based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Hull City.
Scout report
C. Hughes is a 22-year-old central defender at Hull City, rated 72.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 8th of 169 on scout potential in the Championship and 125th of 1777 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (78.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.16 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hughes.
Judged on this season alone, Hughes graded 43 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship, on 11 clean sheets and 4.155 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 18 → 43). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 72, top 7% of the 29 centre-backs in the Championship. At 22 Hughes is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 31.7 reflects that trajectory.
Hughes is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Hull City finished 6th of 24 · an upper-table side
4.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 41 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 78.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 4.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 72.4, Hughes carries the 2nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship (top 7%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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