Full-backs with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential full-backs in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hugo Bueno of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.2, and L. Miller has been the form player this season, grading 47.7, and A. Ahmed leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Zak Norton Sturge has improved his Season rating most, up +26.8 on last season, while R. Alebiosu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Miller of Blackburn is the most valuable name in this group at 36.6.

Blackburn · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Zak Norton Sturge+26.8SsN

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Hugo Bueno Full-back	Wolves	24	1448.5%	791.7%
2	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	813.7%	7726.2%
3	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	3115.7%	70±0%
4	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	3219.1%	69±0%
5	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	92025%	69±0%
6	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	1262.2%	68±0%
7	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	4444%	642.9%
8	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	26	2238.7%	6460.9%
9	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	843.2%	64±0%
10	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	317.5%	630.6%
11	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	575.1%	63±0%
12	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	1515100%	626.9%
13	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	2351.3%	61±0%
14	Tom Atcheson Full-back	Blackburn	20	1533.6%	600.8%
15	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	4897.1%	5924.4%
16	A. Cochrane Full-back	Birmingham	26	1951.2%	57±0%
17	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	1755.3%	57±0%
18	S. McCallum Full-back	Sheffield Utd	26	1711.9%	579%
19	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	1357.5%	54±0%
20	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	1618.3%	53±0%
21	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	30	4753.6%	513.6%
22	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	23	1654%	511.6%
23	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	24±0%	5019%
24	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	1633.8%	49±0%
25	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	341.5%	49±0%
26	S. McLoughlin Full-back	Blackburn	29	2154.7%	47±0%
27	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	1167.3%	46±0%
28	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	3032.6%	439.6%
29	H. Pickering Full-back	Blackburn	27	985.7%	43±0%
30	L. Jones Full-back	Charlton	31	2055.1%	4311.8%
31	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	2847.6%	42±0%
32	J. Ward Full-back	Derby	31	1171.7%	4113.4%
33	J. Stacey Full-back	Norwich	30	1062.5%	35±0%
34	L. Ayling Full-back	Middlesbrough	35	979.1%	27±0%
35	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	2747.9%	2343.1%
36	A. Reach Full-back	Lincoln	33	2140.8%	190.5%
37	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	34290.7%	1912.8%