Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Premiership

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

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At a glance

E. Fernandez of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.3, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and S. Findlay leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while M. Freckleton's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Welsh of Motherwell is the most valuable name in this group at 15.8.

M. Freckleton+16.8RTG

ST Mirren · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. McGinn+47.6SsN

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	32156.1%	506.8%
2	M. Freckleton Centre-back	ST Mirren	23	39112.1%	5050.8%
3	L. Graham Centre-back	Dundee	22	311247.8%	4930.7%
4	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12	49
5	J. Milne Centre-back	Aberdeen	23	36782.9%	4922.1%
6	R. Astley Centre-back	Dundee	24	2956.8%	482.1%
7	N. Djiga Centre-back	Rangers	23	299500%	4729.7%
8	I. Iovu Centre-back	Dundee Utd	24	33	46
9	D. Finlayson Centre-back	Livingston	25	23700%	457.9%
10	K. Keresztes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	26	34	43
11	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	1015.9%	432.1%
12	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	21	43
13	R. Deas Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	326.3%	434.5%
14	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	2416.3%	4313%
15	E. Brown Centre-back	Kilmarnock	21	15	43
16	S. Welsh Centre-back	Motherwell	26	43266.4%	4313.5%
17	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	1610.6%	436.4%
18	J. Araujo Centre-back	Celtic	24	12151%	4341.3%
19	K. Megwa Centre-back	Hibernian	22	98700%	425%
20	Billy Dawson Koumetio Centre-back	Dundee	23	1114.3%	420.5%
21	S. Harding Centre-back	Dundee Utd	20	5	42
22	G. Molloy Centre-back	Aberdeen	24	1610.3%	429.4%
23	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	7	41
24	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	25	142150%	41±0%
25	W. O'Hora Centre-back	Hibernian	27	2910%	3917.3%
26	A. Trusty Centre-back	Celtic	27	2642.6%	3916.5%
27	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	26	1627.6%	3914.9%
28	L. Mayo Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	2141.3%	3822%
29	M. Knoester Centre-back	Aberdeen	27	27103%	379.5%
30	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	191.6%	3521.8%
31	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	29	29	34
32	S. Findlay Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	47356.3%	3310.9%
33	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	29	2225.5%	3121.2%
34	J. Iredale Centre-back	Hibernian	30	3626.1%	2918.5%
35	C. Carter-Vickers Centre-back	Celtic	28	787.9%	2937.4%
36	B. Lyons Centre-back	Kilmarnock	29	1833.8%	2825.3%
37	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	47191.4%	273.1%
38	R. Strain Centre-back	Dundee Utd	29	1162%	2635.4%
39	J. McCart Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	29	1015%	2621.5%
40	F. Kent Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	182.3%	2328.6%
41	L. Gordon Centre-back	Motherwell	30	1611.9%	2333%
42	A. Gogić Centre-back	ST Mirren	32	3017.5%	2226.3%
43	M. Fraser Centre-back	ST Mirren	32	301.7%	2134.2%
44	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	32	216.1%	2029.7%
45	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	30	586.4%	1960%
46	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	521057.8%	1868.2%
47	B. Halliday Centre-back	Dundee	31	783.1%	1730.3%
48	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	1255.6%	1631%
49	G. Hanley Centre-back	Hibernian	34	24287.3%	142.2%
50	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	36	1164%	1329.4%