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

M. Dyche of Northampton is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.9, and E. Monthe has been the form player this season, grading 43.8, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Monthe has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while K. John's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.3 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 6.3.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	1982.7%	430.9%
2	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	1824.3%	412.4%
3	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	5	41
4	K. John Centre-back	Port Vale	25	2220.9%	4022.3%
5	J. Debrah Centre-back	Port Vale	25	1071.5%	388.8%
6	A. Pond Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	10	3548.4%
7	C. Kelly Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	28	1042.9%	3321.7%
8	Conor Haughey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	18	10	32
9	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	12	31
10	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	268433.3%	3114.7%
11	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	14	31
12	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	838.9%	311.6%
13	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	11127.7%	317%
14	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	10	30
15	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
16	J. Smith Centre-back	Accrington ST	20	5	29
17	Joe Thomas Centre-back	Newport County	24	1325.1%	285%
18	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	18	2625.9%
19	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	142.2%	2512.8%
20	L. O'Connor Centre-back	Tranmere	26	682.7%	2427.3%
21	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	938.2%	2325.6%
22	C. Masterson Centre-back	Gillingham	27	579.4%	2323.2%
23	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	44427.7%	2032.1%
24	T. Bradbury Centre-back	Harrogate Town	28	579.1%	1839%
25	T. Moore Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	29	766.8%	1751.1%
26	J. Willis Centre-back	Northampton	32	721.3%	1729.4%
27	T. Mullarkey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	30	938.2%	1651.7%
28	T. Anderson Centre-back	Shrewsbury	32	193.2%	1329.9%
29	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	160.6%	1255.3%
30	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	24125%	101%
31	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18115.5%	106.6%
32	J. Wilson Centre-back	Cheltenham	37	2914.4%	1048.9%
33	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	171.2%	81.2%