Centre-backs with the Best Potential in League One 26/27
The highest-potential centre-backs in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
B. Nelson of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 60.5, and Harvey Araujo has been the form player this season, grading 26.4, and J. Wright leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Harvey Araujo has improved his Season rating most, up +14.4 on last season, while J. Shepherd's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. NelsonCentre-back |  Leicester | 22 | 177.5% | 612.3% |
| 2 | B. HillsCentre-back |  Stockport County | 22 | 2431.5% | 482.8% |
| 3 | J. ShepherdCentre-back |  Barnsley | 25 | 1261.2% | 4529.5% |
| 4 | T. MengiCentre-back |  Luton | 24 | 176.6% | 4426.3% |
| 5 | T. AllenCentre-back |  Wycombe | 26 | 22±0% | 41±0% |
| 6 | W. ForresterCentre-back |  Leyton Orient | 25 | 12±0% | 39±0% |
| 7 | J. LewisCentre-back |  AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 14±0% | 38±0% |
| 8 | W. FaesCentre-back | Leicester | 28 | 384.5% | 3848.8% |
| 9 | Harvey AraujoCentre-back |  Burton Albion | 21 | 2638.2% | 353.6% |
| 10 | A. HagelskjærCentre-back | Wycombe | 29 | 22±0% | 29±0% |
| 11 | F. HorsfallCentre-back |  Blackpool | 29 | 2021.3% | 2828% |
| 12 | G. LeighCentre-back |  Oxford United | 31 | 868.5% | 2443.9% |
| 13 | F. KentCentre-back | Oxford United | 30 | 2016% | 2328.6% |
| 14 | C. MastersonCentre-back | Reading | 28 | 5±0% | 2313.1% |
| 15 | J. WrightCentre-back |  Bradford | 31 | 18±0% | 22±0% |
| 16 | M. PlattCentre-back |  Notts County | 28 | 1950.9% | 2232.4% |
| 17 | M. PearsonCentre-back |  Doncaster | 33 | 18±0% | 16±0% |
| 18 | M. IhiekweCentre-back | Blackpool | 33 | 2155.9% | 1548.6% |
| 19 | J. BoweryCentre-back |  Mansfield Town | 35 | 1140.9% | 947.7% |
| 20 | R. McDonaldCentre-back | Notts County | 34 | 1745% | 924.6% |