Each six months, Kicker publishes a rating of the perfect gamers within the Bundesliga, in addition to the perfect German gamers overseas, divided into a variety of classes.
The German soccer journal lately printed the primary a part of its winter rankings, based mostly on performances within the first half of the 2024/25 season.
Beneath you will discover the centre-back rankings.
World Class
None.
Worldwide class
1. Jonathan Tah, Bayer Leverkusen
2. Piero Hincapié, Bayer Leverkusen
3. Dayot Upamecano, Bayern Munich
4. Willi Orban, RB Leipzig
5. Arthur Theate, Eintracht Frankfurt
6. Min-jae Kim, Bayern Munich
7. Nico Schlotterbeck, Borussia Dortmund
Nationwide class
8. Matthias Ginter, Freiburg
9. Robin Koch, Eintracht Frankfurt
10. Julian Chabot, VfB Stuttgart
11. Edmond Tapsoba, Bayer Leverkusen
12. Marco Friedl, Werder Bremen
13. Anton Stach, Hoffenheim
14. Ko Itakura, Gladbach
15. Niklas Süle, Borussia Dortmund
16. Tuta, Eintracht Frankfurt
17. Castello Lukeba, RB Leipzig
18. Moritz Jenz, Mainz
19. Philipp Lienhart, Freiburg
20. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin
21. Hauke Wahl, St. Pauli