Full-backs with the Best Potential in League One

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

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At a glance

R. Walters of Blackpool is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.9, and T. Darikwa has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and P. Ng leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Bagan has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season, while M. Conway's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Bagan of Cardiff is the most valuable name in this group at 16.7.

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	Player	Team
1	R. Walters Full-back	Blackpool	21	30135.2%	5212.8%
2	J. Bagan Full-back	Cardiff	24	45250%	5112.7%
3	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	242109.1%	5112.2%
4	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	22	3412.7%	5140.2%
5	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	2338.5%	508%
6	N. Lonwijk Full-back	Luton	23	3449.3%	497.3%
7	R. Towler Full-back	Lincoln	24	30338.2%	4917.1%
8	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	21126.9%	479.9%
9	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Blackpool	23	1357.8%	4626.4%
10	J. Baptiste Full-back	Rotherham	22	3029900%	4620.6%
11	N. Asiimwe Full-back	AFC Wimbledon	21	20201.5%	4646.3%
12	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	16365.7%	4620.5%
13	James Dornelly Full-back	Peterborough	21	16127.9%	452.7%
14	J. Low Full-back	Huddersfield	24	1930.3%	4512.3%
15	J. Shepherd Full-back	Barnsley	25	1261.2%	4529.5%
16	F. Burns Full-back	Reading	23	22372.3%	4420.5%
17	T. Onyango Full-back	Stockport County	23	752.1%	440.9%
18	O. Dodgson Full-back	Stockport County	23	839.8%	445.2%
19	J. Morris Full-back	Leyton Orient	24	1868.3%	4427.4%
20	Harley Mills Full-back	Peterborough	22	14806.7%	435.1%
21	M. Craig Full-back	Leyton Orient	23	1444.2%	4311.8%
22	J. Carragher Full-back	Wigan	23	1547.6%	437.3%
23	J. Maxwell Full-back	Doncaster	24	173.9%	4333.3%
24	G. Johnston Full-back	Bolton	27	3030.6%	439.1%
25	T. Adaramola Full-back	Leyton Orient	22	1613.2%	4326.3%
26	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Burton Albion	26	265.4%	429.8%
27	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	21	635.4%	427.9%
28	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Northampton	26	2723.1%	425.6%
29	Elijah Xavier Campbell Full-back	Port Vale	22	1639%	4211.1%
30	Liam Oakes Full-back	Exeter City	19	10	425.6%
31	N. Huggins Full-back	Wycombe	25	1034%	4132.8%
32	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17327.5%	392.6%
33	N. Ogbeta Full-back	Barnsley	25	7105.6%	3931.1%
34	A. Hartridge Full-back	Burton Albion	27	3314.4%	3917.9%
35	J. Osei-Tutu Full-back	Bolton	27	27128.2%	3911%
36	R. Rydel Full-back	Exeter City	25	914%	3913.4%
37	S. Seddon Full-back	AFC Wimbledon	28	23181.5%	398.7%
38	D. Harvie Full-back	Wycombe	28	3414.8%	3812.5%
39	R. Balker Full-back	Huddersfield	27	23145.2%	374.4%
40	C. O'Keeffe Full-back	Barnsley	28	2039%	3716.9%
41	L. James-Wildin Full-back	Stevenage	28	4021.7%	3512.8%
42	J. McMillan Full-back	Exeter City	28	3414.7%	3520.6%
43	I. Jones Full-back	Luton	27	1781.1%	3539.9%
44	J. Earl Full-back	Barnsley	27	1234.6%	3426.4%
45	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	27	1517.6%	3422.1%
46	L. Gordon Full-back	Port Vale	27	1459.3%	337.1%
47	H. Coulson Full-back	Blackpool	28	2015.7%	3221.1%
48	T. Edun Full-back	Stockport County	28	21663%	3213.7%
49	A. Lewis Full-back	Mansfield Town	28	2451.3%	3217.6%
50	J. Dacres-Cogley Full-back	Stockport County	30	3541.7%	3216.6%