Centre-backs with the Best Potential in League Two

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

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At a glance

S. Swinkels of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.6, and K. Watts has been the form player this season, grading 44.1, and A. Oluwo leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Daniels has improved his Season rating most, up +38.5 on last season, while K. McFadzean's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Swinkels of Chesterfield is the most valuable name in this group at 6.4.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	38376.3%	3812.4%
2	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41	36
3	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3535.3%	3527.5%
4	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	44255.6%	3517.4%
5	S. Gale Centre-back	Gillingham	21	2827400%	3510.2%
6	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	2224.5%	343.7%
7	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Colchester	21	1959.2%	335.7%
8	J. Connolly Centre-back	Crewe	24	2261.5%	3312.1%
9	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	365.6%	337.8%
10	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	24162%	3217.9%
11	A. Smith Centre-back	Gillingham	24	28140.5%	3211.8%
12	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	20	192044.4%	3213.4%
13	L. Offord Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	26	3652.1%	323.6%
14	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	10	32
15	Conor Haughey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	18	10	32
16	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	31	32
17	K. Łopata Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	24	189%	3231.2%
18	A. Pond Centre-back	Crewe	22	10	3153.8%
19	Sonny Aljofree Centre-back	Notts County	21	763.5%	314.6%
20	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	16112.3%	316.9%
21	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	838.9%	311.6%
22	B. Faulkner Centre-back	Harrogate Town	22	126050%	315.5%
23	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	27	3840.8%	309%
24	R. Harbottle Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	25	2235.2%	306.8%
25	F. Terry Centre-back	Colchester	22	7	30
26	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
27	D. Simeu Centre-back	Oldham	24	911.3%	2928.7%
28	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Gillingham	20	6	29
29	J. Smith Centre-back	Accrington ST	20	5	29
30	N. Tavares Centre-back	Barnet	27	28	28
31	S. Ogie Centre-back	Gillingham	24	776.2%	2715.6%
32	D. Collinge Centre-back	Barnet	28	34	27
33	S. Sherring Centre-back	Cheltenham	26	15149.2%	262.2%
34	A. Odimayo Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	956.6%	2641.7%
35	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	26	938.2%	2617.2%
36	C. Brennan Centre-back	Newport County	26	864.1%	2515.2%
37	R. Ogle Centre-back	Oldham	27	15125%	2323.3%
38	C. Masterson Centre-back	Gillingham	27	579.4%	2323.2%
39	M. Platt Centre-back	Notts County	28	1950.9%	2232.4%
40	N. Smith Centre-back	Tranmere	30	201.5%	226.5%
41	W. Boyle Centre-back	Shrewsbury	30	32100.6%	2120.8%
42	P. Farquharson Centre-back	Walsall	29	16403.1%	206.9%
43	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	44427.7%	2032.1%
44	T. Bradbury Centre-back	Harrogate Town	28	579.1%	1935.7%
45	F. Rawson Centre-back	Accrington ST	30	232.2%	1920.9%
46	L. Gibson Centre-back	Harrogate Town	29	13172.3%	1910.2%
47	R. Delaney Centre-back	Newport County	29	919.8%	1823.7%
48	B. Purrington Centre-back	Cambridge United	30	2599.2%	1737.9%
49	R. Cundy Centre-back	Cheltenham	30	16515.4%	179.1%
50	T. Moore Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	29	766.8%	1751.1%