Most in-form centre-backs in League Two

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

At a glance

S. Swinkels of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.6, and K. Watts has been the form player this season, grading 44.1, and A. Oluwo leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Daniels has improved his Season rating most, up +38.5 on last season, while K. McFadzean's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Swinkels of Chesterfield is the most valuable name in this group at 10.7.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	44255.6%	3517.4%
2	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	44427.7%	2032.1%
3	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41	36
4	D. Daniels Centre-back	Oldham	32	411750%	1618.1%
5	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	27	3840.8%	309%
6	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	38376.3%	3812.4%
7	L. Offord Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	26	3652.1%	323.6%
8	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	365.6%	337.8%
9	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3535.3%	3430.8%
10	D. Collinge Centre-back	Barnet	28	34	27
11	W. Boyle Centre-back	Shrewsbury	30	32100.6%	2120.8%
12	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	31	32
13	K. McFadzean Centre-back	Chesterfield	39	30334.3%	9172.7%
14	J. Wilson Centre-back	Cheltenham	37	2914.4%	1048.9%
15	N. Tavares Centre-back	Barnet	27	28	28
16	A. Smith Centre-back	Gillingham	24	28140.5%	3211.8%
17	S. Gale Centre-back	Gillingham	21	2827400%	3510.2%
18	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
19	B. Purrington Centre-back	Cambridge United	30	2599.2%	1737.9%
20	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	24125%	101%
21	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	24162%	3217.9%
22	F. Rawson Centre-back	Accrington ST	30	232.2%	1920.9%
23	R. Harbottle Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	25	2235.2%	306.8%
24	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	2224.5%	343.7%
25	J. Connolly Centre-back	Crewe	24	2261.5%	3312.1%
26	M. Demetriou Centre-back	Crewe	36	2146.1%	121.8%
27	A. O'Connor Centre-back	Harrogate Town	33	2135.8%	1046.8%
28	S. Conneely Centre-back	Accrington ST	38	2036%	620.8%
29	N. Smith Centre-back	Tranmere	30	201.5%	226.5%
30	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	20	192044.4%	3213.4%
31	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Colchester	21	1959.2%	335.7%
32	T. Anderson Centre-back	Shrewsbury	32	193.2%	1329.9%
33	M. Platt Centre-back	Notts County	28	1950.9%	2232.4%
34	C. Nelson Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	33	1928.2%	1262.9%
35	K. Łopata Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	24	189%	3231.2%
36	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18115.5%	106.6%
37	R. McDonald Centre-back	Notts County	34	1745%	924.6%
38	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	171.2%	81.2%
39	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	160.6%	1255.3%
40	R. Tafazolli Centre-back	Swindon Town	34	163975%	830.6%
41	P. Farquharson Centre-back	Walsall	29	16403.1%	206.9%
42	R. Cundy Centre-back	Cheltenham	30	16515.4%	179.1%
43	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	16112.3%	316.9%
44	R. Ogle Centre-back	Oldham	27	15125%	2323.3%
45	S. Sherring Centre-back	Cheltenham	26	15149.2%	262.2%
46	J. Bolton Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	31	1555.1%	1437.6%
47	D. Conroy Centre-back	Crawley Town	30	1436%	1647.7%
48	L. Gibson Centre-back	Harrogate Town	29	13172.3%	1814.6%
49	O. Beckles Centre-back	Gillingham	34	1260.6%	865%
50	B. Faulkner Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	126050%	29±0%