Goalkeepers with the Best Potential in Championship

The highest-potential goalkeepers in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defenders in Championship Best midfielders in Championship Best attackers in Championship Most in-form goalkeepers in Championship Most valuable goalkeepers in Championship Most improved goalkeepers in Championship

At a glance

R. Vítek of Bristol City is the standout for raw talent across goalkeepers in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.7, and C. Rushworth has been the form player this season, grading 44.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Walton has improved his Season rating most, up +41.6 on last season, while R. Vítek's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

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

Bristol City · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

C. Walton+41.6SsN

Ipswich · 24/25→25/26

Most valuable

C. Rushworth34.4val

Coventry

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	Player	Team
1	R. Vítek Goalkeeper	Bristol City	22	28389.7%	75137.9%
2	C. Rushworth Goalkeeper	Coventry	25	44	7544.3%
3	S. Brynn Goalkeeper	Middlesbrough	25	27376.8%	7327.7%
4	J. Beadle Goalkeeper	Birmingham	22	1538.9%	712.6%
5	A. Okonkwo Goalkeeper	Wrexham	24	2163.6%	7137.6%
6	G. Bazunu Goalkeeper	Southampton	24	20113.8%	6939.2%
7	J. Walsh Goalkeeper	QPR	24	15	6826.7%
8	Tommy Simkin Goalkeeper	Stoke City	21	1739.1%	6776.9%
9	P. Charles Goalkeeper	Sheffield Wednesday	21	49.8%	679.8%
10	I. Pandur Goalkeeper	Hull City	26	28216.9%	663.6%
11	M. Cooper Goalkeeper	Sheffield Utd	26	1580.9%	6415%
12	J. Stolarczyk Goalkeeper	Leicester	25	6425%	648.6%
13	J. Cumming Goalkeeper	Oxford United	26	1162.1%	6311%
14	J. Griffiths Goalkeeper	West Brom	24	18172.7%	6136.6%
15	V. Johansson Goalkeeper	Stoke City	27	2614.7%	5815.6%
16	Daniel Peretz Goalkeeper	Southampton	26	13228.9%	5811.9%
17	V. Kovačević Goalkeeper	Norwich	28	147.4%	5615%
18	J. Widell Zetterström Goalkeeper	Derby	28	213.4%	569.7%
19	A. Patterson Goalkeeper	Millwall	26	1758.6%	5624.9%
20	B. Tóth Goalkeeper	Blackburn	28	23341.5%	522.6%
21	J. Bursik Goalkeeper	Portsmouth	26	439.3%	4914.1%
22	D. Iversen Goalkeeper	Preston	29	1319.6%	489%
23	N. Schmid Goalkeeper	Portsmouth	29	1527.7%	4813.4%
24	S. Benda Goalkeeper	Millwall	27	1441.4%	4825.4%
25	E. Selvik Goalkeeper	Watford	29	870.4%	4734%
26	M. O’Leary Goalkeeper	West Brom	29	37150.3%	4725.7%
27	C. Walton Goalkeeper	Ipswich	30	42	446%
28	A. Pears Goalkeeper	Blackburn	28	778.2%	4137.1%
29	W. Mannion Goalkeeper	Charlton	28	879.6%	399.5%
30	A. Palmer Goalkeeper	Ipswich	29	956.9%	3732%
31	L. Vigouroux Goalkeeper	Swansea	32	2422.2%	3620.4%
32	E. Horvath Goalkeeper	Sheffield Wednesday	31	171.1%	3015.3%
33	J. Vickers Goalkeeper	Derby	30	53.8%	3021.5%
34	M. Crocombe Goalkeeper	Millwall	32	2635.6%	287.1%
35	J. Wildsmith Goalkeeper	West Brom	30	536.1%	2833.1%
36	T. Kaminski Goalkeeper	Charlton	33	227.2%	2729.4%
37	P. Nardi Goalkeeper	QPR	32	853.6%	2446.2%
38	D. Ward Goalkeeper	Wrexham	33	8	1925.9%
39	A. Davies Goalkeeper	Sheffield Utd	34	6136%	1425.9%
40	R. Allsop Goalkeeper	Birmingham	34	394.6%	1444.9%
41	A. McCarthy Goalkeeper	Southampton	36	5	134.6%
42	D. Cornell Goalkeeper	Preston	35	184.8%	1221.3%
43	A. Begović Goalkeeper	Leicester	39	196.8%	773.4%
44	R. O'Donnell Goalkeeper	Derby	37	52.2%	623.8%