Most In-Form centre-backs in Championship 26/27

The most in-form centre-backs in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Hughes of Hull City is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and S. Welsh has been the form player this season, grading 48.2, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Welsh has improved his Season rating most, up +36.6 on last season, while G. Campbell's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 35.1.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

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Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	4813.4%	43±0%
2	N. Phillips Centre-back	West Brom	29	489.9%	6033.9%
3	S. McLoughlin Centre-back	Blackburn	29	46±0%	47±0%
4	L. Jones Centre-back	Charlton	30	45±0%	43±0%
5	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
6	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	41±0%	59±0%
7	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39346.6%	4516.9%
8	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	379.4%	662.5%
9	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
10	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
11	A. Reach Centre-back	Lincoln	33	35±0%	190.5%
12	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	34±0%	60±0%
13	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
14	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	3424.3%	460.9%
15	D. Hyam Centre-back	Wrexham	30	34±0%	45±0%
16	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	33±0%	38±0%
17	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	31±0%	71±0%
18	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31±0%	65±0%
19	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	27±0%	59±0%
20	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24±0%	44±0%
21	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	23±0%	63±0%
22	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	19±0%	65±0%
23	C. Taylor Centre-back	Derby	33	19±0%	2428.9%
24	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1841.8%	3731.9%
25	J. Bolton Centre-back	Bolton	32	1650.5%	1246.3%
26	H. Clarke Centre-back	Preston	25	16±0%	637.9%
27	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	15±0%	47±0%
28	B. Johnson Centre-back	Stoke City	26	13±0%	53±0%
29	B. Osayi-Samuel Centre-back	Birmingham	28	13±0%	44±0%
30	B. Chrisene Centre-back	Norwich	22	11±0%	62±0%
31	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	113.7%	585.7%
32	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	1015.7%	3421.1%
33	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	8	29
34	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	862.7%	3834.8%
35	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	36	780.5%	1254.4%
36	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	378%	4223.4%