Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

O. Bevan of Dundee is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and C. Halkett has been the form player this season, grading 57.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Colby Donovan of Celtic is the most valuable name in this group at 15.

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	Player	Team
1	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	22	28163%	5225.8%
2	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	41275%	5017.5%
3	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	45432.9%	508.3%
4	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	2686.5%	497.5%
5	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12	49
6	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	3588.7%	48131.7%
7	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	24	46
8	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	3364.5%	458.9%
9	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	33645.5%	4525.5%
10	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	246.6%	4312.3%
11	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	1340%	43±0%
12	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	1858.8%	425.8%
13	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	5	42
14	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	33145.9%	419.3%
15	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	24	7	41
16	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	3056%	3913.4%
17	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	43167.3%	3910.9%
18	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	30	3313.6%	3218.7%
19	J. Kerr Centre-back	Hibernian	29	1743.3%	302%
20	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57253.7%	2912.3%
21	C. Cadden Centre-back	Aberdeen	30	2781.8%	2610.2%
22	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	30	1934.5%	2613.4%
23	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	33	2822.8%	2320.3%
24	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	561137.8%	1976.6%
25	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	31	585.3%	1765.8%
26	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	1254.1%	1630.1%
27	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	37	1164%	950.8%