Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in League One

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

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At a glance

E. Pye of Stockport County is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and C. Goode has been the form player this season, grading 48.2, and K. Wootton leads the scoring with 19 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Hamer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.6 on last season, while I. Ogundere's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hamer of Lincoln is the most valuable name in this group at 16.7.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Goode Centre-back	Stevenage	31	48180.2%	313.3%
2	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	467.3%	1924.1%
3	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	4560.6%	209.8%
4	T. Hamer Centre-back	Lincoln	26	45297.3%	4810.4%
5	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	4410.6%	541.5%
6	O. Casey Centre-back	Blackpool	25	4212.7%	486.1%
7	A. Oshilaja Centre-back	Mansfield Town	33	3634.8%	1827.1%
8	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	26	3439.8%	423%
9	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	3486.8%	5016.1%
10	F. Blake-Tracy Centre-back	Mansfield Town	30	33483.9%	280.7%
11	N. Byrne Centre-back	Doncaster	33	3242%	1919.1%
12	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	31179.5%	4918.2%
13	K. Naismith Centre-back	Luton	34	30382.5%	1713.4%
14	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	3013.2%	493.1%
15	J. Kerr Centre-back	Wigan	29	2940.2%	3026.9%
16	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	29	2942.5%	3210.4%
17	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%
18	K. Wootton Centre-back	Stockport County	29	2830.2%	3815.6%
19	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	2819.3%	4942.4%
20	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	28113%	4827.1%
21	R. Sweeney Centre-back	Mansfield Town	29	2860.5%	2928%
22	C. Hall Centre-back	Port Vale	33	2738%	1812.3%
23	C. Humphreys Centre-back	Port Vale	27	2717%	3819.8%
24	M. Wallace Centre-back	Huddersfield	33	27200%	1829.4%
25	P. Sweeney Centre-back	Exeter City	31	2647.5%	247.6%
26	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	28	26112.9%	329.3%
27	M. Andersen Centre-back	Luton	28	26648.6%	3623.3%
28	C. Forino-Joseph Centre-back	Bolton	26	25232%	420.7%
29	S. Earley Centre-back	Stevenage	23	256075%	4418.5%
30	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	2539%	3223.9%
31	E. Toal Centre-back	Bolton	27	24113.3%	418.6%
32	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	2431.5%	482.8%
33	Z. Jules Centre-back	Rotherham	29	2353.7%	2916.1%
34	T. Sibbick Centre-back	Burton Albion	27	235.8%	3613.5%
35	M. Sorinola Centre-back	Plymouth	25	2294.8%	4522.7%
36	J. Pattenden Centre-back	Stevenage	24	2297.3%	441.6%
37	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2236.1%	2151.8%
38	K. John Centre-back	Port Vale	25	2220.9%	4022.3%
39	D. Casey Centre-back	Wycombe	28	2216%	3322.3%
40	A. Hagelskjær Centre-back	Wycombe	29	224.9%	2911.2%
41	M. Ihiekwe Centre-back	Blackpool	33	2155.9%	1548.6%
42	J. Simpson Centre-back	Leyton Orient	29	21108.9%	2814.4%
43	D. Happe Centre-back	Leyton Orient	27	202%	3715.2%
44	F. Horsfall Centre-back	Blackpool	29	2021.3%	2828%
45	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Huddersfield	21	192.1%	462.3%
46	J. Olowu Centre-back	Stockport County	26	1919.6%	4017.4%
47	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	1940.4%	447.3%
48	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	1982.7%	430.9%
49	P. Kioso Centre-back	Peterborough	26	1938.2%	4035.9%
50	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	22	1951.8%	4513.6%