Full-backs with the Best Potential in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

A. Appiah of Bristol Rovers is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.9, and Joel McGregor has been the form player this season, grading 28.3, and T. James leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Burroughs has improved his Season rating most, up +22.4 on last season, while L. Billington's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Appiah of Bristol Rovers is the most valuable name in this group at 5.8.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Appiah Full-back	Bristol Rovers	25	14100%	5410.9%
2	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	208.8%	43±0%
3	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	26560%	392.6%
4	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	488.9%	37±0%
5	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	228.1%	37±0%
6	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	1044.7%	3510%
7	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	28	1823.8%	3412%
8	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	28132%	334.5%
9	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	484%	32±0%
10	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	1546.2%	322.5%
11	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	23	32
12	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	2212.9%	32±0%
13	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	1416.3%	319.5%
14	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	2240.8%	31±0%
15	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	24170.1%	3117.5%
16	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	5	30
17	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	158.2%	298.1%
18	A. Adeyemo Full-back	Crawley Town	24	571.2%	29±0%
19	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	28	1148.6%	2812%
20	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	1766.4%	28±0%
21	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	124.1%	28±0%
22	E. Bristow Full-back	Harrogate Town	24	1437.3%	2713.3%
23	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	91114.3%	27±0%
24	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	169%	269.1%
25	P. Sweeney Full-back	Cheltenham	32	292.8%	2620%
26	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	7±0%	26±0%
27	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	30	1946.1%	25±0%
28	E. Moore Full-back	Northampton	29	1026.8%	24±0%
29	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	659.3%	2213.1%
30	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	31	1068.1%	2112.6%
31	P. Farquharson Full-back	Crawley Town	29	660.9%	20±0%
32	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	2648.3%	1940.8%
33	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	31	214.6%	1921.9%
34	L. Gibson Full-back	Harrogate Town	29	13172.3%	1811.7%
35	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	664.4%	17±0%
36	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	1714.4%	17±0%
37	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	33	2511.2%	1610.9%
38	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	1623.5%	1038.3%
39	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	1233%	1065.3%
40	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	1258.1%	931.5%
41	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	34	654.8%	858.4%