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.

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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 M. Platt has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and F. Delap leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ihiekwe has improved his Season rating most, up +23.5 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 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.

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

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M. Ihiekwe+23.5SsN

Blackpool · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	2981.4%	612.3%
2	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	18125.9%	592.2%
3	J. Williams Centre-back	Blackpool	27	1422.7%	588%
4	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	14363.3%	57±0%
5	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	33	57±0%
6	C. O'Riordan Centre-back	Barnsley	23	756.1%	5526.3%
7	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	2739.2%	54±0%
8	J. Bagan Centre-back	Cardiff	25	1078.1%	512.6%
9	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Peterborough	21	667.5%	5111.8%
10	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	1163%	492.5%
11	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	1933.5%	49±0%
12	C. Brown Centre-back	Oxford United	28	1063.2%	49±0%
13	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	41127.6%	482.8%
14	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	266400%	4523.9%
15	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	1427.6%	44±0%
16	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	3158.5%	449.4%
17	F. Burns Centre-back	Wigan	23	863.1%	44±0%
18	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	3486.8%	4426.3%
19	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	21	13	43
20	G. Johnston Centre-back	Luton	28	775.6%	439.5%
21	J. Carragher Centre-back	Wigan	23	652.6%	42±0%
22	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	27	1652.5%	42±0%
23	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	1430.8%	42±0%
24	H. Souttar Centre-back	Leicester	28	111716.7%	41±0%
25	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	211.4%	4129.8%
26	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	14300%	40±0%
27	Kamari Antonio Grant Centre-back	Bromley	23	10200%	402.3%
28	P. Chinedu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	15147.5%	3824%
29	T. Sibbick Centre-back	Burton Albion	27	1344.7%	36±0%
30	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	22	1260.8%	36±0%
31	L. James-Wildin Centre-back	Stevenage	28	1658.8%	35±0%
32	M. Andersen Centre-back	Luton	28	866.1%	35±0%
33	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	980%	35±0%
34	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	22	1061%	341.8%
35	T. Vancooten Centre-back	Stevenage	28	2050.4%	3415.4%
36	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	683.5%	33±0%
37	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	1825.5%	32±0%
38	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	30	2322.4%	3212.3%
39	A. Baldwin Centre-back	Bradford	29	3923%	32±0%
40	G. Osho Centre-back	Cardiff	28	666.8%	31±0%
41	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	1131%	31±0%
42	H. Odoffin Centre-back	Luton	28	1129.5%	31±0%
43	R. Sweeney Centre-back	Mansfield Town	29	1546.2%	29±0%
44	J. Gibbons Centre-back	Notts County	28	781.9%	295.1%
45	F. Horsfall Centre-back	Blackpool	29	3640.6%	2828%
46	C. Goode Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	31	1472%	28±0%
47	W. Harding Centre-back	Plymouth	30	1763.4%	27±0%
48	G. Leigh Centre-back	Oxford United	32	1344.8%	2443.9%
49	B. Osborn Centre-back	Stockport County	32	2140.8%	23±0%
50	F. Kent Centre-back	Oxford United	30	3494.3%	2328.6%