Best Bundesliga centre-backs of 2024 so far

Here are the best Bundesliga centre-backs of 2024 so far, according to German football magazine Kicker.

Every six months, Kicker publishes a ranking of the best players in the Bundesliga, as well as the best German players abroad, divided into a number of categories.

Today, the German football magazine has released the first part of their summer rankings based on the performances in the second half of the 2023/24 season. Below, you’ll find the centre-back rankings.

World Class

None. 

International Class

1. Mats Hummels, Borussia Dortmund (now without a club) 

2. Jonathan Tah, Bayer Leverkusen 

3. Hiroki Ito, Stuttgart (now Bayern Munich) 

4. Nico Schlotterbeck, Borussia Dortmund 

5. Waldemar Anton, Stuttgart (now Borussia Dortmund) 

6. Edmond Tapsoba, Bayer Leverkusen 

National Class 

7. Marco Friedl, Werder Bremen 

8. Eric Dier, Bayern Munich 

9. Matthijs de Ligt, Bayern Munich 

10. Piero Hincapié, Bayer Leverkusen 

11. Sepp van den Berg, Mainz (now Liverpool) 

12. Josip Stanisic, Bayer Leverkusen (now Bayern) 

13. Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Mainz

14. Willi Orban, RB Leipzig 

15. Patrick Mainka, Heidenheim 

16. Anthony Rouault, Stuttgart 

17. Maxence Lacroix, Wolfsburg 

18. Julian Chabot, FC Köln (now Stuttgart) 

19. Keven Schlotterbeck, Bochum (now Augsburg) 

20. Willian Pacho, Eintracht Frankfurt 

21. Robin Koch, Eintracht Frankfurt