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

A. Forrester of Heart Of Midlothian is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.4, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and C. Halkett leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fernandez of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 13.5.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	13.5	32±0%	50±0%
2	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	12.5	1858.8%	425.8%
3	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	12.4	2416.3%	4313%
4	R. Astley Centre-back	Dundee	24	11.3	29±0%	48±0%
5	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	11.2	191.6%	3521.8%
6	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	22	10.7	30181.5%	4815%
7	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	10.4	21	43
8	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	10.4	1610.6%	436.4%
9	C. Ramsay Centre-back	ST Mirren	23	10.2	27911.1%	448.8%
10	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	10.1	14±0%	38±0%
11	J. Penrice Centre-back	Rangers	27	10	36±0%	32±0%
12	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	10	9±0%	471.1%
13	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Hibernian	24	10	37±0%	59±0%
14	D. Sterling Centre-back	Rangers	26	10	12±0%	39±0%
15	O. McEntee Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	25	10	30±0%	48±0%
16	I. Odutayo Centre-back	Dundee	23	9.9	4210.6%	5132.5%
17	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	9.7	12	49
18	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	9.7	232.2%	4416.2%
19	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	9.5	10±0%	43±0%
20	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	9.5	11±0%	455.1%
21	D. Murray Centre-back	Celtic	23	9.4	8±0%	41±0%
22	L. Mayo Centre-back	Aberdeen	26	9.3	21±0%	392.9%
23	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Motherwell	22	9.2	369.6%	52143.5%
24	G. Molloy Centre-back	Aberdeen	24	9.2	16±0%	42±0%
25	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	9.1	2638.2%	50142.9%
26	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	9.1	7	41
27	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Motherwell	21	8.7	2510.4%	4843.9%
28	Louis Jackson Centre-back	ST Mirren	21	8.6	8	43
29	L. Robinson Centre-back	Dunfermline	24	8.5	852.3%	389.5%
30	J. Yfeko Centre-back	Kilmarnock	23	8.5	6±0%	380.5%
31	J. Milne Centre-back	Aberdeen	23	8.4	36±0%	49±0%
32	D. Meļņiks Centre-back	Falkirk	24	8.3	6	37
33	J. Richardson Centre-back	ST Mirren	26	8.2	13±0%	428%
34	K. Megwa Centre-back	Hibernian	22	8.2	9±0%	42±0%
35	A. Donnelly Centre-back	Dunfermline	23	8.1	098.8%	3616.7%
36	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	8	4±0%	611%
37	K. Tobers Centre-back	Aberdeen	25	7.9	192.8%	3515.9%
38	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	7.9	5	42
39	K. Nedeljković Centre-back	Rangers	20	7.9	42.9%	700.7%
40	I. Iovu Centre-back	Dundee Utd	24	7.8	33±0%	46±0%
41	O. Stirton Centre-back	Dundee Utd	19	7.7	2	411%
42	Alex Williams Centre-back	Hibernian	21	7.6	0	53
43	E. Brown Centre-back	Kilmarnock	21	7.6	15±0%	43±0%
44	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	7.6	16±0%	35±0%
45	Michael-John Kamson-Kamara Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	7.6	0	41
46	D. Happe Centre-back	Aberdeen	27	7.5	20±0%	371.9%
47	C. Carter-Vickers Centre-back	Celtic	28	7.5	7±0%	29±0%
48	A. Trusty Centre-back	Celtic	28	7.5	26±0%	35±0%
49	D. Naamo Centre-back	Dundee Utd	21	7.5	8±0%	43±0%
50	Samuel Isiguzo Centre-back	Celtic	19	7.4	0	41