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

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

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.

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 Tyler Bindon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.6 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.

27 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1A. PhillipsCentre-backMiddlesbrough2133±0%733.3%
2Tyler BindonCentre-backCharlton21249.7%684%
3J. TodiboCentre-backWest Ham2621±0%68±0%
4L. KrejčíCentre-backWolves272112.1%663%
5S. BuenoCentre-backWolves27235.7%6512.1%
6K. RamsayCentre-backCharlton253625.3%6329.2%
7J. QuarshieCentre-backSouthampton2291720%6221%
8S. SamboCentre-backBurnley25348375%617.6%
9H. EkdalCentre-backBurnley2712±0%59±0%
10L. MorrisonCentre-backQPR23113.7%585.7%
11H. MatthewsCentre-backPortsmouth227133.3%57±0%
12A. TuanzebeCentre-backBurnley287±0%50±0%
13W. FishCentre-backCardiff2331179.5%4918.2%
14C. BurgessCentre-backSwansea3039346.6%4516.9%
15K. CaseyCentre-backWest Ham21843
16S. WhartonCentre-backBlackburn28862.7%3834.8%
17C. OgilvieCentre-backPortsmouth301841.8%3731.9%
18R. BurkeCentre-backCharlton301015.7%3421.1%
19S. CurtisCentre-backSheffield Utd202225.4%330.6%
20N. ZätterströmCentre-backSheffield Utd211629%3311.1%
21Travis AkomeahCentre-backWatford20829
22C. ChambersCentre-backCardiff312236.1%2151.8%
23S. BradleyCentre-backLincoln3545±0%20±0%
24M. DohertyCentre-backSheffield Utd34610%151.9%
25A. JacksonCentre-backLincoln32964%1541.2%
26D. BatthCentre-backMillwall35780.5%1254.4%
27J. ClarkeCentre-backCardiff36283.1%631.4%