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

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

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At a glance

O. Bevan of Dundee is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and C. Halkett has been the form player this season, grading 57.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Sterling of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 15.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Sterling Centre-back	Rangers	27	15	40223.8%	426.4%
2	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	14.8	43167.3%	3910.9%
3	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	14.6	41275%	5017.5%
4	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	14.1	45432.9%	508.3%
5	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	12.8	3588.7%	48131.7%
6	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	12.4	3364.5%	458.9%
7	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	12	33145.9%	419.3%
8	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	23	11.9	28163%	5225.8%
9	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	11.2	3056%	3913.4%
10	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	10.9	2686.5%	497.5%
11	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	10.5	33645.5%	4525.5%
12	I. Odutayo Centre-back	Dundee	24	10.1	1269.1%	4518.3%
13	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	10.1	24	46
14	O. McEntee Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	25	10.1	1454.3%	455.4%
15	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	10	246.6%	4312.3%
16	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	10	1340%	43±0%
17	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	9.7	12	49
18	D. Murray Centre-back	Celtic	23	9.6	916.9%	422.7%
19	J. Milne Centre-back	Aberdeen	23	9.2	099.4%	3920.5%
20	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Motherwell	22	9.1	1361.1%	43101.4%
21	L. Mayo Centre-back	Aberdeen	26	9.1	1432.5%	406.1%
22	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	24	8.9	7	41
23	D. Meļņiks Centre-back	Falkirk	24	8.7	7	38
24	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	8.6	1858.8%	425.8%
25	L. Robinson Centre-back	Dunfermline	24	8.5	852.3%	389.5%
26	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Motherwell	21	8.3	1245%	4224.8%
27	J. Yfeko Centre-back	Kilmarnock	23	8.3	614.3%	373.7%
28	K. Nedeljković Centre-back	Rangers	20	8.3	11214.3%	4436.9%
29	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Hibernian	24	8.2	196.2%	3638.7%
30	I. Iovu Centre-back	Dundee Utd	24	8.2	0100%	3719.1%
31	A. Donnelly Centre-back	Dunfermline	23	8.1	098.8%	3616.7%
32	O. Stirton Centre-back	Dundee Utd	19	8	8	4510%
33	K. Tobers Centre-back	Aberdeen	25	8	276.8%	3514.5%
34	L. Scales Centre-back	Celtic	28	8	2440.7%	3510.3%
35	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	7.9	5	42
36	J. Richardson Centre-back	ST Mirren	26	7.9	132.3%	367.5%
37	Louis Jackson Centre-back	ST Mirren	21	7.9	3	40
38	D. Naamo Centre-back	Dundee Utd	21	7.9	0100%	398%
39	K. Megwa Centre-back	Hibernian	22	7.9	370.5%	389.1%
40	M. Knoester Centre-back	Aberdeen	27	7.8	1640.7%	3312.2%
41	Michael-John Kamson-Kamara Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	7.8	13	40
42	C. Carter-Vickers Centre-back	Celtic	28	7.7	39460.9%	3521%
43	E. Brown Centre-back	Kilmarnock	21	7.7	098%	3811.9%
44	M. Akinmboni Centre-back	Dundee	20	7.6	0100%	409.8%
45	A. Trusty Centre-back	Celtic	28	7.5	3328.6%	35±0%
46	C. Borchgrevink Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	27	7.5	181080%	336.7%
47	Alex Williams Centre-back	Hibernian	21	7.4	0	37
48	Samuel Isiguzo Centre-back	Celtic	19	7.4	0	42
49	R. Ellis Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	7.1	0	37
50	J. Meier Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	6.9	093.3%	318.6%