Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Championship 26/27

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

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At a glance

C. Hughes of Hull City is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and S. Welsh has been the form player this season, grading 48.2, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Welsh has improved his Season rating most, up +36.6 on last season, while S. Langås's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 34.4.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	34.4	43145.5%	7211.9%
2	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	34.2	3625.3%	6329.2%
3	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	32.2	348375%	617.6%
4	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	30.3	113.7%	585.7%
5	A. Boiro Centre-back	West Ham	24	29	9±0%	68±0%
6	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	28.3	39±0%	69±0%
7	N. Mendy Centre-back	Hull City	22	28	30±0%	80±0%
8	N. Galves Centre-back	West Brom	23	28	2610.2%	681.3%
9	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	27.9	235.7%	6512.1%
10	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	27.5	3424.3%	460.9%
11	N. Djiga Centre-back	Wolves	23	27.4	3624.7%	528.9%
12	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	27.1	378%	4223.4%
13	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	27	379.4%	662.5%
14	F. Lissah Centre-back	Swansea	21	26.9	3913.5%	49±0%
15	K. Adamson Centre-back	QPR	23	26.9	4±0%	55±0%
16	Billy Dawson Koumetio Centre-back	Charlton	23	26.8	1313.4%	42±0%
17	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	26.7	31±0%	71±0%
18	N. Wood-Gordon Centre-back	Southampton	24	26.4	26±0%	67±0%
19	T. Devlin Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	26.4	43±0%	68±0%
20	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	26.3	3513.2%	49±0%
21	I. Mesík Centre-back	Charlton	25	26.2	18±0%	63±0%
22	J. Tchatchoua Centre-back	Wolves	25	26.1	12±0%	742.8%
23	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	26	19±0%	65±0%
24	B. Chrisene Centre-back	Norwich	22	26	11±0%	62±0%
25	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	25.8	2217.1%	447.4%
26	E. Baggott Centre-back	Millwall	23	25.8	191.1%	5625.8%
27	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Charlton	21	25.8	249.7%	684%
28	J. Seelt Centre-back	Swansea	23	25.6	271.2%	6910%
29	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	25.6	4813.4%	43±0%
30	R. Towler Centre-back	Lincoln	24	25.6	30±0%	49±0%
31	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	25.5	33±0%	733.3%
32	B. Pereira Centre-back	West Brom	23	25.4	16±0%	63±0%
33	M. McGuinness Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	25	25.3	12±0%	59±0%
34	O. Scarles Centre-back	West Ham	20	25.1	12±0%	72±0%
35	K. Fisher Centre-back	Norwich	22	25	35±0%	73±0%
36	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	24.9	23±0%	63±0%
37	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	24.8	18±0%	67±0%
38	B. Johnson Centre-back	Stoke City	26	24.7	13±0%	53±0%
39	M. Cleworth Centre-back	Wrexham	24	24.7	38±0%	72±0%
40	Tiago Parente Centre-back	Swansea	20	24.7	566.7%	6030.8%
41	K. Lund Centre-back	Birmingham	24	24.6	285.4%	73±0%
42	C. Sichenje Centre-back	Charlton	22	24.5	581.5%	5540.9%
43	J. Edwards Centre-back	Charlton	26	24.5	687%	487.4%
44	O. Offiah Centre-back	Preston	23	24.5	30±0%	67±0%
45	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	24	24.4	1462.9%	5932.7%
46	B. Cabango Centre-back	Swansea	26	24.3	42±0%	66±0%
47	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	24.3	31±0%	65±0%
48	J. Key Centre-back	Swansea	26	24.2	18±0%	57±0%
49	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	24.2	27±0%	59±0%
50	H. Clarke Centre-back	Preston	25	24.2	16±0%	637.9%