Top-Scoring centre-backs in League One

The top-scoring 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	K. Wootton Centre-back	Stockport County	29	19	2830.2%	3815.6%
2	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	4	28113%	4827.1%
3	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	29	4	2942.5%	3210.4%
4	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	3	3013.2%	493.1%
5	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	3	2539%	3223.9%
6	E. Toal Centre-back	Bolton	27	3	24113.3%	418.6%
7	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	3	4560.6%	209.8%
8	D. Casey Centre-back	Wycombe	28	3	2216%	3322.3%
9	J. Wright Centre-back	Bradford	31	3	1820.5%	2224.7%
10	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	3	467.3%	1924.1%
11	K. Naismith Centre-back	Luton	34	3	30382.5%	1713.4%
12	H. Odoffin Centre-back	Luton	28	2	1660.7%	3134.3%
13	P. Sweeney Centre-back	Exeter City	31	2	2647.5%	247.6%
14	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2	2236.1%	2151.8%
15	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	2	1940.4%	447.3%
16	J. Olowu Centre-back	Stockport County	26	2	1919.6%	4017.4%
17	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	2	1982.7%	430.9%
18	M. Forbes Centre-back	Northampton	22	2	11500%	4313.2%
19	J. Kerr Centre-back	Wigan	29	2	2940.2%	3026.9%
20	C. Hall Centre-back	Port Vale	33	2	2738%	1812.3%
21	T. Hamer Centre-back	Lincoln	26	2	45297.3%	4810.4%
22	J. Simpson Centre-back	Leyton Orient	29	2	21108.9%	2814.4%
23	R. Sweeney Centre-back	Mansfield Town	29	2	2860.5%	2928%
24	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	26	2	3439.8%	423%
25	D. Sweeney Centre-back	Stevenage	32	2	141.4%	1723.9%
26	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
27	M. Andersen Centre-back	Luton	28	2	26648.6%	3623.3%
28	N. Byrne Centre-back	Doncaster	33	1	3242%	1919.1%
29	E. O'Connell Centre-back	Barnsley	30	1	984.9%	2438%
30	W. Forrester Centre-back	Leyton Orient	25	1	145.4%	4010%
31	D. Skura Centre-back	Wycombe	24	1	440%	416.2%
32	E. Adegboyega Centre-back	Rotherham	22	1	683.5%	4022.9%
33	J. Guthrie Centre-back	Northampton	34	1	1144.3%	1047.3%
34	P. Kioso Centre-back	Peterborough	26	1	1938.2%	4035.9%
35	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	1	5	41
36	J. McGrath Centre-back	Doncaster	23	1	1928.5%	4526.3%
37	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	1	2431.5%	482.8%
38	M. Wallace Centre-back	Huddersfield	33	1	27200%	1829.4%
39	F. Blake-Tracy Centre-back	Mansfield Town	30	1	33483.9%	280.7%
40	C. Forino-Joseph Centre-back	Bolton	26	1	25232%	420.7%
41	J. Willis Centre-back	Northampton	31	1	721.3%	1729.4%
42	C. Connolly Centre-back	Stockport County	28	1	1051.2%	3029.6%
43	K. John Centre-back	Port Vale	25	1	2220.9%	4022.3%
44	Z. Jules Centre-back	Rotherham	29	1	2353.7%	2916.1%
45	C. Humphreys Centre-back	Port Vale	27	1	2717%	3819.8%
46	M. Sorinola Centre-back	Plymouth	25	1	2294.8%	4522.7%
47	J. Whatmough Centre-back	Huddersfield	29	1	287.2%	2446.4%
48	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	28	1	26112.9%	329.3%
49	M. Pearson Centre-back	Doncaster	33	1	1817.9%	1927.8%
50	J. Bowery Centre-back	Mansfield Town	35	1	1140.9%	948.3%