Most In-Form centre-backs in Championship 26/27

The most in-form centre-backs in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Phillips of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.7, and S. Bradley has been the form player this season, grading 45.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Burgess has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while Tyler Bindon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Ramsay of Charlton is the most valuable name in this group at 34.2.

Charlton · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Burgess+30.5SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

27 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	35	45±0%	20±0%
2	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39346.6%	4516.9%
3	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
4	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
5	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	33±0%	733.3%
6	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	31179.5%	4918.2%
7	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Charlton	21	249.7%	684%
8	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	235.7%	6512.1%
9	S. Curtis Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	20	2225.4%	330.6%
10	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2236.1%	2151.8%
11	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	21±0%	68±0%
12	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	2112.1%	663%
13	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1841.8%	3731.9%
14	N. Zätterström Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	1629%	3311.1%
15	H. Ekdal Centre-back	Burnley	27	12±0%	59±0%
16	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	113.7%	585.7%
17	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	1015.7%	3421.1%
18	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	91720%	6221%
19	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	964%	1541.2%
20	K. Casey Centre-back	West Ham	21	8	43
21	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	8	29
22	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	862.7%	3834.8%
23	A. Tuanzebe Centre-back	Burnley	28	7±0%	50±0%
24	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	780.5%	1254.4%
25	H. Matthews Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	7133.3%	57±0%
26	M. Doherty Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	34	610%	151.9%
27	J. Clarke Centre-back	Cardiff	36	283.1%	631.4%