 D C £168k £99m £221m 30-06-2026
Marquinhos 31 D C, DM £237k £300m 30-06-2026
Dayot Upamecano 26 D C £181k £123m £273m 30-06-2028
Nico Schlotterbeck 25 D LC £74k £104m £229m 30-06-2025
John Stones 31 D RC, DM £200k £147m £151m 30-06-2024
Antonio Rüdiger 32 D C £238k £50m £111m 30-06-2024
Joško Gvardiol 23 D LC £200k £145m £262m 30-06-2026
Bremer 28 D C £153k £76m £166m 30-06-2027
Jonathan Tah 29 D RC £51k £61m £61m 30-06-2027
Willian Pacho 23 D LC £93k £115m £300m 30-06-2027
Ibrahima Konaté 26 D C £70k £65m £140m 30-06-2024
Éder Militão 27 D C £153k £89m £89m 30-06-2026
Kim Min-Jae 28 D C £197k £45m £44m 30-06-2026
Benjamin Pavard 29 D RC £125k £33m £71m 30-06-2026
Milan Škriniar 30 D C £46k £17m £22m 30-06-2027
Riccardo Calafiori 23 D LC £83k £105m £300m 30-06-2027
Marc Guéhi 24 D C £95k £105m £143m 30-06-2029
Manuel Akanji 29 D RC £130k £37m £37m 30-06-2025
Eric García 24 D C £49k £47m £65m 30-06-2029
Lucas Hernández 29 D LC £263k £38m £37m 30-06-2026
Robin Le Normand 28 D C £42k £61m £128m 30-06-2027
Sven Botman 25 D LC £90k £76m £161m 30-06-2028
Cristian Romero 27 D C £175k £57m £130m 30-06-2027
Alessandro Buongiorno 26 D C £122k £92m £193m 30-06-2027
Gianluca Mancini 29 D C £107k £55m £116m 30-06-2025
Levi Colwill 22 D LC £75k £126m £265m 30-06-2027
Ronald Araujo 26 D RC £124k £30m £29m 30-06-2029
Dani Vivian 26 D C, DM £41k £65m £82m 30-06-2030
Loïc Badé 25 D C £54k £50m £114m 30-06-2028
Wesley Fofana 24 D C £230k £139m £300m 30-06-2027
Nathan Aké 30 D LC, DM £165k £38m £36m 30-06-2025
Joe Gomez 28 D RLC £95k £32m £31m 30-06-2025
Lisandro Martínez 27 D LC £120k £73m £70m 30-06-2025
Amir Rrahmani 31 D C £53k £300m 30-06-2025
Micky van de Ven 24 D LC £100k £60m £145m 30-06-2027
Sam Beukema 26 D C £72k £32m £66m 30-06-2028
Jurriën Timber 24 D RLC £110k £53m £128m 30-06-2026
Matthijs de Ligt 25 D C £99k £125m £257m 30-06-2027
Nicolás Otamendi 37 D C £58k £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Murillo 23 D LC, DM £30k £54m £66m 30-06-2027
Jhon Lucumí 27 D C £16k £10m £12m 30-06-2025
Íñigo Martínez 34 D C £469k £10m £12m 30-06-2024
Francesco Acerbi 37 D C £46k £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Andreas Christensen 29 D C £198k £18m £17m 30-06-2024
Arthur Theate 25 D C £39k £32m £40m 30-06-2027
Odilon Kossounou 24 D RC £49k £38m £53m 30-06-2027
Robin Koch 28 D C, DM £39k £35m £43m 30-06-2028
Kevin Danso 26 D C £59k £44m £89m 30-06-2028
Davinson Sánchez 29 D C £66k £22m £45m 30-06-2027
Dávid Hancko 27 D LC £37k £43m £41m 30-06-2028
Ousmane Diomande 21 D C £23k £41m £50m 30-06-2028
Tomás Araújo 23 D C £6k £30m £81m 30-06-2027
Illia Zabarnyi 22 D C £78k £86m £174m 30-06-2028
Hiroki Ito 26 D LC £39k £17m £16m 30-06-2026
Jan Paul van Hecke 25 D C £45k £54m £66m 30-06-2025
Trevoh Chalobah 26 D RC, DM £80k £37m £35m 30-06-2026
Jakub Kiwior 25 D LC, DM £58k £0 £0 30-06-2025
Yann Aurel Bisseck 24 D C £17k £16m £20m 30-06-2027
Waldemar Anton 28 D C £40k £52m £105m 30-06-2026
Aymeric Laporte 31 D C £34k £24m £24m 30-06-2026
Florian Lejeune 34 D C £27k £300m 30-06-2025
Gonçalo Inácio 23 D C £23k £26m £45m 30-06-2025
Mario Gila 24 D C £11k £18m £42m 30-06-2025
Pierre Kalulu 25 D RC £79k £20m £19m 30-06-2027
Nordi Mukiele 27 D RC £73k £41m £4m 30-06-2027
Federico Gatti 27 D C £46k £41m £82m 30-06-2028
Harry Maguire 32 D C £200k £17m £16m 30-06-2024
Edmond Tapsoba 26 D C £82k £30m £60m 30-06-2026
Axel Witsel 36 D C, DM £10k £371k £450k 30-06-2024
Dean Huijsen 20 D C £21k £46m £124m 30-06-2028
Fabian Schär 33 D C £70k £10m £20m 30-06-2024
Sead Kolašinac 32 D LC £42k £5m £5m 30-06-2024
Niklas Süle 29 D RC £181k £9m £8m 30-06-2024
Kalidou Koulibaly 34 D C £493k £21m £22m 30-06-2025
José Giménez 30 D C £82k £39m £36m 30-06-2026
Igoh Ogbu 25 D C £21k £9m £11m 31-12-2025
Castello Lukeba 22 D LC £66k £97m £297m 30-06-2027
Alessio Romagnoli 30 D C £92k £18m £36m 30-06-2025
Ezri Konsa 27 D C £90k £32m £38m 30-06-2026
Lewis Dunk 33 D C £85k £300m 30-06-2025
Berat Djimsiti 32 D C £24k £7m £7m 30-06-2024
Willi Orbán 32 D C £107k £300m 30-06-2025
Piero Hincapié 23 D LC £58k £45m £122m 30-06-2027
Clément Lenglet 30 D C £24k £31m £28m 30-06-2026
Oumar Solet 25 D C, DM £50k £11m £14m 30-06-2025
Axel Disasi 27 D C £75k £46m £91m 30-06-2027
Evan N'Dicka 25 D LC £85k £79m £157m 30-06-2026
Danilho Doekhi 27 D C £16k £16m £20m 30-06-2024
Joël Veltman 33 D RC £55k £10m £12m 30-06-2024
Stefan de Vrij 33 D C £116k £3m £1m 30-06-2024
Sergio Ramos
39 D C £0 £0
Cristhian Mosquera 21 D RC £36k £64m £150m 30-06-2028
Carl Starfelt 30 D C £20k £12m £14m 30-06-2025
Josip Stanišić 25 D RLC £41k £17m £16m 30-06-2027
Antonio Raíllo 33 D C, DM £12k £300m 30-06-2025
Jarrad Branthwaite 23 D RLC £40k £49m £58m 30-06-2028
Roger Ibañez 26 D C £164k £8m £5m 30-06-2025
Philipp Lienhart 29 D C £42k £12m £14m 30-06-2025
Matteo Darmian 35 D RLC, M R £53k £853k £783k 30-06-2024
Isak Hien 26 D C £14k £19m £19m 30-06-2026
Aritz Elustondo 31 D RC £16k £8m £17m 30-06-2024
Jaka Bijol 26 D C £70k £35m £41m 30-06-2028
Benoît Badiashile 24 D C £120k £60m £138m 30-06-2028
Maxence Lacroix 25 D C £45k £20m £24m 30-06-2027
Olivier Boscagli 27 D LC, DM £64k £37m £44m 30-06-2028
Giorgio Scalvini 21 D C £24k £53m £128m 30-06-2026
Devyne Rensch 22 D RLC £53k £39m £118m 30-06-2027
Lloyd Kelly 26 D LC £49k £8m £7m 30-06-2027
Dan Burn 33 D LC £70k £300m 30-06-2025
Nathan Collins 24 D C £40k £34m £40m 30-06-2027
Fikayo Tomori 27 D C £74k £24m £22m 30-06-2025
Joachim Andersen 29 D C £77k £42m £50m 30-06-2027
Léo Ortiz 29 D C £18k £15m £30m 31-12-2026
Leonardo Balerdi 26 D C £25k £29m £56m 30-06-2026
Simon Kjær
36 D C £0 £0
Jorrel Hato 19 D LC £46k £101m £300m 30-06-2030
Rafa Marín 23 D C £49k £22m £36m 30-06-2027
António Silva 21 D C £11k £34m £78m 30-06-2025
Igor Zubeldia 28 D C, DM £25k £27m £53m 30-06-2027
Mario Hermoso 30 D LC £53k £22m £43m 30-06-2025
Nacho 35 D RLC £123k £3m £256k 30-06-2024
Diego Llorente 31 D C £23k £300m 30-06-2026
Mouctar Diakhaby 28 D C, DM £13k £10m £19m 30-06-2025
Koni De Winter 23 D C £37k £6m £9m 30-06-2028
Nayef Aguerd 29 D C £30k £52m £103m 30-06-2028
Toby Alderweireld
36 D RC £0 £0
Leny Yoro 19 D C £49k £100m £299m 30-06-2027
Abdukodir Khusanov 21 D C £25k £57m £130m 30-06-2027
Beraldo 21 D C, DM £33k £36m £83m 30-06-2026
Malick Thiaw 23 D C £44k £60m £158m 30-06-2027
Omar Alderete 28 D C £53k £48m £5m 30-06-2027
Juan David Cabal 24 D LC £14k £3m £4m 30-06-2027
Aitor Paredes 25 D C £23k £31m £31m 30-06-2027
Pau Torres 28 D C £120k £40m £46m 30-06-2026
Marc Bartra 34 D C £31k £1m £1m 30-06-2025
Nikola Milenković 27 D C £92k £31m £36m 30-06-2027
Kristoffer Ajer 27 D C, DM £40k £34m £40m 30-06-2028
Jean-Clair Todibo 25 D C £62k £34m £40m 30-06-2028
Matteo Gabbia 25 D C £24k £29m £26m 30-06-2027
Facundo Medina 26 D C £38k £0 £0 30-06-2026
Thiago Silva 40 D C £36k £1m £1m 30-06-2024
Kike Salas 23 D C £9k £26m £41m 30-06-2027
Jan Bednarek 29 D C £19k £10m £9m 30-09-2027
Jeff Chabot 27 D C £23k £6m £6m 30-06-2026
Marco Friedl 27 D LC £25k £12m £14m 30-06-2026
Presnel Kimpembe 29 D C £30k £7m £684k 30-06-2024
Kurt Zouma 30 D RC £25k £59m £6m 30-06-2024
Chris Richards 25 D RLC £50k £18m £21m 30-06-2025
Mika Mármol 24 D LC £7k £5m £6m 30-06-2024
Martin Valjent 29 D RC £13k £6m £7m 30-06-2027
Daley Blind 35 D LC, DM £13k £671k £781k 30-06-2024
Ethan Ampadu 24 D C, DM £35k £38m £44m 30-06-2025
James Tarkowski 32 D C £100k £300m 30-06-2026
Abdul Mumin 27 D C £22k £12m £13m 30-06-2024
Natan 24 D C £19k £12m £16m 30-06-2028
Fabrício Bruno 29 D C £22k £15m £18m 31-12-2026
Juan Jesus 34 D LC £46k £1m £1m 30-06-2024

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