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

L. Woodhouse of Exeter City is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.3, and J. Robson has been the form player this season, grading 50.3, and T. James leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Robson has improved his Season rating most, up +19.3 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, M. Hancock of Walsall is the most valuable name in this group at 4.9.

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	Player	Team
1	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	22±0%	43±0%
2	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17327.5%	392.6%
3	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	33±0%	37±0%
4	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	24±0%	37±0%
5	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	18±0%	358%
6	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	28	15±0%	3412%
7	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	2276.2%	334.5%
8	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	27±0%	32±0%
9	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	28±0%	322.5%
10	A. Lewis Full-back	Newport County	28	24±0%	32±0%
11	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	23	32
12	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	19±0%	32±0%
13	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	12±0%	319.5%
14	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	16±0%	31±0%
15	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	1794.3%	3117.5%
16	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	5	30
17	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	16±0%	298.1%
18	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	28	21±0%	2812%
19	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	50±0%	28±0%
20	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	12±0%	28±0%
21	E. Bristow Full-back	Harrogate Town	24	731.4%	2713.3%
22	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1±0%	27±0%
23	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	169.6%	269.1%
24	P. Sweeney Full-back	Cheltenham	32	249.5%	2620%
25	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	7±0%	26±0%
26	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	35±0%	25±0%
27	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	14±0%	2213.1%
28	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	31	32±0%	2112.6%
29	P. Farquharson Full-back	Crawley Town	29	16±0%	20±0%
30	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	1518%	1940.8%
31	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	30	22±0%	196.2%
32	L. Gibson Full-back	Harrogate Town	29	13172.3%	1811.7%
33	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	16±0%	17±0%
34	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	15±0%	17±0%
35	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	33	1436.2%	1610.9%
36	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	1623.5%	1038.3%
37	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	666.5%	1065.3%
38	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	1258.1%	931.5%
39	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	33	654.8%	858.4%