Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential centre-backs in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Phillips of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.7, and S. Bradley has been the form player this season, grading 45.3, and D. Fry leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Burgess has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while N. Eile's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Ramsay of Charlton is the most valuable name in this group at 34.2.

Bristol City · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Burgess+30.5SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	33±0%	733.9%
2	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
3	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	2118.1%	6812.4%
4	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	2121.1%	6612.5%
5	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	235.7%	6512.1%
6	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
7	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	91720%	6221%
8	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
9	H. Ekdal Centre-back	Burnley	27	1227.7%	592.4%
10	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	24	1443.9%	5932.1%
11	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	113.7%	585.7%
12	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Burnley	27	3444.2%	5817.3%
13	H. Matthews Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	7133.3%	57±0%
14	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	18	36211.1%	51184%
15	D. Fry Centre-back	Birmingham	28	2472.8%	506.3%
16	A. Tuanzebe Centre-back	Burnley	28	739.8%	5023.7%
17	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39346.6%	4516.9%
18	K. Casey Centre-back	West Ham	21	8	43
19	C. Pring Centre-back	Bristol City	28	209.5%	4329.1%
20	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	862.7%	3834.8%
21	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1841.8%	3731.9%
22	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	29	1015.7%	3421.1%
23	S. Curtis Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	20	22204.1%	3321.1%
24	N. Zätterström Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	1629%	3311.1%
25	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	8	29
26	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	4560.6%	209.8%
27	M. Doherty Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	34	675.1%	1556.4%
28	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	964%	1541.2%
29	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	780.5%	1254.4%