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

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

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At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and B. Cooper has been the form player this season, grading 33.5, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Dunkley has improved his Season rating most, up +20.5 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, E. Turns of Exeter City is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	24	6	33124.3%	412.4%
2	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	5.8	3481.1%	3031.1%
3	D. Skura Centre-back	Walsall	24	4.8	21491.7%	422.4%
4	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	4.7	29	2625.9%
5	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	4.6	2432.6%	333.1%
6	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	4.6	2010.6%	342.7%
7	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	4.2	25	31
8	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	3.9	24	31
9	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	3.8	165.8%	32±0%
10	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	25	3.7	2230.5%	313%
11	L. Samuel Centre-back	Exeter City	20	3.5	17110%	32±0%
12	L. Hoole Centre-back	Shrewsbury	24	3.3	1450.2%	31±0%
13	L. Gordon Centre-back	Chesterfield	25	3.2	956.4%	31±0%
14	H. Burke Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.2	6	26
15	Z. Williams Centre-back	Barnet	21	3.2	276.2%	403.3%
16	E. James Centre-back	Exeter City	21	3.2	14396.4%	39±0%
17	T. Allen Centre-back	Salford City	26	3.1	1533.3%	41±0%
18	J. Leake Centre-back	Oldham	23	3.1	1598.6%	29±0%
19	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3.1	11127.7%	317%
20	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	3.1	1649%	32±0%
21	L. Ayina Centre-back	Salford City	23	3	0100%	2738.4%
22	J. Smith Centre-back	Accrington ST	21	3	11	29
23	D. Hall Centre-back	Rotherham	25	3	1057.9%	42±0%
24	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3	390.4%	34±0%
25	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	21	3	1619.7%	320.6%
26	K. Majekodunmi Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	3	12	29
27	L. Dobbs Centre-back	Gillingham	19	3	17	28
28	Joe Thomas Centre-back	Newport County	24	3	559.4%	28±0%
29	Sonny Aljofree Centre-back	Rotherham	21	2.9	813.5%	334.8%
30	G. Harmon Centre-back	Cheltenham	25	2.9	669.3%	2541.9%
31	H. Williams Centre-back	Walsall	24	2.9	0100%	2514.8%
32	J. Furlong Centre-back	Walsall	24	2.9	0100%	2612.9%
33	J. Tomlinson Centre-back	Cheltenham	26	2.9	368.6%	299.1%
34	Zachariah Olumide Awe Centre-back	Salford City	22	2.9	093%	32±0%
35	Rico Browne Centre-back	Walsall	22	2.9	0100%	31±0%
36	T. Davies Centre-back	Newport County	22	2.9	564.7%	31±0%
37	B. Kirkman Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	2.9	1019.5%	31±0%
38	D. Matthews Centre-back	Accrington ST	26	2.9	132.3%	2320.4%
39	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	2.9	18	72
40	W. Johnson Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	21	2.8	0	29
41	Jake Thomas Batty Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	21	2.8	194.8%	32±0%
42	R. Matyar Centre-back	Barnet	21	2.8	0	28
43	Neo Eccleston Centre-back	Grimsby	23	2.8	192.2%	2711.9%
44	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	2.8	676.8%	32±0%
45	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	2.8	195.8%	43±0%
46	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	2.8	4991.8%	31±0%
47	K. Ngwenya Centre-back	Rotherham	24	2.8	0300%	2634.6%
48	E. Adegboyega Centre-back	Rotherham	23	2.8	191.5%	402.1%
49	R. Harbottle Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	26	2.7	1425.2%	289.1%
50	F. Terry Centre-back	Colchester	22	2.7	0100%	31±0%