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Centre-backs with the Best Potential in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

E. Turns of Exeter City is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.3, and B. Cooper has been the form player this season, grading 26, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Flint has improved his Season rating most, up +13.5 on last season, while Lewis Shipley's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

Best talent
E. Turns41.3RTG
Exeter City
In form
B. Cooper26SsN
Salford City
Rising potential
Lewis Shipley+2RTG
Barrow · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
A. Flint+13.5SsN
Walsall · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Lewis Shipley3goals
Barrow
Most valuable
W. Sutton6.2val
Oldham
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PlayerTeam
1E. TurnsCentre-backExeter City231824.3%412.4%
2H. DouglasCentre-backRotherham21541
3Joshua Alan PowellCentre-backNorthampton211834
4T. Wilson-BrownCentre-backSwindon Town211231
5W. SuttonCentre-backOldham23268433.3%3114.7%
6Filozofe MabeteCentre-backSwindon Town211431
7Kayden HughesCentre-backFleetwood Town20838.9%311.6%
8Lewis ShipleyCentre-backBarrow2211127.7%317%
9B. CooperCentre-backSalford City262640.5%3031.1%
10J. SmithCentre-backAccrington ST20529
11G. BajramiCentre-backCrawley Town26182625.9%
12L. CassCentre-backHarrogate Town26142.2%2512.8%
13D. TharmeCentre-backGrimsby27938.2%2325.6%
14T. BradburyCentre-backHarrogate Town28579.1%1839%
15J. WillisCentre-backNorthampton32721.3%1729.4%
16T. MullarkeyCentre-backFleetwood Town30938.2%1651.7%
17C. RaglanCentre-backBarrow33160.6%1255.3%
18A. FlintCentre-backWalsall3724±0%10±0%
19C. DunkleyCentre-backChesterfield3418115.5%106.6%
20W. BurrellCentre-backHarrogate Town36171.2%81.2%