Most In-Form centre-backs in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

B. Nelson of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 60.5, and M. Platt has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and F. Delap leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ihiekwe has improved his Season rating most, up +23.5 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Platt Centre-back	Notts County	29	4515.6%	2232.4%
2	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	41127.6%	482.8%
3	A. Baldwin Centre-back	Bradford	29	3923%	32±0%
4	M. Ihiekwe Centre-back	Blackpool	33	37172.8%	1548.6%
5	F. Horsfall Centre-back	Blackpool	29	3640.6%	2828%
6	F. Kent Centre-back	Oxford United	30	3494.3%	2328.6%
7	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	3486.8%	4426.3%
8	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	33	57±0%
9	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	3158.5%	449.4%
10	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	2981.4%	612.3%
11	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2914.5%	2151.8%
12	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	2739.2%	54±0%
13	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	266400%	4523.9%
14	E. O'Connell Centre-back	Stockport County	31	24162%	21±0%
15	J. Bowery Centre-back	Mansfield Town	35	2317.6%	947.7%
16	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	30	2322.4%	3212.3%
17	B. Osborn Centre-back	Stockport County	32	2140.8%	23±0%
18	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	211.4%	4129.8%
19	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	2153.6%	19±0%
20	T. Vancooten Centre-back	Stevenage	28	2050.4%	3415.4%
21	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	1933.5%	49±0%
22	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	1825.5%	32±0%
23	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	18125.9%	592.2%
24	N. Byrne Centre-back	Doncaster	33	176.9%	13±0%
25	C. Nelson Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	33	1735.8%	10±0%
26	W. Harding Centre-back	Plymouth	30	1763.4%	27±0%
27	L. James-Wildin Centre-back	Stevenage	28	1658.8%	35±0%
28	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	27	1652.5%	42±0%
29	R. Sweeney Centre-back	Mansfield Town	29	1546.2%	29±0%
30	P. Chinedu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	15147.5%	3824%
31	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	1430.8%	42±0%
32	J. Williams Centre-back	Blackpool	27	1422.7%	588%
33	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	14300%	40±0%
34	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	14363.3%	57±0%
35	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	1427.6%	44±0%
36	C. Goode Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	31	1472%	28±0%
37	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	21	13	43
38	G. Leigh Centre-back	Oxford United	32	1344.8%	2443.9%
39	L. Cooper Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	35	1357.3%	12±0%
40	A. Oshilaja Centre-back	Mansfield Town	33	1364.7%	18±0%
41	M. Wallace Centre-back	Huddersfield	33	1352.8%	18±0%
42	M. Ekpiteta Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	31	1366.1%	2212.3%
43	T. Sibbick Centre-back	Burton Albion	27	1344.7%	36±0%
44	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	22	1260.8%	36±0%
45	C. Tilt Centre-back	Burton Albion	35	1259.6%	16±0%
46	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	1163%	492.5%
47	H. Odoffin Centre-back	Luton	28	1129.5%	31±0%
48	H. Souttar Centre-back	Leicester	28	111716.7%	41±0%
49	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	1131%	31±0%
50	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	22	1061%	341.8%