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

C. Hughes of Hull City is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Egan has improved his Season rating most, up +37.6 on last season, while G. Campbell's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 36.9.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

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J. Egan+37.6SsN

Hull City · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	43145.5%	7211.9%
2	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	1939.3%	711.7%
3	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	478.1%	67±0%
4	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	1265.6%	662.5%
5	L. Kitching Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	1761.3%	669.1%
6	B. Cabango Centre-back	Swansea	26	2637.1%	66±0%
7	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	2132.9%	65±0%
8	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	25	1237.6%	652.7%
9	D. Sanderson Centre-back	Derby	26	1069.7%	640.9%
10	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	960.8%	63±0%
11	I. Mesík Centre-back	Charlton	25	1514.9%	63±0%
12	H. Clarke Centre-back	Preston	25	845.8%	637.9%
13	B. Chrisene Centre-back	Norwich	22	1013.5%	62±0%
14	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	4210375%	617.6%
15	N. Phillips Centre-back	West Brom	29	1760.5%	6033.9%
16	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	2040.5%	60±0%
17	Z. Swanson Centre-back	Portsmouth	26	1441.6%	608.1%
18	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	1832.8%	59±0%
19	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	2247.8%	59±0%
20	G. Tanner Centre-back	Bristol City	26	1073.5%	58±0%
21	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	2192.7%	585.7%
22	Toti Gomes Centre-back	Wolves	27	559.3%	58±0%
23	J. Storey Centre-back	Preston	29	973.1%	5310.9%
24	J. Dunne Centre-back	QPR	29	1257.4%	52±0%
25	N. Djiga Centre-back	Wolves	23	1354.5%	528.9%
26	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	1746.5%	49±0%
27	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Southampton	29	1638.3%	49±0%
28	R. Towler Centre-back	Lincoln	24	2419.8%	49±0%
29	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
30	D. McNamara Centre-back	Charlton	27	1336.7%	483.3%
31	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	1713.4%	47±0%
32	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	1468.5%	460.9%
33	Z. Vyner Centre-back	Wrexham	29	1355.7%	464.4%
34	Neto Borges Centre-back	Middlesbrough	30	878.9%	4518.6%
35	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	31	39346.6%	4516.9%
36	D. Hyam Centre-back	Wrexham	30	1361.8%	45±0%
37	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24±0%	44±0%
38	B. Osayi-Samuel Centre-back	Birmingham	28	2051.5%	44±0%
39	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	859.9%	447.4%
40	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	2345.4%	43±0%
41	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	2993.3%	4223.4%
42	J. Clarke-Salter Centre-back	QPR	29	612.3%	3915.3%
43	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	29	1526%	3834.8%
44	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	971.4%	38±0%
45	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	2616.8%	3731.9%
46	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	21132.6%	3421.1%
47	K. Walker Centre-back	Burnley	36	1063.3%	31±0%
48	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	12	29
49	J. Egan Centre-back	Hull City	34	41±0%	29±0%
50	A. Bell Centre-back	Charlton	32	1835.3%	29±0%