Full-backs with the Best Potential in Championship

The highest-potential full-backs in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. van Ewijk of Coventry is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 76.9, and R. Manning leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Ricardo Pereira has improved his Season rating most, up +32.5 on last season, while G. Campbell's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. van Ewijk of Coventry is the most valuable name in this group at 45.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Ricardo Pereira+32.5SsN

Leicester · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. van Ewijk Full-back	Coventry	25	5935.6%	771.7%
2	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	3840.7%	7328.6%
3	K. Fisher Full-back	Norwich	22	3559.7%	731.5%
4	H. Burrows Full-back	Sheffield Utd	24	2461.5%	7211.1%
5	C. Doyle Full-back	Wrexham	22	337.2%	715.3%
6	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	44150.6%	719.7%
7	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	4226.8%	711.3%
8	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	36855.3%	7016.9%
9	T. Devlin Full-back	Portsmouth	22	37112.8%	699%
10	L. Davis Full-back	Ipswich	26	40161.4%	6814.9%
11	F. Seriki Full-back	Sheffield Utd	24	2834%	687.1%
12	A. Mbengue Full-back	QPR	24	333%	6836.6%
13	O. Offiah Full-back	Preston	23	3021.2%	6729.3%
14	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	27104.5%	675.6%
15	J. Abankwah Full-back	Watford	22	1827.5%	675.4%
16	G. Campbell Full-back	West Brom	25	3735.8%	6652.6%
17	B. Chrisene Full-back	Norwich	22	1881.2%	667.6%
18	R. Giles Full-back	Hull City	26	33291.8%	6617.8%
19	E. Cashin Full-back	Blackburn	24	4669.5%	656%
20	K. Kesler-Hayden Full-back	Coventry	23	1366.4%	659%
21	M. Johnston Full-back	Derby	22	152450%	6558.3%
22	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	323.4%	6430.9%
23	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	25	4584.3%	6434.2%
24	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	3511.6%	6412.6%
25	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	14379.3%	6410.1%
26	C. Drameh Full-back	Hull City	24	2636.2%	62±0%
27	E. Laird Full-back	Birmingham	25	1556.9%	6218.1%
28	Welington Full-back	Southampton	25	1735.1%	626.8%
29	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87700%	627.1%
30	A. Cochrane Full-back	Birmingham	26	2061.9%	6219.4%
31	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	4735.5%	617.1%
32	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	2711%	610.8%
33	Tom Atcheson Full-back	Blackburn	19	11	61
34	S. Mfuni Full-back	Watford	18	6	60
35	S. McCallum Full-back	Sheffield Utd	25	234.5%	606.3%
36	George Christopher John Pratt Full-back	Blackburn	22	7	59
37	J. Williams Full-back	Portsmouth	26	2856.5%	58±0%
38	J. Key Full-back	Swansea	26	2146.8%	5817.2%
39	J. Dasilva Full-back	Coventry	28	53122.1%	571.7%
40	R. Norrington-Davies Full-back	QPR	27	27627%	550.9%
41	J. Dunne Full-back	QPR	28	3027.3%	5517.7%
42	J. Bree Full-back	Charlton	28	32373.5%	5510.8%
43	B. Johnson Full-back	Ipswich	26	1312%	5327.8%
44	R. McCrorie Full-back	Bristol City	28	37105.1%	528.7%
45	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	253.1%	4916.7%
46	J. Medić Full-back	Norwich	27	1140.7%	4826.9%
47	K. Wagner Full-back	Birmingham	29	2233.4%	4720.4%
48	C. Pring Full-back	Bristol City	28	2929.7%	4723.6%
49	D. Furlong Full-back	Ipswich	30	4620.4%	4615.5%
50	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	35200.9%	4611.5%